Location: Porthtowan in United Kingdom
Nearest Airport:
Newquay at 25
Miles
Nearest Ferry:
Plymouth at 62
Miles
Nearest Train:
Redruth at 5
Miles
Nearest Beach:
beach at 400.0
Metres
Car: recommended
The village has a shop, post office, pub and the famous Blue Bar right on the beach as well as cafes, an ice cream parlour and a hairdresser. Falmouth and the Maritime Museum is only 13 miles away and it is possible take a boat trip there from Truro (10 miles away). Truro, our county town, is well worth a visit. For walkers the coastal footpath goes South to the next village of Portreath or North to Chapel Porth and St Agnes, at low tide it is possible to walk along the beach to Chapel Porth, returning on the clifftop path. Cycle hire is available locally and the Great Flat Lode trail and Coast to Coast trail are easily accessible (for walkers too). Porthtowan is surrounded by evidence of ancient tin and copper mines and it is possible to visit Geevor Tin Mine near Land's End, closed as a working mine in 1990, and even go underground. St Ives, famous for its artist colony, is only 18 miles away and we have our own Tate Gallery there. Newquay is 16 miles away.