St Wenn holiday cottage: Bodmin

Locality:: Five miles from old market town of Wadebridge, excellent facilities for eating out, shopping and entertainment. Good local shops, art galleries and cycle hire facilities for Camel Trail which runs along the River Camel from Padstow, through Wadebridge to Bodmin. For walkers, the Saints Way passes within a mile of the far on its way from Padstow on the north coast to Fowey on the south coast. Reputedly and old track used firstly by pilgrims on their way to Rome and the Holy Land, then by drovers from Ireland and Wales avoiding the treacherous waters around Lands End, it is a picturesque route through Cornwall linking many old religious sites. Other local footpaths are well signed and offer peaceful exploration of quiet woods and tracks.

Locality continued:: Hustyns Health Spa is about two miles away, offering swimming pool, gym, large range of beauty treatments, coffee shop and an excellent restaurant. All open to non-members. The historic village of St Wenn, named after St Wenna daughter of the Welsh King Broccan, lies a mile away, set above the valley with spectacular views of unspoiled countryside all around. Including the ancient Iron Age Hill Forth of Castle an Dinas, some four miles distant.

The world famous Tate Gallery can be visited in St Ives, home of generations of artists who were drawn to St Ives to take advantage of its wonderful light, ideal for painters. The Tate Gallery makes an interesting day, with its excellent restaurant and shop facilities. The Barbara Hepworth Museum also at St Ives where statues and stonework designed by her can be viewed. History of well known artists can be studied and many examples of their work viewed, for anyone interested in art St Ives is a must. A few miles past Penzance, to the west, lies Lands End, where the Atlantic Ocean's breakers beat against the cliffs of this western most point of Great Britain. The Scilly Isles lie some twenty miles off the Cornish mainland and can be visited by boat of aircraft from Penzance. There are many hidden beaches and coves all around Cornwall where you can feel you are alone with nature when you discover them.

Golf: Several golf courses within ten miles of Trewithian Farm. Including spectacular coastal courses of Merlin at Mawgan Porth and Trevose at St Merryn, both on the north coast bewteen Padstow and Newquay. Inland is St Kew and St Breward on the edge of Bodmin Moor.

Other Activities: Motor racing (stock car circuit)

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