Sunset from Looe Island View
Local coastal secnery
More beautiful coastline
Nearby Dartmoor at Christmas

LOCAL ATTRACTIONS

  • 300m to beach and village centre
  • Marine Conservation Society recommended beach
  • Short drive to Looe and Polperro
  • Great base from which to explore Cornwall and West Devon

AREA DESCRIPTION

Downderry is a beautiful, popular Cornish seaside village which enjoys breathtaking unspoilt coastline & countryside. It also has good local day-to-day facilities with a general store, Post Office, traditional inn with lovely sea views and the recent opening of Blueplate by Nick Barclay.

If you enjoy walking, the coastal paths provide many opportunities with nearby Seaton, Looe, Talland Bay & onto the 13th Century fishing village of Polperro.

Good leisure sporting facilities are within easy reach including the 18 hole coastal golf courses of Whitsand Bay and Looe. There are many beaches around, Downderry being mainly shingle and Whitsand Bay which is a vast sandy beach.

The ancient ports of Looe & Polperro are reachable in fifteen and twenty minutes respectively and the city of Plymouth is an half hour distant.

Wonderful National Trust houses and gardens are abundant around. This is a fine house for a family, coastal holiday in a most beautiful part of Cornwal

WHAT TO SEE AND DO DURING YOUR STAY

  • Downderry Beach

    Details of Downderry beach and local beaches, Seaton, Looe etc.

    http://www.cornwallinfocus.co.uk/walking/e42.php
  • Looe

    Looe is one of Cornwall’s most popular holiday towns, and is located on both banks of the River Looe. East Looe is the busier part, and here you can visit the main shopping area and the busy harbour. In West Looe you’ll find a quieter environment, as well as Hannafore Beach, which offers great views of Looe Island.

    http://www.ukattraction.com/west-country/looe.html
  • The Monkey Sanctuary

    Open from Easter to September.

    http://www.monkeysanctuary.org/
  • The Eden Project

    Looe Island View is located 27 miles from the Eden project or around a 45 minute car drive.

    http://www.edenproject.com/
  • Looe Island

    Also known as St George’s Island, this half-mile wide island lies off Hannafore Point, southwest of Looe. It is possible to walk to the island during the lowest tides of the year. A medieval chapel was built on it, and there is a legend that as a child Jesus and his uncle Joseph of Arimathea visited when trading for tin. The Atkins sisters bought the island and lived on it for 40 years from 1964, it is now owned by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust which will maintain it as a nature reserve

    http://www.looe.org/island.html
  • South West Coast Path

    Numerous walks along the south west coast path taking in Downderry, Seaton, Looe, Polperro and east towards Portwrinkle, Cawsand, Kingsand.

    http://www.southwestcoastpath.com