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There are many great things to do in Cornwall. To help you plan your holiday, simply choose an activity from the drop down menu, then select an area. From dog friendly beaches to restaurants this handy guide to Cornwall will help you make the most of your stay.

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If you are looking for a guide to Cornwall, you are in the right place. This site is your guide to beaches, gardens, places to eat and the best attractions in Cornwall. The site is being developed as an aid for visitors to Cornwall and is a resource for guests with useful information on staying in Cornwall. We will continue to add to this Cornwall guide so that your stay in Cornwall is as enjoyable as possible. Running in conjunction with the website, all Cornish Cottage Holidays guests will receive a Stay card prior to their holiday. This card will entitle them to discounts for many of the region's top attractions.


Food and Drink

  • Allet Dairy Goats

    Allet Dairy Goats are the proud owners of Cornwall's only commercial goat herd.

  • ASK Restaurant, Truro

    ASK in Truro offers good, Italian style food in stylish and comfortable surroundings.

  • Atlantic Brewery

    Atlantic Brewery produces organic, bottle conditioned, premium matured ales suitable for vegans and vegetarians.

  • Baba Indian Restaurant, Truro

    Just a few steps from the historic Lemon Quay in Truro, Baba is a fine example of contemporary Indian cuisine in a traditional colonial style setting.

  • Balti King Tandoori Restaurant, Hayle

    This popular Indian restaurant in Hayle has a modern and contemporary feel.

  • Blue Beach Bar and Brasserie, Porthtowan

    Set right beside the beach, the Blue Bar at Porthtowan is popular with all sorts of people, from surfers to walkers to families.

  • Blue Mango

    Blue Mango produces speciality breads and cheese biscuits.

  • Bocaddon Farm Veal

    Bocaddon Farm produces welfare-friendly veal from a pedigree Holstein and Guernsey dairy herd.

  • Boddington's Berries

    20-acre Boddington Farm produces five different varieties of strawberries between April and November each year.

  • Bosue Vineyard

    Bosue Vineyard produces Cornish wine.

  • Branwells Mill Meadery, Penzance

    Like all Cornish meaderies, Branwells Mill offers very reasonably priced food and a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

  • Bread and Roses, Polzeath

    Bread and Roses provide a unique Personal Chef Service – not only can they provide unique meals for you and your family in your holiday home, they also offer beautifully prepared picnics, and can cater for canapé parties as well! Bread and Roses use the finest of ingredients, sourced from local farms and fishermen, and organic wherever possible.

  • Buttervilla Funky Leaves

    Buttervilla Funky Leaves are producers of organic homemade leaves, vegetables and fruits.

  • Cakes By Design

    Cakes By Design offer a comprehensive service, from designing a cake to your own specific requirements, to making and delivering it to you.

  • Callestick Farm Ice Cream

    Callestick Farm has been producing Cornish dairy ice cream since 1989.

  • CK Catering, Falmouth

    CK Catering in Falmouth cater for outdoor events such as weddings and parties, and also offer a rent-a-chef service.

  • Clark's Restaurant, Falmouth

    Clark's Restaurant is based in the heart of Falmouth.

  • Cornish Cheese Co.

    Cornish Cheese Co.

  • Cornish Country Meats

    Cornish Country Meats' animals are reared naturally on land near Fowey, south Cornwall.

  • Cornish Cuisine

    Cornish Cuisine are possibly the smallest commercial smokehouse in the country.

  • Cornish Food Hampers

    A hamper full of Cornish food and drink can be a unusual and interesting gift for someone special, or a convenient way of getting your holiday basics sorted before you arrive at your holiday property.

  • Cornish Meadow Preserves

    Cornish Meadow Preserves produces jams, marmalades, jellies, sauces and mustards.

  • Cornish Orchards

    Cornish Orchards produces hand-made apple juices and ciders, as well as cider vinegar and elderflower presse.

  • Cornish Pork Pantry

    The Cornish Pork Pantry's farm produces pies and sausages from pedigree Welsh and Saddleback pigs, which are outdoor reared and naturally fed.

  • Cornwall in your Kitchen

    Cornwall in your Kitchen offers two services; they deliver quality local produce to self-catering holiday properties in Cornwall, and Cornish meat throughout the UK.

  • Cove Bar & Restaurant, Falmouth

    From its beachside location, the Cove Restaurant commands amazing views across Maenporth beach and out to sea.

  • FalFish

    Established in 1979, FalFish is now a leading processor of all sorts of seafood.

  • Fine Fettle Foods

    Fine Fettle Foods sell hogs pudding, lamb and pork products from pedigree Zwartble sheep and Large Black pigs, as well as chicken and game (during the shooting season).

  • Flummerys

    Flummerys make and sell delicious homemade produce, including cupcakes, puddings, jams, marmalades and chutneys.

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  • Gara Barton

    Gara Barton are producers of venison and rare breed pork.

  • Garras Restaurant at the Green Lawns Hotel, Falmouth

    I was taken here as a surprise for my birthday this year and I wasn't disappointed! Award winning Garras Restaurant at Green Lawns Hotel in Falmouth is airy and is attached to the hotel lounge where you can relax and enjoy a drink while choosing from the superb choice of menus which include delicious vegetarian and flambe specialities, with an exciting choice of locally grown produce and local fresh seafood.

  • Granny Nunn's

    Granny Nunn's speciality is the bread pudding, made using a secret family recipe believed to be over 100 years old.

  • Harvey's Wharf, Falmouth

    Located in an enviable position on Discovery Quay in Falmouth, Harvey's Wharf is a stylish and contemporary bar and brasserie.

  • Helford Creek

    Helford Creek produce apple juice and cider with fruit picked from Old Cornish trees such as Manaccan Primrose, Pigs Snout and John Broad.

  • Housel Bay Hotel, The Lizard

    The most southerly hotel in Britain, the views alone are well worth a visit.

  • Kernewek Herb Kitchen

    Kernewek Herb Kitchen produces hand made award winning dressings, sauces and chutneys.

  • Kernow Confectionery Ltd

    Kernow Confectionery Ltd produces fine, hand-made confectionery on the north coast of Cornwall.

  • Kernowsashimi

    Kernowsashimi supplies sashimi-quality fish directly from the Cornish coast.

  • Living Food of St Ives

    Living Food of St Ives sells 'sprouting' seeds - newly germinated seeds and pulses full of antioxidants and vitamins.

  • Lynher Dairies

    Lynher Dairies produce Yarg Cornish Cheese and Wild Garlic Yarg Cornish Cheese.

  • Miners Arms, Trenear

    Situated on the Poldark Mine site, this cosy pub/restaurant is also open during the evenings when the main attraction site is closed.

  • Nare Hotel - The Quarterdeck, Veryan-in-Roseland

    With unsurpassed views from the Roseland across Gerrans Bay, individually decorated rooms and renowned spa and leisure facilities, the Nare Hotel is perhaps the iconic, luxury hotel experience in the region.

  • Newlyn Fish Company

    The Newlyn Fish Company offer the finest Cornish fish to any household throughout the British Isles with their first class mail order service.

  • Nick Barclay, Liskeard

    Award-winning Chef Nick Barclay and his team offer a Personal Chef Service, whereby they come to your holiday property and cook for you! Prices vary according to the location of your holiday property, number of diners and the menu selected.

  • Origin Coffee

    Origin supply ethically and environmentally friendly coffee to hotels, cafes and restaurants throughout the United Kingdom, as well as to several very well-known celebrity chefs.

  • Patricia's Pickles

    Patricia's Pickles produces preserves, pickles, chutneys, sauces, oils and vinegars, and marinades.

  • Pencoose Pantry, near Truro

    Pencoose Pantry, a catering company which prepare food at holiday properties, is run by William and Nicola Marsden.

  • Pepper's Restaurant, St Ives

    Situated in the heart of St Ives, Peppers is a thriving Italian restaurant where the food is cooked fresh offering a great selection of fresh pasta, fish, seafood, meat and vegetarian dishes as well as delicious thin base pizzas.

  • Pizza Express, Falmouth

    From its enviable position on Falmouth's marina, this branch of the well-known Pizza Express chain enjoys spectacular views across the harbour.

  • Polgoon Vineyard and Orchard

    Family-run Polgoon, on the outskirts of Penzance, produces cider, wine and fresh organic juices.

  • Porthminster Cafe, St Ives

    Porthminster Cafe is nestled beneath the steep slopes of Porthminster Point, right on the beach with unbeatable and uninterrupted views across St Ives Bay to Godrevy Lighthouse.

  • Pretty Perfect Picnics, Kingsand

    Pretty Perfect Picnics offer a selection of homemade picnics for you to enjoy during your holiday in Cornwall.

  • Purely Cornish

    Purely Cornish sell a wide range of Cornish products such as cider, beer, cheese, fudge, juices, tea, honey, jams, pilchards, biscuits and shortbread, meat and vegetables.

  • Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant, Padstow

    Located on Padstow's colourful quayside it is befitting that this renowned celebrity owned restaurant offers a rich and imaginative cuisine of freshly harvested fish and shellfish.

  • Roskilly's

    Roskilly's makes ice cream, fudge and yoghurts with organic Jersey milk and cream produced by the resident herd of cows.

  • Sally's Licensed Bistro and Restaurant, St Agnes

    Friendly and welcoming, this little restaurant in the centre of St Agnes serves a delicious selection of Mediterranean-style food.

  • Seafood Cornwall

    Seafood Cornwall supply fishmongers, supermarkets, pubs, hotels and restaurants with quality fresh fish and shellfish.

  • Sisley's Cornish Preserves

    Sisley's Cornish Preserves produce and supply homemade preserves such as chutneys, marmalades and jams.

  • Skinner's Brewery

    Family-run Skinner's Brewery produces cask-conditioned Cornish ales, lagers and ciders.

  • South Cafe, Manaccan

    Set in the delightful village of Manaccan, this gem of a restaurant has a certain casual charm that exudes from the white washed walls and well presented classic Mediterranean decor.

  • Stay Cafe, Falmouth

    The Stay Cafe, on Falmouth's Discovery Quay, is a Cornish Cottage Holidays company and offer guests staying at Cornish Cottage Holidays' properties 10% discount on all orders upon production of a Stay card.

  • Thai Oasis at the Kazbah, Truro

    Thai Oasis, at the Kazbah bar in Truro, is a lovely little restaurant.

  • The Atlantic Inn, Porthleven

    The Atlantic Inn is set up on a hill, overlooking the roof tops of Porthleven.

  • The Bottle Bank, Falmouth

    The Bottle Bank, located on Events Square in Falmouth, is an independent retailer of wine, champagne and malt whisky.

  • The Cornish Duck Company

    The Cornish Duck Company produces free range duck.

  • The Flaming Wok, Porthtowan

    The Flaming Wok, just outside Porthtowan, provides excellent value for money.

  • The Grove Bistro and Studio Restaurant, Sithney

    The Grove, situated just off the main Helston to Penzance road at Sithney, has been the site of a popular restaurant for many years now.

  • The Incredible Fruitcake Company

    The Incredible Fruitcake Company bakes luxury fruitcakes in traditional wooden boxes, with no additives, supplements or preservatives.

  • The Old Success Inn, Sennen

    The Old Success Inn is located right next to the sea in the pretty little coastal village of Sennen, in the far west of Cornwall.

  • The Pandora Inn, Mylor Bridge

    Parts of the pretty Pandora Inn date back to the thirteenth century.

  • The Punchbowl and Ladle, Feock

    The Punchbowl and Ladle is an old style traditional pub, some parts of it dating back centuries.

  • The Seafood Cafe, St Ives

    The Seafood Cafe in St Ives really does offer something a little different.

  • The Watering Hole, Perranporth

    Set literally on the beach at Perranporth is the ultra cool Watering Hole.

  • Toppenrose Dairy

    Family-run Toppenrose Dairy are the most southerly cheese producers in England.

  • Trenance Chocolate

    Trenance handmade chocolates and truffles are made using the finest Belgian chocolate.

  • Trevaskis Farm, near Hayle

    This restaurant is set in open countryside at Gwinear, near Hayle, and opens all day, for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

  • Trewithen Farm Foods

    This Cornish family-run dairy at Lostwithiel produces milk, clotted cream, butter, yoghurt, creme fraiche and liquid cream.

  • Trickys Bar & Restaurant, Redruth

    Located on the outskirts of Redruth, Trickys Bar and Restaurant offers good food in a relaxed and friendly environment.

  • Vagabond Chef, Truro

    Vagabond Chef is a complete home catering service, producing high-quality homemade food to be enjoyed in your own home or holiday home.

  • Wheal Dream Restaurant, Helston

    This is a great place for a family get together on a Sunday to enjoy a roast dinner.

  • Witchball, Lizard

    A cosy (take care if you are tall!) pub and restaurant offering superb fish and seafood classically cooked, prepared with style and served with charm.

  • Xen Noodle Bar, Truro

    Right in the centre of Truro, Cornwall's only city, Xen Noodle Bar enjoys a prime location close to bars, clubs and pubs.

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