St Cleer Things to Do

Here you, and even your dog, can dress up in Victorian clothes and have your photograph taken to remind you of an enthralling visit. Travel 1000 meters underground into the dripping old copper mine on a small train; learn the r... more

Built concurrently with the medieval house are the stewpond and the lovely domed dovecote, now picturesque garden features, once important sources of food. A walk down the valley leads to the quay, a busy river port in Victoria... more

The first place you visit when you cross the Tamar Bridge into Cornwall is the ancient town of Saltash, which has been a royal Borough since 1216 and is now fast turning into a mordern town. Much of the old town was destroyed b... more

This ancient hamlet near Saltash has always been the site of a crossing of a tributary of the Lyhner River on the road between Trematon and St Stephen's. In early medieval times Forder was a thriving industrial town with indust... more

Inhabited for at least a thousand years, and originally just a few fishermen's cottages lining the beach of the River Tamar, this has always been an excellent place to observe maritime history. In 1587 Sir Francis Drake sailed... more

It is believed that this cottage was the home of Sir Francis Drake's first wife, and is one of the two oldest buildings in Saltash. It is a fifteenth century house and has been well restored by the Tamar Protection Society, ha... more

The grandest house in Cornwall, Lanhydrock dates back to 1620 when a square plan house was built. Of this house only the magnificent granite gatehouse survives as it was. Today it is mainly the fine 19th century house that visi... more

Lanhydrock is set in 450 acres of woods and parkland running down to the River Fowey, and is lovely in all seasons. Formal Victorian gardens surround the house, and climbing the hillside are 30 acres of wooded higher gardens wi... more

The following cruises leave from Phoenix Wharf at regular times from May to October, depending on tide and weather: Calstock (4 hours), River Yealm (2 hours) and Devonport Dockyard (1 hour). The dockyard cruise leaves every 30... more

Overlooking the River Lynher, the parkland of Antony was landscaped by Humphrey Repton and has fine gardens, which include the National Collection of Day Lilies and lovely summer borders. The Woodland Garden, also laid out by R... more