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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 |
Looking
for a holiday cottage with a fabulous view?
East Cliff Cottage has it - full
details and photos
Many more great places to stay - self-catering cottages and hotels,
guest houses and B&Bs - click here
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explore this website - use the menu
at the top of this homepage or visit our Sitemap
or follow the links from any of the topics on this page. And
scroll down to see all this large homepage! |
Thanks to Mrs Patsy Wilcox of
"The Watchers" for this photo of a Polperro
seagull - Click on photo for large version |
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New
Book: Doctor by Nature
Jonathan Couch was surgeon apothecary of Polperro
and a pioneering  natural
historian who paved the way for Darwin and Huxley to follow
and was author of the four volume Fishes of the
British Islands which is still a standard work
of reference today. Now, drawing on much previously unpublished
material, local historian and publisher Jeremy Rowett
Johns has written a new and very readable biography
of a remarkable man born in humble circumstances who became
one of the leading natural scientists of the 19th century
- more/buy
(3 March 2010) |
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Could Stonehaven be
your haven?
Right in the heart of the village and at the very centre of
things, Stonehaven is a large, spacious, rambling period property
with a small but very private patio garden. For many years now
it has been the home of Brian Shepherd and his wife, Ann. Brian
is a man of many talents, including decorative art-glass maker
& this website's Events Diary editor - the Shepherds are
now looking to move closer to their family so their unique and
appealing home is now for sale - full
details |
Smuggling
Tales
 The
first programme in the new ITV1 series All at Sea
featured Polperro as one of the intrepid crew of celebs met
Jerry Johns, owner of the Polperro Heritage Press and
well known author and local historian. Jerry told them how the
smuggling trade between Guernsey and Polperro had been a major
problem to the King's Revenue men. Jerry has written up some
of the stories about smuggling on our Smuggling
page and more can be found on our sister website for Talland.
If you missed the TV programme which also featured a visit to
Talland Bay by the second crew of celebs led by Richard Madeley,
who owns a holiday home there with his wife Judy Finnigan, you
can see it now on the ITV player - click
here
(14 May 2010) |
What's
Polperro got to offer?
Take time to slow down to Polperro's pace of life - enjoy its
picturesque charm, fascinating old fishing harbour and beautiful
coastal scenery. Watch the world go by round the tiny harbour,
have a yarn with the friendly folk, learn about Polperro's colourful
past at the museum of fishing & smuggling. Enjoy a slow
pint of beer or glass of wine in one of its great pubs and suspend
your diet for a while in one of the many excellent cafes &
restaurants. Then catch up on the zzz's at one of the many lovely
& relaxing places to stay - comfortable and characterful
hotels, guest houses, B&Bs and self-catering cottages or
at one of the nearby luxury caravan and holiday lodge parks
which are a far cry from yesteryear's. Let Polperro work its
magic and go home rested and relaxed. |
101
things to do & places to see - here's some:
Wonderful coastal walks on the South West Coastal Path.
Boat trips and shark fishing.
The Polperro Heritage Museum - learn about Polperro's past including
smuggling - open daily (including Sundays) between 11am and
5pm from March until October.
The Eden Project - 30 mins away.
3 National Trust houses within easy reach - also superb Cornish
gardens such as Headland at nearby Polruan.
Visit Looe - Polperro's bigger neighbour and take a boat trip
to Looe Island.
Polruan & Fowey - take the Bodinnick car ferry or Polruan
foot ferry and enjoy this historic town and its beautiful river
estuary.
Liskeard - a bustling market town - go by train from Looe for
the best views.
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Stay
Safe on the Beach
 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 at www.rnli.org.uk/beachlifeguards |
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Mick
Shead, Lanteglos by Fowey
Antique & Contemporary Restoration &
Repairs
"Mick may not actually work miracles but it's pretty
difficult to tell the difference" A satisfied customer,
Talland Bay
Click here for some before
and after photos
Tel: 01726 870 580 Mob: 07918 679 437
If you contact Mick please mention www.polperro.org |
The
Perils of Sat-Nav in a Cornish Village - The sturdy
citizens of Polperro are  becoming
well accustomed to witnessing the kami-kase antics of drivers
of  everything
from private cars, delivery vans & lorries, JCBs and even
miltary vehicles as they set out to prove that what their sat-nav
systems are telling them is true and that the narrow and precipitous
lanes and alleys of Polperro are some sort of virtual reality
fantasy. The problem is, of course, that Polperro is real world
and sat-nav is fantasy. The owners of body repair shops and
clutch replacement services can almost be seen licking their
lips in anticipation of the next lucrative job.... But seriously,
it is foolhardy to ignore the road signs - narrow in Polperro
means NARROW (like less wide than your vehicle) and steep
means STEEP (like steeper than your engine/clutch/gearbox
can endure) - so switch off the sat-nav, read the road signs
and ask the locals!
Most of Polperro village is subject to a seasonal traffic prohibition
regulation - there is a reason for this - Polperro's streets
are mostly narrow (and they tend to get narrower the further
you go!) and some are also very steep and there is virtually
nowhere to park or manoeuvre or even turn round in the village
(but there is a large car park as you approach the village and
minibus and horse-bus services to take you down to the heart
of the village if you can't manage a 500m walk.
Click on images to see larger versions.
Report & photos courtesy of Tony White
Visit our Jammed page which
documents just some of the many who have come a cropper putting
blind faith in sat-nav instead of learning how to read road
signs and interpret ordnance survey maps - and those who managed
to get stuck even without sat-nav to help them. |
| Cornish
Fishing Luggers - an introduction by local
author and ex-lugger crewman Paul Greenwood. Also details
of his new definitive book on Cornish luggers, which you can
buy locally or on-line - more |
Ryder
Lifeboat's starring role
Disguised as the Lizard Lifeboat "Admiral Sir George Back",
the historic Ryder lifeboat has recently starred in the film
And Every Life Was Saved,
a reconstruction of the rescue of 525 souls from the wreck of
the White Star liner SS Suevic
in 1907 - visit our Ryder page
for more about the history of the Ryder lifeboat and the new
Ryder website for the full story and many photos of
the filming and of the other recent, modern-day exploits of
this historic restored lifeboat. Photo above - Richard A
Derrick © 2007 |
 The
last of the old Polperro fishermen -
a tribute by Tony White to Edmund Curtis,
who died recently, aged 85 - click
here |
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Bounty
from the sea - teak houses, even teak stables
- a new story of a Polperro shipwreck in 1849 - of the
barque Shepherdess - more
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Tony
White's 'Bits & Pieces'
Nobody knows for sure where he gets his information, but
he is the village postmaster, he does get to work very
early, and he has got an electric kettle, so maybe he steams
open all the letters? Anyway, wherever he gets it from, he's
the best informed guy in Polperro - and he shares it all with
us in his "Bits & Pieces"
| Bilge
Rat - Reporter Extraordinaire - an irrascible
character of a sea-faring temperament, Bilge Rat is constantly
seen around and about the village collecting material
for his very politically incorrect columns of reportage.
But is the fact that he is only ever seen by ex-mariner
& village postmaster Captain Tony White at all curious?
Can the non-PC rantings of Bilge Rat be distinguished
from those of our benign and hearty village postmaster?
Read them and make up your own mind - click
here |
 The
Loo with a view
We knew that property in Polperro was expensive - but
£30K for a tiny old public loo? Read
the full story |
| Overheard
conversations - click
here |
Seen
a flashing light out to sea from Polperro?
Tony tells all on our
Eddystone page |
| Know what a nautical
measured mile is? You can find one alive and well between
Polperro and Looe - click
here |
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Click here or on
image to visit the Claremont Hotel's website
or telephone 01503 272 241
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| The
Cottles - Polperro |
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A
guest house with a difference
Tel:
01503 272 578 or
e-mail
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Your favourite photos of Polperro could be on this website -
send them to us - email
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So, you thought your move was difficult?
Moving house in Polperro - the full
story
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Advertisement - Polperro
Heritage Press
Public
transport
Especially in the summer season there is quite a lot of bus
services to and from Polperro. But how do you find out where
and when they run? Two ways - online at www.cornwall.gov.uk/buses
- and you can print out the individual timetables you need or,
if you are going to be using public transport a lot, they publish
a comprehensive timetable book twice a year which covers,
all bus, train, ferry and scheduled coach services. There is
also also an excellent free public transport map and frequency
guide published by Cornwall County Council. Copies are available
from bus stations, libraries and tourist information centres.
There is also a Traveline enquiry service - telephone
0871 200 22 33 or go to www.travelineSW.com.
If you want to travel by train to Polperro you can do so - nearly
- the main line network will take you to Liskeard and then there
is the scenic Looe Valley line which gets you to Looe and from
there it is a fairly short (5 miles) bus or taxi journey to
Polperro. As always, if you book well ahead you can get the
best ticket prices - www.mytrainticket.co.uk
will sell you tickets online for the full journey from your
home station to either Liskeard or Looe. Looe Taxis (01503
262 405) will take you to Polperro. |
Got
great shots of Polperro?
Let us have them for this website so the whole world can see
what you saw.
Send them to us - email |
| 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 |
| Polperro's
floods - now just history? more
info & photos |
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