Places to visit

King Arthur's Hall

Return to the crossroads from the Tippet Stones. Turn right towards Bradford, St Brewards and Churchtown. The site can be reached by a footpath from Penwood House. This Neolithic circle is located on Moorland and consists of fifty-six stones which originally stood upright forming the internal face of a steep rectangular bank. There is an entrance in the southwest corner of the bank. The interior is hollowed out with some evidence of rough paving in the northwest corner. King Arthur is said to have visited the site, but it's true date and purpose are unknown. The site is reached on a footpath between Blisland and Hamatethy.

Wadebridge - Ponsrys

Wadebridge/Ponsrys is west from Blisland and a town about five miles from Padstow on the River Camel. The old bridge in the town built in 1468 was also the sight of Civil war activity in regard to it's strategic importance.

St Breock - Nannsans

St Breock/Nannsans is a village about a mile west of Wadebridge and the ancient St Breoch Downs standing stone is nearby. The parish church is thirteenth century in origin with fifteenth and sixteenth century additions.

Padstow - Lannwedhenek

Padstow/Lannwedhenek is a fishing port about ten miles to the northwest of Bodmin and west from Wadebridge. It is popular tourist and yachting location with noted restaurant facilities. It has regular ferry services to Rock on the opposite side of the estuary and the South West Coastal Path runs though both places.

Trevone - Treavon

Trevone/Treavon is a coastal village west of Padstow with an attractive beach. To the east of the bay is a blowhole resulting from a collapsed cave.

Bude - Bud

Bude/Bud is a small seaside town in North Cornwall and is twinned with Ergue-Gaberic in Brittany. Bude has two good beaches with other beaches nearby and is a popular surfing location. Shops and leisure facilities in the town cater for visitors and it has good bus links to other areas and is accessed on the A39 north from Crackington Haven.

Stratton - Strasnedh

Stratton/Strasnedh is a small town close to Bude of the A39. Within the town is a Norman church which is a grade 1 listed building.

Kilkhampton - Tregylgh

Kilkhampton/Tregylgh is a village about four miles northeast of Bude on the A39. West of the village are the remains of Norman Castle and the church is also of the Norman period. There are a number of shops and pubs in Kilkhampton.

Morewenstow

Morewenstow is a small village about six miles north of Bude and close to the Devon border. The church is from the Norman period and the churchyard is the resting place for sailors who had drowned and were washed up on the parish boundaries. The nearby coast is hazardous to shipping and the corpses of drowned sailors were laid out in the churchyard and then buried. There is a path leading form the church to the cliff side.

Whitstone

Whitstone is a village on the B3254 between Kilkhampton and Launceston. The church of St Anne, built in the thirteenth century, is one of the oldest buildings in the village, and has a Norman doorway and Font.

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