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DynneYrghewgh dhe Borthpyra - gemm Kernewek!
Welcome to Polperro
Narrow, winding streets and alleys, cottages perched on steep slopes overlooking a tiny harbour -
Polperro is everyone's idea of a picturesque Cornish fishing village -
visit and you may want to stay - for ever
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Click here or on image to visit the Claremont Hotel's website or telephone 01503 272 241
The Claremont Hotel, Polperro - click on this image to visit the Claremont Hotel's website or telephone 01503 272 241

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Failte Cottage, Polperro
3 bedrooms, sleeps up to 6
Centre of Polperro - garden & patio
Contemporary style - well equipped
Wi-fi broadband included in price
more on our website - click here
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So, you thought your move was difficult?
Moving house in Polperro - copyright
Moving house in Polperro - the full story
 
click on this photo to go to our accommodations listings index Our latest holiday cottage is 16th century - Waterside Cottage - right on the harbourside.
See this and all our other accommodation listings - click here
Polperro Heritage Museum of Smuggling & Fishing
The museum vividly brings to life the story of this Cornish fishing village's extraordinary history of smuggling and fishing and many of the colourful characters involved in each of these
Photo of Polperro Heritage Museum of Smuggling & Fishing - click on this image to go to the museum's page
2013 Opening Times: Open every day from Easter until end of October from 10:30am until 4:30pm (opens/closes 30 mins earlier/later in high season)
Admission charges:
Adults & children over 12 years £2, children 5-12 years 50p, children under 5 years - free
More on our Museum page - click here
Local history:
Recollections of a Victorian childhood
Read the charming recollections of Muriel Jerram who grew up in Victorian and Edwardian times in Talland and Polperro. This is a 25 page PDF document with illustrations. Thanks to her great niece Frances Impey who has kindly allowed us to make the recollections available online - click here for a free download.
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www.polperro.org - 1 June 2012
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The Porthpyra Singers are a mixed choir which practises on Monday evenings at Polperro Primary School. Fancy joining? Would you like to attend one of their concerts or have them sing at the charitable fund-raising event you are organising?
Visit their website for more details
Polperro Arts Foundation logoPolperro Arts Foundation is the gallery and studio for the local artists and craftspeople of Polperro and the surrounding area. The studio-gallery is a beautiful large space overlooking Polperro's historic harbour and the fish quay. Founded ten years ago it is continuing Polperro's long association with the arts and crafts and has existed as a studio-gallery for nearly 50 yrs. It has a broad membership of artists, photographers and craftspeople supported by many friends and sponsors including the Lottery Fund.
Visit their website - click here
Polperro Environmental Group logoPolperro Environmental Group (PEG) is a collective and creative group moving towards a low-energy, resilient and self-sustaining community using local skills, knowledge, wisdom and alternative technologies. The group supports the Transition Movement in the UK and is working towards becoming a Transition Village in the future.
Visit the PEG website
Do you have family connections with Polperro?
You might have! Check out your family name on the Polperro Family History Society's pages - click here
Click on this image to find out more about Polperro Heritage Press's  Cornish titles Penryn House Hotel - click on this image to visit our website
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The essence of Polperro
   Simon Lawrence is a photographer with an exceptional eye both for the details most of us overlook and the wide views that capture the essence of a place and are simply stunning. Like most visitors Simon, having discovered this delightful village, took photos of it - but what photos! So enamoured of the village and its surrounding area was Simon that he has returned several times since and has widened his portfolio of exceptional photos of our Cornish gem.
   Here are just four of his many photos of the village - click on them to get larger versions. You can see many more on his website - click here. And if you fancy some of his pictures on your wall, Simon will sell you high quality prints of your favourite photos.
Bob Tarr, webmaster - www.polperro.org - 8 May 2013
Photo by Simon Lawrence Photo by Simon Lawrence - copyright
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Polperro Knitfrocks feature on BBC TV's "Coast"
   Ruth Goodman, one of TV's most popular "living historians", who came to fame through "The Victorian Farm" and other programmes, was featured on a recent edition of the major BBC television documentary series Coast .
   Ruth came to Polperro to learn about "Polperro Knitfrocks" - jerseys worn by fishermen and knitted by the women (and the men) of the village. Ruth learned from Mary Wright, the author of the definitive book on Knitfrocks how the village became a hand knitting "factory" as a result of the expertise of the knitters and the popularity of the woollen knitfrocks or jerseys which had become the standard uniform of fishermen.
   More information and photos on our knitfrocks page - and a link to Polperro Heritage Press which publishes Mary Wright's book and can be purchased online.
www.polperro.org - news - 20 April 2013

Polperro Pounds
   Forget about the Euro, Dollar and Pound Sterling - what the world needs now is the Polperro Pound! And it's no good saying it's untried and doomed to failure because history shows it's all been done before. Polperro Heritage Museum has brought the Polperro pound home - see and read about it on our new Polperro Pounds page.
Polperro's Blooming Lovely!
The village has won two Cornwall in Bloom awards - a Full Bloom award and the Group Winner Award in the Clean and Tidy / Quality of the Environment / First Impressions category. This second award is one of the major awards and came with challenge shield and a cash prize of £250. Well done to everyone who made an effort to make the village look so good during the season!    
www.polperro.org - 19 October 2012


PLAY SAFE
Get yourself a copy of the excellent RNLI leaflet Your Guide to Beach Safety if you are going swimming, surfing, or even just paddling, playing, rock-pooling or walking on the beach. You can get a copy at Polperro Post Office, or from RNLI lifeboat stations, telephone 0800 328 0600 or visit the RNLI website

What's to do at (and from) Polperro?
1. Explore Polperro - narrow winding streets & lanes with great views of the picturesque harbour and village at every turn - bring lots of spare film or memory cards. 2. Browse the eclectic mixture of quirky and fascinating shops. 3. Enjoy the selection of great pubs, cafes and restaurants. 4. Visit Polperro's unique Heritage museum of fishing and smuggling and learn about Polperro's colourful past*. 5. And, when you've done all that, there are wonderful coastal walks on the South West Coastal Path - east to Talland Bay and Looe, west to Lansallos, Lantic Bay and Polruan. 6. There are boat trips and 7. shark fishing. 8. Cornwall's biggest tourist attraction -The Eden Project - is an easy 30 mins drive (open all year). 9. Three National Trust houses are within easy reach - Lanhydrock, Antony House and Cotehele (Cotehele is open in December for viewings of its famous Christmas Garlands). 10. There are superb Cornish gardens to visit including Headland at nearby Polruan. 11. Visit Looe - Polperro's bigger neighbour and 11. Take a boat trip to Looe Island. 12. Polruan & Fowey - take the Bodinnick car ferry or Polruan foot ferry and enjoy this historic town and its beautiful river estuary.
13. Liskeard - a bustling market town with some notable victorian architecture and an interesting museum - 14. go there by train on the Looe Valley line from Looe for the best views. There's 101 things to do at and from Polperro - we've not enough space on this page to list the remaining 87 - but we're working on a new page that will!
*The Polperro Heritage Museum is open daily (including Sundays) between 11am and 5pm from March until October.
Narrow road signSize really does matter in Polperro
Residents and businesses in Polperro, fed up with their properties being damaged by vans and large vehicles trying to navigate the narrow lanes have issued some friendly advice to delivery vehicle drivers. Cllr Edwina Hannaford, Cornwall Councillor for West Looe and Lansallos has sent supplies of a new flyer to supermarket companies and delivery firms to give to their drivers and it urges them to use the special off-loading area by the bus stop in the village centre and not to attempt to reach their delivery address in their van or lorry. Copies of the new flyer will also be available to residents to give to delivery drivers - click here to see the new flyer.
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www.polperro.org - news - 9 May 2012
Visit our jammed page to see and learn how you can't just trust your satnav when it comes to narrow streets
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