Lucy’s guidebook
Food scene
The Taphouse* - 01872 553095
A lively pub with an eclectic menu including steaks, pizzas and poke bowls. They offer a wide range of vegan and vegetarian options. Live music is a regular feature. 2 minute walk. Year round opening.
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The Tap House
3 PetervilleThe Taphouse* - 01872 553095
A lively pub with an eclectic menu including steaks, pizzas and poke bowls. They offer a wide range of vegan and vegetarian options. Live music is a regular feature. 2 minute walk. Year round opening.
Schooners* - 01872 553149
Right above the beach with a fantastic view, delicious tapas style small plates and a great burger. Summer opening - make sure you book! 10 minute walk to Trevaunance Cove.
61 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Schooners
Quay RoadSchooners* - 01872 553149
Right above the beach with a fantastic view, delicious tapas style small plates and a great burger. Summer opening - make sure you book! 10 minute walk to Trevaunance Cove.
The Driftwood Spars - 01872 552428
Around since 1650, this is a cosy pub down at the cove serving many traditional ales and some of their own brewed on site! Traditional pub grub. Cozy and atmospheric old pub with beer garden and outdoor bar in the summer. Open all year - perfect for a gin and tonic outside in the sun, or an ale by a cosy warm fire. 10 minute walk to Trevaunance Cove.
13 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Driftwood Spars
Rocky LaneThe Driftwood Spars - 01872 552428
Around since 1650, this is a cosy pub down at the cove serving many traditional ales and some of their own brewed on site! Traditional pub grub. Cozy and atmospheric old pub with beer garden and outdoor bar in the summer. Open all year - perfect for a gin and tonic outside in the sun, or an ale by a cosy warm fire. 10 minute walk to Trevaunance Cove.
Taste Restaurant - 01872 552194
Small restaurant usually serving lunch and dinner menus. Fish specialist. 5 minute walk up the hill and turn right.
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Taste Restaurant
40 Vicarage RdTaste Restaurant - 01872 552194
Small restaurant usually serving lunch and dinner menus. Fish specialist. 5 minute walk up the hill and turn right.
The Peterville Inn - 01872 553335
Recently renovated, now serving modern pub classics with local ingredients. Year round opening. 2 minute walk.
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Peterville Inn
The Peterville Inn - 01872 553335
Recently renovated, now serving modern pub classics with local ingredients. Year round opening. 2 minute walk.
Cafes
The Sorting Office - 07807 324088
Small cafe serving delicious coffee - where you can buy their roast by the bag. The building was the old post office. Open year round.
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The Sorting Office Coffeehouse
ChurchtownThe Sorting Office - 07807 324088
Small cafe serving delicious coffee - where you can buy their roast by the bag. The building was the old post office. Open year round.
Canteen* - 07432 641941
At Wheal Kitty (an old converted tin mine now several small businesses and a Finisterre shop)
Delicious lunches for £5 - always just one veggie and one meat option - good coffee and pastries also. Follow them on instagram for up to date hours. 10 minute walk.
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Canteen
Chapel HillCanteen* - 07432 641941
At Wheal Kitty (an old converted tin mine now several small businesses and a Finisterre shop)
Delicious lunches for £5 - always just one veggie and one meat option - good coffee and pastries also. Follow them on instagram for up to date hours. 10 minute walk.
The Greenroom - 01872 553991
Family run cafe serving hearty breakfasts and lunches, coffees, milkshakes and cakes. Open year round. 2 minute walk (next door to the tap house)
9 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The Greenroom
4 PetervilleThe Greenroom - 01872 553991
Family run cafe serving hearty breakfasts and lunches, coffees, milkshakes and cakes. Open year round. 2 minute walk (next door to the tap house)
Genki - 01872 555858
Smoothie and granola bowl specialists with a lovely garden to sit outdoors and enjoy. Summer opening. 5 minute walk on the way to Trevaunance Cove.
19 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Genki
Quay RoadGenki - 01872 555858
Smoothie and granola bowl specialists with a lovely garden to sit outdoors and enjoy. Summer opening. 5 minute walk on the way to Trevaunance Cove.
Cafe Q* - 01872 857045
A lovely courtyard on they way to the beach. Good breakfasts and cakes. 8 minute walk on the way to Trevaunance Cove.
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Cafe Q
Quay RoadCafe Q* - 01872 857045
A lovely courtyard on they way to the beach. Good breakfasts and cakes. 8 minute walk on the way to Trevaunance Cove.
Neighbourhoods
St. Agnes is a thriving village situated in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and in the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site.
It offers access to lovely beaches and amazing coastal walks along the South West Coast Path.
The village itself boasts local shops including a butchers,green grocers,bakeries,two small supermarkets, a pharmacy, galleries, hairdressers and a beauty salon.
There is a wide range of restaurants, coffee shops and pubs, not forgetting a pizza take away and a fish and chip shop.
Wandering around the village and surrounding area is always fun and is steeped in its mining heritage. You will see old cottages, engine houses and shafts and it is worth walking along the coast path to see the remains of Wheal Coates which you may recognise from television programmes and epitomises the days of tin mining.
At one time there were 100 mines in the area and some were still working until the 20th century. Today only Blue Hills Mine remains in production. If you have time, a visit to the St Agnes Museum is interesting.
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St Agnes
St. Agnes is a thriving village situated in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and in the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site.
It offers access to lovely beaches and amazing coastal walks along the South West Coast Path.
The village itself boasts local shops including a butchers,green grocers,bakeries,two small supermarkets, a pharmacy, galleries, hairdressers and a beauty salon.
There is a wide range of restaurants, coffee shops and pubs, not forgetting a pizza take away and a fish and chip shop.
Wandering around the village and surrounding area is always fun and is steeped in its mining heritage. You will see old cottages, engine houses and shafts and it is worth walking along the coast path to see the remains of Wheal Coates which you may recognise from television programmes and epitomises the days of tin mining.
At one time there were 100 mines in the area and some were still working until the 20th century. Today only Blue Hills Mine remains in production. If you have time, a visit to the St Agnes Museum is interesting.
Trevaunance cove is our local beach. It is a 10 mintier walk downhill on Quay road,
Accessed by a step slipway down to the sand. This stunning beach is surrounded by towering cliffs. In the winter there is surf and in the summer it is very family friendly, with rock pools, caves, lifeguarded. There are public toilets at the top of the slipway and several cafes at beach level.
It is serviced by a council run car park on the right before you reach the junction. A small community owned car park nearer the beach - honesty box out of season manned in high season. But be warned this car park is tricky to negotiate in a large vehicle when busy. The driftwood spars pub also has a car park but requires ticket the cost of which can be reclaimed if you later eat there and ask.
Dog friendly year round.
Lifeboat station - launches are exciting to watch!
Trevaunance Cove
Trevaunance cove is our local beach. It is a 10 mintier walk downhill on Quay road,
Accessed by a step slipway down to the sand. This stunning beach is surrounded by towering cliffs. In the winter there is surf and in the summer it is very family friendly, with rock pools, caves, lifeguarded. There are public toilets at the top of the slipway and several cafes at beach level.
It is serviced by a council run car park on the right before you reach the junction. A small community owned car park nearer the beach - honesty box out of season manned in high season. But be warned this car park is tricky to negotiate in a large vehicle when busy. The driftwood spars pub also has a car park but requires ticket the cost of which can be reclaimed if you later eat there and ask.
Dog friendly year round.
Lifeboat station - launches are exciting to watch!
Consejos para la ciudad
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Facilities in St Agnes
Bakery - St Agnes Bakery in Churchtown - delicious pasties and homemade sausage rolls. Fresh bread and bread to order
Churchtown fruit and veg shop
Carr Butchers Church town
Spar - Good selection of everyday supplies and some extra local touches
Select Convenience and Post Office - post office services and wide range of alcohol
Boots Pharmacy
The Cornish Pizza Company - at the mini roundabout at the entrance to the village, delicious pizzas and sides, check their website for opening.
St Agnes ‘Fission Chip Shop’ Churchtown
China Palace Chinese
Cash point - Churchtown
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Walking routes from the cottage
Walk up to ‘The Beacon’ from the village - the hill overlooking the village. This offers a 360 view of cornwall with views as far as St Ives, Padstow and the south coast. Approx 45-60 minute return.
Wheal Coates Mine - this iconic tin mine is featured in endless adverts for Cornwall (the Airbnb picture of the mine is one I took this year) - it is perched on the rugged cliffs between St Agnes Head and Chapelporth beach on the south west coast path. This can be walked to from the village and there are several National Trust car parks that access the coast path a short distance away. 90 mins
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Beaches
Trevellas Porth is more secluded with limited access and dogs are allowed here all year round. It is a pleasant coastal walk to get there.
Chapel Porth is owned by the National Trust and there is a car park and cafe. This beach attracts surfers. Dogs are not allowed on the beach between Easter and 30th September inclusive.
Porthtowan Beach is also worth visiting especially with families. It is a blue flag beach with several cafes, a pub and fish and chip shop a 5 minute drive away. Dogs are not allowed between Easter and 30th September inclusive.
Perranporth Beach is a long sandy beach.