Make a holiday rental home or cottage in Gulworthy, Devon your home away from home

Gulworthy is on the A390 between Tavistock and Gunnislake in West Devon. It is close to the Tamar Valley on the Devon and Cornwall border and is twelve miles from Launceston. It is also close to the historic port of Morwellham and Dartmoor. Once a strong mining area under the Duke of Bedford and numerous cottages were built in Gulworthy, Morwhellham and Tavistock for the workers at Devon Great Consols. Nearby towns and villages include Sydenham Dameral, Lamerton, Bradstone, Calstock, Bere Alston, Whitchurch, St Dominick, Stoke Climsland and Callington.

Places to holiday in Gulworthy

Today Gulworthy still has many cottages, which have been totally renovated and modernised and utilised as self-catering holiday accommodation. Holiday cottages in Gulworthy are an idyllic peaceful retreat, yet on the doorstep of all the delights of the thriving market town of Tavistock.

These rural cottages are the perfect base for Dartmoor National Park for wonderful walks, cycling, horse riding, photography, fishing, wildlife and birdwatching. The Tamar Valley is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is also a World Heritage site because of its mining history. A holiday cottage gives you more freedom to explore without worrying what time hotel or guest house meal times are and they offer a home a way from home experience.

Cottage holidays in Gulworthy are only a short drive the National Trust Properties of Castle Drogo, Buckland Abbey, Cotehele and Saltram House, as well as the Eden Project and the surfing beaches of the Cornish Coast. Plymouth is only fifteen miles away. Rural cottages allow you to slow down and appreciate the peace and tranquillity that the countryside has to offer, as well as the benefits of its unpolluted air alongside the luxurious homely surroundings you are have become accustomed to having.

Things to do in Gulworthy

St Paul's is the parish church in Gulworthy and it holds music events like the Summer Serenade and Supper with the Ten Tors Orchestra Chamber Ensemble and Tavistock holds a music and arts festival that runs for over a week in May. The University of Plymouth Orchestra and the Choral Society also perform in other churches in Plymouth and Tavistock.

If you are looking for somewhere near by to eat and drink, then Gulworthy has a pub, The Harvest Home and The Horn of Plenty an award winning restaurant, which is set in five acres of wild orchards and spectacular gardens with breathtaking views of the tranquil Tamar Valley. The Tamar Valley Services and National Trust organise various walks around the area with themes ranging from local history to orchards and archaeology to wildlife.

Pleasure cruises run between Plymouth and Calstock and a traditional passenger ferry operates between Calstock, Cotehele and Ferry Farm at Bere Alston, as well as trips to Morwellham Quay and Weir Head. Attractions near to cottages in Gulworthy include Tamar Valley Donkey Park in Saltash, Kit Hill, Trago Mills and Launceston Castle and Steam Railway.

Weather in Gulworthy

Gulworthy's climate is mild, but like the rest of Devon and Cornwall it can be unpredictable. If you are travelling to coastal areas, they are likely to be slightly cooler than inland.

Travel to Gulworthy

Plymouth has an airport, ferry port and mainline railway. The Tamar Valley Line operates to Gunnislake. National Express has a direct service from London to Plymouth and First Western National buses operate in the area.