Dear mummy, while staying on our crimbo limbo break at Coombe Mill we took a day trip out to Fowey – pronounced Foy. Fowey is a small town and port situated at the mouth of the River Fowey, approximately halfway between St Austell and Polperro on the South West peninsula of Cornwall.
Fowey Harbour
It’s slap bang in the middle of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the town is characterised by quaint cottages and narrow cobbled streets that wind down steep hills. Fowey lies within easy reach of many beautiful beaches and on our day trip we headed to Readymoney Cove. Watch our video as we explore the area…
We loved the salty fishing quays, narrow streets and the views of pretty Polruan village on the opposite side of the estuary. Stopping briefly to take in the views across the water.
The estuary
There are lots of excellent restaurants in the town and Fowey’s busy Fore Street offers a wiggly line of shops and old fashioned pubs we stopped at SamsCornwall to have lunch after our beach walk.
Fowey’s streets
Fowey has more than its fair share of good walks and walkers can take the South West Coast Path from Fowey’s Readymoney Cove to sandy Polkerris, or from Polruan to the National Trust’s Lantic Bay – among Cornwall’s finest beaches.
Readymoney Beach
Fowey was the home of the author Daphne du Maurier (Jamaica Inn, The Birds, Don’t Look Now) and there’s an arts and literature festival held in the town in her name each year. She lived for a while in Readymoney Cottage in Readymoney Cove where we visited and actor Dawn French now lives on the estate she once called her home.
Fowey steeped in history
The streets are clean and quirky and the shop fronts are beautiful and its clear that people take a pride in the town. Everyone we spoke to was friendly and warm which made our visit a pleasure.
We’d love to come back in the summer months and try crabbing off the quay wall or hire a boat to get a fishes view of this magnificence old port.
Have you ever been to Fowey?
Love Bella x
What a fabulous visit. Great content and photographs x
I’ve never been but it looks beautiful! I can imagine it would be great fun in the summer time too!
I have never even heard of Fowey until now.
This little village looks lovely, a great day for a camera trip.
Interestingly, Fowey is mentioned in the Doomsday Book.
Those waves were HUGE on your video!!! What cute place to have a family outing at.
I do hope you have a cup of tea in your next video and raise a toast to Paladin the cheetah!!
I’ve been to a lot of places in the US, but I’ve not been many places overseas yet. #DreamTeam
I love the fact that many places in UK have a long history. I so wish to visit it sometime in future!
I’ve never been and to be honest I’ve never heard of it, but the beachfront looks really pretty even in the winter x
I’ve never been to Fowey but I would love to visit one day – I adore Cornwall, it is such a beautiful place.
I haven’t been to this part of the country in about 10 years, but we are hoping to go to Cornwall in the summer so I will keep these places in mind.
I’ve never been to Fowey, I’ve only really experienced Newquay whilst in Cornwall but it does sound like a lovely place to visit.
I haven’t been to Fowey before but it does remind me a little bit of St Ives, with it’s narrow cobbled streets and the beach with wonderful views over the other shore of the estuary.
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Ohh I love Fowey. I have recently visited and written a post about there too. Would love you to have a read xx
The view from the Estuary is just stunning. Cornwall is a part of the UK I really want to explore.
Cornwall is such a beautiful place to visit. We used to go down for a family holiday every year when I was a kid, but haven’t been since having Oscar. One day I shall definitely head down there again!!
Louise x