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Mackerel Sky This highly desirable boutique style, first floor apartment offers a romantic break with comfortable, light, spacious accommodation for two. Its coastal location is...

Haddock have a dark lateral line running along their white side, which is the opposite to pollock that have a white line running along their dark side. The most distinguishing m...

Smoked Mackerel As mackerel is an oily fish, it is advisable to soak your fillets in a saline solution for 20 minutes before smoking them as this helps to dry the fish out a lit...

Botallack is the location of the Wheal Owles Engine House which is featured in the BBC Poldark Series as Wheal Leisure More images of the stunning Poldark locations can be seen...

Which Smoking Oven? We supply various different smoking ovens so that we have one to fit all requirements. We have created the table below to show the differences with each of t...

Seaweed Foraging Veggies of the Sea It’s not just the Japanese that are partial to a bit of seaweed – in recent years there has been a strong movement in Europe to introduce sea...

The RNLI in Cornwall Different Classes of RNLI Lifeboats in Cornwall D Class Lifeboat The D class inshore lifeboat has been the workhorse of the RNLI for over 50 years. First in...

Crackington Haven Pebbly and rocky but with sand at low tide. To the north (pictured) is Penkenna Point which is 430 feet and to the south the highest cliff in England, High Cli...

Porthcothan Porthcothan Bay is a narrow sheltered cove with a lovely sandy beach which at low tide joins up with smaller areas of sand to form a really great place to explore ro...

RNLI Lifeguards are on duty 2025 Easter School Holidays 05 April - 21 April Weekends Only 26 April - 27 April Daily 03 May - 28 September Weekends Only 04 October - 19 October O...

Mylor Mylor has a large yachting marina and is therefore a popular destination for sailors. It is very pretty. Sea Fishing in Mylor Many different species of flat fish can be ca...

Flushing Flushing a small village on the opposite side of the river to Falmouth. It is home to a small number of fishing boats. Sea Fishing in Flushing area Many different speci...

Falmouth Harbour Falmouth Harbour and Carrick Roads are a large natural harbour which was formed in the ice age. It has a busy ship repair yard and is probably the busiest harbo...

Gorran Haven The beach at Gorran Haven is lovely and sandy and ideal for families as it is sheltered by the harbour wall. Gorran Haven is situated to the west side of Mevagissey...

Portholland The beach joins East and West Portholland. The beach is covered at high tide. Caerhays Caerhays is a private beach but is easily accessible. It is mainly pebbly. Por...

Portscatho Portscatho is a small fishing port situated on the east coast of the Roseland peninsula in Gerrans Bay. Being on the east side of the peninsula means that it is shelt...

Portloe Portloe has a quaint little harbour and is located just east of Veryan. A couple of fishing boats work out of Portloe and mainly catch shellfish. A lifeboat was statione...

Mawgan Porth Situated mid way between Padstow and Newquay, Mawgan Porth is a lovely sandy cove with cliffs at either end and backed by dunes. Mawgan Porth is a popular surfing b...