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THINGS TO DO Go down The Poldark Mine - www.poldark-mine.co.uk Flambards theme park - www.flambards.co.uk visit Europe's largest helicopter base at RNAS Culdrose - www.royal-navy.mod.uk/index.php Visit the National Seal Sanctuary at Gweek - www.sealsanctuary.co.uk Visit the world's biggest satellite station at Goonhilly - www.goonhilly.bt.com Wine tasting at Porthallow vineyard - www.cornwall-homepage.co.uk/homepages/vinyard Try the ice cream at Roskilly's working farm - www.roskillys.co.uk Horse riding at Mullionwww.newtonequestrian-leisurecentre.co.uk 18 holes of golf at Mullion - www.mulliongolfclub.net Walk the South west coast path - www.swcp.org.uk PLACES NEARBY TO VISIT Coverack 2.5 miles (fishing village famous for smuggling) Lizard village and lighthouse 11 miles (most southerly point in Britain) Mullion cove 10 miles (fishing harbour and caves to explore) Poldhu cove 10.5 miles ( for surfers) Portleven 14 miles (historic working harbour) Helford village and Frenchman's creek made famous by Daphne De Maurier. 4.5 miles. Kennack sands (more surfing) Cadgwith 9.5 miles (quaint fishing village) Kynance cove (even more surfing) Looe pool 13 miles (freshwater lake separated from the sea by a sand bank) FURTHER AFIELD The Eden project ( 1 hour) The lost Gardens of Heligan (1 hour) Falmouth maritime museum Pendennis castle St Mawes castle Gendurgen Gardens and maze Trebah Gardens with it's own beach on the Helford river St Michaels mount The pilchard works and art gallery at Penryn Mousehole harbour Minak open air theatre Lands End Sennen cove The Tate gallery at St Ives NEARBY TOWNS AND CITIES St. Ives (1 hour) Newquay ( 1 hour) Penzance ( 40 minutes) Truro ( 45 minutes) Most high street shops and department stores. Falmouth ( 20 minutes) High street shops Helston (10 minutes) 24 hour supermarket OTHER LINKS AND LOCAL HISTORY St Keverne History History of St Keverne and Treleague - www.globalnet.co.uk Bedandbreakfastsearcher - Bed and Breakfast Searcher - Online accommodation directory
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