Woodlay Holidays

Sea fishing

Looe, the famous Cornish fishing village is only 8 miles away and is well known for its excellent shark/sea fishing or for the less adventurous there are regular mackerel fishing trips. These can all be booked from the quayside.

Beaches

There is a beach at Looe and many pretty coves along the south Cornish coast.

The North coast is only half an hours drive away with fantastic surfing beaches at Polzeath, Watergate Bay Newquay and Perranporth.

Places of Interest

• The ancient market town of Liskeard, at the head of the Looe valley, is a 15 minute drive from Woodlay.
• The Eden Project, one of the UK's top gardens and conservation tourist attractions, is only 30 minutes drive from Woodlay.
• There are many National Trust and other historic gardens within 30 minutes drive - Lanhydrock House, Pencarrow House, Cotehele and the Lost Gardens of Heligon.
• There are many other wonderful Cornish gardens within easy driving distance with magnificent displays of rhododendrons and hydrangeas.
• We are spoilt for choices for restaurants in the area. In Looe and Polperro the fish is fresh off the boats. We recommend our local pubs - The Jubilee, The Punch Bowl and The Plough. Rick Stein's restaurants in Padstow are 30 minutes away (book well in advance) and Jamie Oliver's new restaurant Fifteen at Watergate Bay is a similar distance.
• Porfell animal farm is just down the road and the monkey sanctuary is close by.
• In the main entrance to the Barn we have leaflets and brochures on all local places of interest to visit and have a small library of books and DVDs.

Golf

This is available at Looe and Lostwithiel and the well known St Mellion golf course is not far away.

Horse Riding

There is a riding school in the next valley and others with access to Bodmin moor.