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Posted on 18/02/201611/03/2016 by james — Leave a comment

Falmouth’s Beaches

As well as being a bustling maritime town, Falmouth is also home to 4 beautiful beaches. Located on the south side of the town, Falmouth’s beaches are all within walking distance of each other and connected via the coastal path, making it easy to ‘beach hop’ to your favourite. Starting at Maenporth, we travelled North along the coast path to nearby Swanpool beach, then on to Gyllyngvase Beach and last but not least Castle beach towards the tip of Falmouth Pendennis Point. Below is some photos from our journey showing you the beaches and the beautiful views along the way.

Gyllyngvase is Falmouth’s largest and most popular beach.

Castle beach and Pendennis Point, home to the impressive Pendennis Castle, an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in 1540.

Posted on 11/06/201411/06/2014 by james — Leave a comment

Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival 13th-15th June 2014

Ahoy,me hearties! This year’s International Sea Shanty Festival in Falmouth is just around the corner and is a ‘must see’ if you are on holiday in Cornwall. The event, which takes place this weekend (13-15th June) features 46 shanty groups singing over 261 hours of songs across 21 venues throughout the town.

The weather forecast looks great and Falmouth will be filled with music, singing and infused with a great community spirit.

Originally founded by a group of local singers in 2003, the events mission is to keep alive the history of tall ships and days of sail, while at the same time promoting the marine heritage of Falmouth. Attracting thousands of visitors each year the festival has become one of the largest of it’s kind, with shanty groups coming from the UK and as far as Europe to perform. Money raised at the event is donated to the RNLI to help save lives at sea.

Town Manager and Chairman of the Organising Committee, Richard Gates expects “2014 to be an exciting year for Falmouth with an ever growing calendar of events with Falmouth’s International Sea Shanty festival being one of the highlights of the summer program.”

Browse this years programme of events below, or visit the official website HERE for more info.

Posted on 11/06/201411/06/2014 by james — Leave a comment

New Spa complex overlooking Gyllyngvase Beach planned for Falmouth, Cornwall

Development plans have been unveiled in Falmouth for a new £25m spa complex on the former site of the Falmouth Beach Hotel, which was destroyed in a fire two years ago. The site is a stones throw from Gyllyngvase Beach with beautiful views over Falmouth Bay.

Headed by St Michaels Hotel & Spa, the proposed scheme would include 51 beach sea view apartments, 30 new hotel suits, six woodland eco-lodges, three restaurants, a health club and two retail outlets focusing upon local Cornish produce.

If approved, the new St Michaels Spa & Wellness resort would create 70 new permanent jobs and bring increased business to the seaside town of Falmouth. St Michael’s owner, Nigel Carpenter, said: “This is a town which encourages creativity, vision and progress. We hope to develop an outstanding, premium-quality resort which will create many jobs for local people and bring a lot of business to the town.”

We at 360beaches are all for the positive development of Cornish towns and this looks like it will be enjoyed both by local people and tourists, crucially all year round, so we hope the planning process goes well and they can start building as soon as possible!

Posted on 04/02/201404/02/2014 by james — Leave a comment

Pandora Inn in Cornwall officially the best pub in the South West!

One of our favourite pubs in Cornwall, The Pandora Inn at Restronguet Creek has won Gold at the 2013/14 South West Tourism Awards for ‘Tourism Pub of the Year’. It’s the second year in a row that it the Pandora Inn has been awarded this accolade, and the achievements are even more remarkable knowing that the pub was severely damaged by a fire in March 2011.

Sitting on the edge of Restronguet Creek, near Falmouth in Cornwall it’s easy to see how the Pandora Inn is a firm favourite among tourists and locals alike. The buildings original low beamed ceilings, flagstone floor and thatched roof take you back to days gone by and give it a unique charming atmosphere ( mind your head though!). This mixed with great food and it’s very own pontoon, giving you the option to travel there by boat makes the Pandora Inn a place like no other.

So if you are visiting Cornwall on holiday this year, make sure you take a trip to the Pandora Inn. Check out their website www.pandorainn.com for more info and to check out the menus.

Pictures courtesy of the Pandora Inn