Eastgate is midway between the north and south coast and the drive is 30 minutes; slightly further is Rock, Padstow and Newquay; St Ives and Penzance are about one hour.
 

North coast
Dramatic cliffs and dazzling beaches on the north coast, from Morwenstow on the northern border with Devon, to Bude, Widemouth Bay, Polzeath and Rock; walk the south-west coast path to reach the harbours at Boscastle, Port Isaac, Port Quin and Padstow with the famous Rick Stein fish restaurant.

Boscastle is a fishing village with narrow rocky harbour and walks through beautiful Valency Valley. Thomas Hardy met his first wife here and based his novel "A pair of Blue Eyes" in this area. From here you can use the local bus service to Tintagel then walk along the coastal path back to Boscastle.

Tintagel Castle; a  spectacular site, was built in 12th and 13th century by the Earls of Cornwall.

Morwenstow, the northern tip of Cornwall; this is a beautiful coastal setting for the Church of St John Baptist. The churchyard contains the graves of over 40 shipwrecked sailors, buried by the eccentric Parson Hawker, who spent 40 years here serving 'a mixed multitude of smugglers, wreckers and dissenters.' Hawker is best remembered for his poem The Song of the Western Men, with its famous line 'And shall Trelawney die?' which has become the Cornish anthem.
 

South coast

Looe, a fishing harbour and busy town, and Polperro are our closest points on the south coast.
For splendid coastal walks visit Lansallos and walk to Pencarrow Head, Lantic Bay and Polruan. Fowey is delightful, with Readymoney Cove and the cliffs beyond.  A little further south is St Mawes, with St Mawes Castle , and Falmouth across the Fal Estuary.