Britain’s best ferry trips

There is a sense of adventure when you board a boat. Boats can reach places – hidden coves, winding swamps – where other modes of transportation cannot. Before motorized transport, sailboats and later steamships provided the fastest way to travel between coastal communities in Britain (and to transport goods across the country) While the seaside … Read more

The best places for cream tea in Cornwall – and how to enjoy it like a local

At Wavecrest you can find one of the best cream teas in Cornwall while looking out over the dramatic cliffs A real Cornish cream tea is made by placing the jam on the scone before the clotted cream. The reason? The cream melted on scones that came hot from the oven. A scone is something … Read more

Broadband means rural homes can download a ‘high-definition movie’ in less than one minute

Project Gigabit areas on the map -Credit: Wildanet Rural areas in Cornwall will get fast ‘gigabit capable broadband’ thanks to a multi-million pound investment. Thanks to the new broadband, households can download a high-definition movie within one minute. Homes and businesses in rural Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly will have access to gigabit-capable broadband … Read more

Molly Caudery: How Cornwall helped build a world pole vault champion

Britain’s Molly Caudery has won gold at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow – Reuters/Hannah McKay Molly Caudery is Great Britain’s first world or Olympic pole vault champion. She now has her sights set on becoming the first British woman to win an Olympic field event title in 40 years and she comes from a … Read more

Cate Blanchett accused of ‘destroying holidays’ with Cornwall eco-house

Cate Blanchett has been accused of “total disregard” during the construction of her eco-home in Cornwall – which has ‘ruined holidays’ and cost a neighbor £60,000. The Lord of the Rings star, 54, and her husband, playwright Andrew Upton, 57, bought the £1.6million cottage in Mawgan Porth four years ago and have since demolished the … Read more

10 beautiful spa hotels on the Cornish coast

The Scarlet’s selling point has to be the hot tubs that teeter on the edge of the windswept beach There’s probably no better place in Britain for a wellness holiday than the Cornwall peninsula, where sun, sea and breathtaking scenery come together in a way that immediately lifts the spirit and soothes the soul. It … Read more

The quaint Cornish town fighting to stop the next Eden Project

Lostwithiel is located in the Fowey Valley in Cornwall – John Lawrence Tucked away in the upper reaches of the Fowey Valley, the small town of Lostwithiel looks a picture of serenity: a church tower rising above a flag-strewn main street, a tranquil river babbling between the arches of a pretty medieval bridge, and steep … Read more