Hillside House bed and breakfast   
Portscatho Cornwall

8 The Square
Portscatho, Nr St Mawes
Truro
Cornwall TR2 5HW
Tel: 01872 580526
info@hillsidehouse-portscatho.co.uk

Portscatho bed and breakfast, Cornwall

Hillside House bed and breakfast is a Georgian captain’s house in the heart of picturesque seaside village Portscatho on Cornwall's stunningly beautiful Roseland Peninsular. It has been refurbished to offer six comfortable and stylish bedrooms - all with ensuite bath/shower rooms. The AA has awarded us their prestigious four red diamonds for being one of the top bed and breakfasts in its category.

Set close to the harbour, and conveniently opposite Portscatho's characterful 16th century inn, our bed and breakfast is full of the charming atmosphere of nautical Portscatho and is perfect for a peaceful and relaxed holiday. It is an ideal base from which to discover the Roseland's delightful countryside and cliff-top walks, secluded coves and sandy beaches, or take to the road and escape to a deserted beach or nearby buzzing riviera St Mawes.

Hillside House is also ideally located for Cornwall's picturesque fishing villages, the Eden Project, the beautiful St Just in Roseland Church, The Lost Gardens of Heligan and Cornwall's National Trust gardens and houses, The National Maritime Museum at Falmouth, Cornish art galleries and craft centres.

Prices

Doubles: £85 to £100 per room
Family room: £120 with one child, £135 with two.
Twin: £80 to £90 per room. Rates are based on a 2 night stay.
During July August and Bank holidays there is a minimum three-night booking (except for last-minute bookings) and we cannot take single night bookings at any weekends unless there is last minute availability. There may be an additional charge for a single night booking at other times. Regrettably we do not have any single rooms and a single person supplement is payable outside June-September. Full price is payable between 1 July and 30 September.

We serve full English breakfasts at weekends and continental breakfast during the week. Credit card details or a deposit cheque for the first night will confirm your booking.

All rooms have an ensuite bath or shower room, colour tv and dvd, and tea and coffee making facilities. Irons, ironing boards and hairdryers are available on request. Rooms are available from 4pm unless previously arranged otherwise.

Hillside House attempts to be as green as possible by recycling all possible waste, the provision of SLS-free organic liquid soap, locally-sourced produce, ecover cleaning products and we continue to strive to keep abreast of sustainable tourism.

We need to be informed of any cancellation before the preceeding fourteen days otherwise regrettably we must charge for the first night (and we advise taking out travel insurance to cover cancellations).

Where we are

Google map (type your postcode at top of page for directions)

Train
The nearest railway station, Truro, is about 16 miles from Hillside House (rail enqs: 08457 484950)

Coach
National Express coaches serve Truro (enqs: 08705 808080)

Bus
Buses 50/51 from Truro to St Mawes stop en route at Portscatho.

Car
Follow the A30 to Cornwall. Take the A391 to St Austell, then turn right onto the A390 to just past the sign for Hewswater. Turn left onto the B3287 signposted Tregony. At the end of the road, turn right and then shortly afterwards left onto the A3078 - through Tregony until you reach the end where you turn left towards St Mawes. Follow that road for 6.1 miles and turn left at sign for Portscatho, continue for 1.3 miles and turn left again - at the very end turn sharp left into Portscatho's main square. Hillside House is the white house next to the butchers and (conveniently) opposite the Plume of Feathers 17th century inn.

Taxi
Gerrans Bay Taxis, Robert Peters of Portscatho, 01872 580673

What to do around Portscatho + Cornwall's Roseland Peninsula

So much to do and so little time ...  To whet your appetite ...

• discover the Roseland's delightful countryside and cliff-top walks, secluded creeks and wooded valleys
• hire a rowing boat, motorboat, kayaks or windsurfing board at nearby riverside Percuil and cruise up creeks and rivers - ask and we can arrange
  www.paddleandsail.com
  or hire a boat hourly, daily or weekly at local www.mylorboathire.co.uk
• stunning wooden sailing day boats for hire: sail around the beautiful Falmouth harbour exploring local waterside pubs and creeks with www.falwoodenboathire.com - £75special 2-hour starter package with instructor around the creeks - boats available from St Just in Roseland
• walk along the South West Coast Path to Pendower beach, turn and follow the river to Melinsey Mill where you can congratulate yourself with a generous Cornish cream tea (among other things) at this most beautiful natural setting - woodland, lakeside tables and cheeky little birds on your tabletop waiting for crumbs. Definitely the writer's favourite spot and favourite cream tea. Pure poetry.
• learn a new watersport at Percuil's 'Paddle and Sail' - ask and we can arrange
• try your hand at fishing in Cornwall
• check out local sandy beaches: Porthcurnick, Towan (home to seals), Pendower, Carne, Porthbean and Porthbeor.
• visit the nearby harbour village of St Mawes with it's walled seafront, castle and magnificent sub-tropical plants, which becomes a lively little yachting haven in the summer months and has a good choice of shops, pubs, restaurants and indulge in the obligatory cream tea.
• Walk from St Mawes two miles along the coastal walk to St Just in Roseland where you will find 'the most beautiful churchyard on earth' (Sir John Betjeman)
• take the passenger ferry from St Mawes to colourful bustling maritime Falmouth and take in its cobbled streets, antique shops, new National Maritime Museum, pubs and restaurants, beaches, and wonderful views across the Carrick Roads (Fal estuary).
• Lunch on fish and chips on one of Falmouth's Quays, looking out to sea, enjoying the sun and wondering at the huge ships in for repairs or visiting Tall Ships at Falmouth Docks.
• Take one of the many pleasure cruises from Falmouth or St Mawes. The Fal Estuary and Helford River - both areas of outstanding beauty and wildlife - can only be fully appreciated by boat.
• The King Harry Ferry (5 miles away) is an enjoyable shortcut by car ferry to Falmouth, passing alongside the National Trust's Trelissick Gardens.
• Visit the picturesque neighbouring villages of Veryan and Portloe!
• Cornwall's capital city, Truro, with its cathedral, shops and cobbled streets - a 25 minute drive. Truro Cathedral has regular organ recitals and if you time it correctly you can enjoy an organ rehearsal.
• Cornwall's much celebrated Eden Project and The Lost Gardens of Heligan are 35 minutes away.
• Spend the day at St Ives with The Tate of the West and other St Ives art galleries
• The village of St Agnes still retains its mining character with its cottages and engine houses.
• Cream tea or lunch at Smugglers Cottage - an embarkation point for US D-Day landings.
• Portscatho's Regatta is a lively event that visitors return for year after year - with music and dancing in the streets. Many have been participating for generations.
• Local art galleries - Chris Insoll's New Gallery and Sprindrift
• Sub-tropical gardens of Cornwall: The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Trebah and Trelissick to name a few.
• Magnificent Music Machines - "a delightfully eccentric museum created on the back of one man's passion for music boxes, Wurlitzers and organs of yesteryear. Paul personally guides you around his collection, treating you to performances and dipping into his encyclopaedic knowledge." (Holiday Which) - by the old mill steam in the lovely Looe Valley - just off the B3254 at St Keyne Sation near Liskeard. 01579 343108
• The Portscatho Harbour Club with stylishly refurbished bar and enviable balcony overlooking the sea- £3 annual membership – pool table, snooker, darts, table football, air hockey, sea views, and a downstairs gym. Open all day Sunday. Children are allowed in the games room til 8.30pm. Free events to members include cinema nights Mondays and Wednesdays sketching sessions Tuesday nights with local artist Chris Insoll from the Portscatho New Gallery and Bingo on Thursdays. Gym downstairs (£4 per session).

Or perhaps just sit back, relax and watch the world go by.

Gardens in Cornwall (National Trust and private)

The Roseland Peninsula is a horticultural paradise and is one of the most beautiful locations in Cornwall. The southern coast is warmed by the Gulf Stream. The Cornwall Garden Festival and Flower Show is held each spring and abundant forests of camellias, rhododendrons, magnolias and azaleas in the nearby gardens make Spring in Cornwall a spectacular time for all garden lovers:

The Church of St Just in Roseland one of the Daily Telegraph's 100 Favourite Churches, (a ten minute drive away) dates from AD 550 and nestles by the Percuil River amongst camellias, rhododendrons and sub-tropical plants.
Trebah Garden, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth
Trelissick Garden, Feock, Truro, TR3 6QL
Trengwainton Garden, Penzance
Tresco Abbey Gardens, Isle of Scilly
Trewithen Gardens, Truro
Lost Gardens of Heligan, Pentewan, St Austell
Caerhays Castle Gardens, Caerhays, St Austell
Glendurgan Garden, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth
Penjerrick Garden, Budock, Falmouth
Probus Gardens, Probus, Truro

And of course the Cornwall's highly acclaimed Eden Project.

Distances from our Portscatho B&B

in order of proximity ...

• St Mawes 5 miles - 10 mins
• Veryan 6 miles - 15 mins
• Tregony 8 miles - 18 mins
• Gorran Haven 10 miles - 25 mins
• Mevagissey 15 miles - 30 mins
• Lost Gardens of Heligan - 15 miles - 30 mins
• Truro 16 miles - 25mins
• St Austell - 17 miles - 30 mins
• St Agnes 18 miles - 40 mins
• Helford 21 miles - 45 mins
• Helston 21 miles - 45 mins
• Fowey - 27 miles - 40 mins
• Newquay 28 miles - 44 mins
• St Ives - 33 miles - 60 mins
• Penzance - 35 miles - 60 mins
• Mousehole 40 miles - 1hr 8 mins
• Land's End - 47 miles - 1 hr 15 mins
• Tintagel Castle - 54 miles
  

Links

Travel

Air

Air SouthWest
British Airways
Newquay Airport
Ryan Air

Train

Car hire

Coach

Travel reports /route planning/weather

AA
RAC
BBC

Other Links

self catering holiday accommodation in Portscatho - rent the B&B on a weekly basis this year.

The Kings Head at Ruan Lanihorne - one of my favourite local pub restaurants

Paddle and Sail
01872 580964
Sailing school which also has motorboats, sailing boats, kayaks and wind surfers for hire

Mylor boat hire - discover the unique sheltered waters around Falmouth
01326 377745

National Trust events
Tel: 01208 74281

The Gaia Energy Centre – promoting renewable and sustainable energy and energy conservation.

The Daphne du Maurier website
Dame Daphne du Maurier, 1907-1989, DBE 1969, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Lady Browning, Bibliography, Festival of Arts and Literature.

Cornwall Tourist Board - Cornwall Tourist Board, the official agency providing holiday information about Cornwall, including accommodation, places to visit, how to get here, events/whats on, short breaks, vacancies and lots of different holiday brochures.

English Heritage - info re historic attractions

South West Tourism

Seen Cornwall - your gateway to the arts in Cornwall. The Seen Cornwall website has been developed to illustrate the depth, variety and richness of the arts in Cornwall.

South West Coastal Path Association

Chycor - Rich source of info on Cornwall

Destination Cornwall - comprehensive of everything happening in Cornwall

Cornwall Online - info on events, attractions and local products with the accent on Falmouth and South West Cornwall.

A guide to Cornish and Devonian Art Galleries

West Briton newspaper

www.thisiscornwall.co.uk - West Briton newspaper

www.somewheretogo.co.uk/cornwall - Cornwall Hotels and Tourist Attractions

www.falmouthtown.co.uk - online directory of everything Falmouth

Blue Reef Aquarium
Cornish Cyder Farm
Cornish Goldsmiths
Cornwall Guide
Cornwall Taste of the West
Eden Project
Falmouth Port - visiting ships
Flambards
Helston Folk Museum
Geevor Tin Mine
Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station
Hall for Cornwall for plays, concerts
Jamaica Inn
Just Cornish
Lappa Valley Steam Railway
Looe
Looe Discovery Centre
Lost Gardens of Heligan
Minack Theatre
Porthcurno Telegraph Museum
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
National Seal Sanctuary
Newquay Zoo
Padstow 'Obby 'Oss
Padstow Museum
Paradise Park
Pencarrow House & Gardens
Penlee House Gallery and Museum
Poldark Mine
Shipwreck Rescue & Heritage Centre
St Just-in-Roseland - St Mawes 15th century church
St Michael's Mount
Sterts Arts & Environmental Centre
Tate Gallery, St Ives
The Bash Street Company
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
The National Trust
The Pilchard Works Heritage Museum
The Royal Cornwall Museum
The Yarg Cheese Farm
Trebah Gardens
Water World
Wheal Martyn Museum

Other B&Bs travel and holiday links

www.gites-du-moulin.com - Alastair Sawday recommended self catering holiday cottages/gites in an idyllic Normandy mill setting in the Calvados region of Normandy for rambling, fishing, back-to-nature, walking family holidays.

www.montengrand.com - luxury self-catering holiday cottages set in a beautiful, rolling landscape in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where the departments of the Ariege and the Aude meet.

www.purpleski.com - highly recommendable Meribel ski-ing holidays - a set-up run by the friendliest and most accommodating people who bend over backwards to make your ski-ing experience one of the best.

www.bedandbreakfasts.co.uk - B&B and holiday accommodation in the UK.

Go Coastal - online directory of UK coastal holiday accommodation

www.bnb-directory.com - The Bed & Breakfast Directory offers information and contact details for hundreds of B&B's across the UK and further afield.

www.tripadvisor.com - for unbiased opinions about holiday accommodation, restaurants and bars worldwide at TripAdvisor.

www.bargain-holiday-agents.co.uk - Book last minute holidays online, search through thousands of late booking holidays to destinations throughout the world and make great savings

www.holprop.com - For sale homes, houses, villas, condos,

apartments, land & off plan properties in Spain, Italy, France, Florida & worldwide - Large selection of properties for sale or to rent from around the world.

www.accommodation.com - bed and breakfast directory

www.accomm-finder.com - accommodation directory

www.caravanshq.com - everything caravans

www.cornish-links.co.uk - Cornish business directory

www.cornwall-pages.co.uk - Cornwall search engine

www.thetravelplanner.co.uk - for UK travel information

www.altraverse.com worldwide accommodation directory

www.holiday-travel-flights.co.uk Late Holiday Travel Deals If you are looking for a deal on a late holiday or last minute short break flight check out the prices on this directory for some very special offers

www.hotbunk.co.uk - hotel and bed and breakfast guide for Cornwall and the UK

ClickBedAndBreakfast.co.uk - online guide to Great British B&Bs.

www.creamofcornwall.co.uk - top-quality holiday accommodation showcasing the Cream of Cornwall

Other links

Cornish rag dolls - locally hand-made rag dolls

www.dickspigs.co.uk - finest organic sausages, bacon, dry-cure ham and gammon from local hand-reared rare-breed Tamworth pigs from St Newlyn East in North Cornwall. Tamworth weaners also available.

Welmar upright piano for sale in the UK

Kernow bio-fuels Ltd - Cornish bio-fuel company. Producing a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels.

Caphevn Vietnamese teas and coffee - experience coffee as the Vietnamese do - taste their ethically sourced teas and coffees at various London markets. UK supplier of Vietnamese weasel coffee which has journeyed though the native palm civet.

www.west-sussex-livery.co.uk - BHS approved livery yard, riding club and stables based in Dial Post, Nr Horsham, West Sussex - friends of Hillside House Portscatho

www.macclesfield-hog-roast.co.uk - professional hog roasting company in and around Cheshire

www.djpipes.co.uk - professional plumber and tiler for your kitchens and bathrooms in the Brighton and Hove area of Sussex

7 Restaurant - restaurant/bar with private function room in St Ives West Cornwall

Hillside House Bed and Breakfast Portscatho Cornwall

Friendly seaside B&B in heart of unspoilt harbour village Portscatho on Cornwall’s stunning Roseland peninsula. Yards from the harbour, beach and sixteenth century inn. Stylishly refurbished, all rooms are ensuite with luxury beds, phones and dvds etc. Awarded the AA's 4 Red Diamonds, an excellent base for visiting Eden Project and Lost Gardens of Heligan, St Mawes and all Cornwall.

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