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Find things to do in Fowey. Primary field offers a great choice of things to do. The Bird Lady of Fowey Fowey Bird Lady of Fowey.jpg Bird Lady of Fowey.jpg 1/1 Our field is an amazing space on it's own, and being south facing gets the best of the Cornish weather. The perfect place to unwind and enjoy being in the countryside and all in the company of owls!

Find out where to eat out in Fowey. Restaurant at the Fowey Hall Hotel offers great food and drink. Restaurant at the Fowey Hall Hotel Fowey Website E Mail Fowey Hall 1.jpg Fowey Hall 4.jpg Fowey Hall 5.jpg Fowey Hall 1.jpg 1/5 0844 482 2152 Phone From lazy breakfasts and light lunches to family feasts , we're all about flexibility. Lunch is informal with a carefully created children's menu and a lighter a la carte menu for parents. Afternoon tea is seriously special, with handmade sandwiches and sweet treats served alongside loose-leaf teas and on Sundays, we pull out all the stops with a traditional three-course roast for all ages. In the evening grab a bite whenever it suits you. Children's High Tea is served from 5pm-6pm daily or, if you prefer to sit down for dinner together, we offer all day a la carte. What's more, our chef can provide fresh, pureed baby food from 7am-9pm. While you don't have to worry about your children's table manners at family mealtimes, if you prefer to leave your little ones at home with the babysitter you can catch up on time as a couple with traditional Cornish cuisine. If you'd rather eat informally, we offer light bites to enjoy on the outdoor terrace or in front of the lounge fire. As the evening goes on, get comfy with a drink or head over to the bar to enjoy a selection of local beers, artisan spirits or creative cocktails. To find out more and book a table - click here

Vital information for those with limited mobility who are visiting Fowey in Cornwall. Where to park, public transport and equipment hire are all included. Accessibility Information for Fowey in Cornwall Local information to help make your visit to the area as accessible and enjoyable as possible. It also includes useful local contact information for equipment hire etc. Visiting Fowey Fowey is an ancient harbour town built on a hill, as a result the roads in Fowey are narrow and steep with many steps and little in the way of pavements. Although Fowey offers plenty of parking it is limited in the centre of the town. The information here will help you find a suitable route for parking and accessing the town. On approaching Fowey by car you will see signs to the Bodinnick Ferry. Follow these and park at Caffa Mill car park. The town is a fairly level walk with some inclines approximately 10 minutes from here. The Main car park is at the top of the town with a steep walk down. A shuttle bus runs everyday during the summer and a limited service in the winter. This runs from the Main car park to the town centre and back. There are no specific facilities on the mini bus but the driver is willing to offer assistance. View the Parking page for more information. Parking Blue Badge and vehicle licence exempt holders (disabled) are entitled to 3 hours free parking. Blue Badge holders need to display their badge and a time clock. Any additional parking needs to be paid for at the appropriate tariff. Please always check the payment board when buying a ticket. Length of time is as follows Short Stay Car Parks (Town and Albert Quay) – 3 Hours Long Stay Car Parks (Main, Caffa Mill & Readymoney) – 6 hours. As far as we understand this information is correct at the time of publication, for further information contact Cornwall Council on +44(0)300 1234 222 Visit our Parking page for more information. You can also visit the Public Transport page if you do not have your own car Taxis KP Cabs of Fowey has disabled access vehicles. Yeos and Parnells taxis have wheelchair accessable vehicles. Buses Some local bus routes have low floor buses for wheelchair access. For further information telephone: +44(0)1872 305950 National Express offer driver assistance for those with some mobility difficulties. Service dogs are accepted. Contact the help line on +44(0)121 4234879. Trains Assistance at the station can be booked prior to travel. Contact National Rail Enquiries on 08457 413775 for station accessibility. Shopping Fowey offers a wide selection of shops for the visitor, you will find the traders happy to help with access to their premises either with ramps or with a personal service bought out to you. If you would like specific information on a shop please visit our Shopping page. Eating Out Many of the restaurants and pubs in Fowey are more than happy to accommodate guests with disabilities. Please contact the individual establishment in advance for further details, contact information can be found on the Eating Out page. The following offer specific facilities: The Galleon has ramp access and disabled toilets. The Fowey Hotel has restaurant, bar and toilet facilities on the ground floor. Level access is available via Daglands Road. Toilets Town Quay, Fowey - Disabled toilet open all year. Main car park - Disabled toilet open during the summer only. Readymoney Beach - Disabled toilet open all year. The Quay, Polruan - Disabled toilet open all year. St Saviours Hill , Polruan - Disabled toilet open all year. Accommodation There are many places that offer facilities for guests with disabilities, although not all have been inspected to National Accessibility Standards. Please see our Accommodation section for details. There you will find details of properties with ratings and those with ground floor bedrooms have it listed in the facilities, (please bear in mind that there may be steps into the property). It is always advisable to contact the service provider for further information. For more details on accommodation with wheelchair and disability provision contact: Tourism for all - Tel: 0845 124 9973 or www.tourismforall.org.uk Equipment Hire Fowey River Lions have a wheelchair for hire, call 01726 833429 (daytime only). Otherwise there is a Mobility Centre based in St Austell. It is possible to hire wheelchairs, bath seats and other items of equipment to make your stay more pleasurable. They also carry out repairs. Telephone +44(0)1726 74156. British Red Cross Medical Equipment Service, Red Cross House, Lighterage House, Newham, Truro, TR1 2XR. Open Monday - Friday 1000 - 1600hrs, for the short term loan of wheelchairs, commodes, mobility items, bathing aids and more. Telephone +44(0)1872 267953 or 0845 3315000. Health Services Fowey Doctors Surgery (Fowey River Practice) - Telephone +44(0)1726 829272(dial this number for emergency doctor care out of hours). Penrice Hospital, St Austell (Minor Injury 24hr) - Telephone +44(0)1726 291199. Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro - Telephone +44(0)1872 250000. Boots Pharmacy Fore Street Fowey - Telephone +44(0)1726 833332.

Find things to do in Fowey. Primary field offers a great choice of things to do. Gather & Flo Fowey Gather and Flo.jpg Gather and Flo.jpg 1/1 Join me for friendly yoga classes in Fowey, where you can relax and connect through yoga, breathwork, and meditation. Book your class today!

Find things to do in Fowey. Primary field offers a great choice of things to do. Readymoney Cove Beach Fowey Readymoney Beach.jpg Readymoney Beach.jpg 1/1 South east facing sandy cove overlooking the Fowey Estuary. Access - Easy from car park via a 5 minute walk.. Situated by the mouth of the River Fowey, Readymoney Cove is accessible from the town centre on foot, ideal for families with a swimming platform, also good for rockpooling at low tide. Location: Fowey, mouth of the river, at the far end of the Esplanade. O/S grid reference: 117511 Nearest car park: Tower Park, Readymoney car park, chargeable. Access: 5 minute walk from beach car park, 20 minute walk from the town centre, good access for pushchairs and wheelchairs, path from car park may be hard for wheelchairs. Sand / pebbles etc: Sandy. Swimming: Boat free area and swimming platform. Toilets: Yes. Refreshments: Beach shop selling hot and cold drinks, hot and cold snacks and ice creams. Dogs allowed: 1st September to 30th June.

Find things to do in Fowey. Primary field offers a great choice of things to do. Eden Project St Austell Eden Project.jpg Eden Project.jpg 1/1 Dubbed the 'Eighth Wonder of the World' by some, the Eden Project is a dramatic global garden housed in tropical biomes that nestle in a crater the size of 30 football pitches.

Find out more about the many famous authors who lived, wrote and based many of their works on Fowey in Cornwall Other Authors Local to Fowey Over the years Fowey has provided inspiration and a home to many authors. The three featured on this page, Kenneth Grahame, Leo Walmsley and Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch 'Q', spent much time in Fowey either visiting or making it their home, the town and the surrounding area also provided an inspiration that can be seen in some of their work. For information on Daphne du Maurier please visit our Daphne du Maurier page. Kenneth Grahame Born in 1859, his mother died when he was five and he was brought up by his grandmother. He desperately wanted to attend Oxford University but lack of funds meant he took a job at the Bank of England. Grahame first came to Fowey in 1899, staying at the Fowey Hotel whilst convalescing from pneumonia. Here he became friends with Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (Q), who introduced him to life in Fowey, he also married Elspeth Thompson in St Fimbarrus Church in the same year. Although the marriage was a somewhat unhappy one their only child Alaistair was born in 1900. Alaistair, who was blind in one eye, was doted on by his parents and affectionately known as Mouse. Throughout his marriage Grahame often sought refuge in Fowey spending much time with Q and on the river. It was during these visits that he wrote to Mouse with his tales of the river bank, these letters (written on the letterhead paper of the Fowey Hotel) and other bedtime stories were to make up' The Wind in the Willows'. It is thought that Fowey influenced these tales along with the time he spent on the Thames as a child. Fowey is considered to be the little grey seaport while there are suggestions that the creek at Lerryn is the home of the water rat and that the woods on the shore are the Wild Wood. 'The Wind in the Willows' was published in 1908 following which Grahame retired from the bank. Not only did Grahame have a sad marriage but tragedy was to befall the marriage when Mouse died in 1920. He was in his second year at Oxford when he died on a railway line, it is thought that he took his own life. The death of Mouse left Grahame a broken man and he died in 1932. His book still sells thousands of copies a year even 100 years after it was first published. His works include: 1893 Pagan Papers 1895 The Golden Age 1898 Dream Days 1898 The Headswoman 1908 The Wind in the Willows You can download a fantastic Wind in the Willows app here Leo Walmsley Born in 1892 in Shipley, West Yorkshire, he grew up in Robin Hood’s Bay on the North Yorkshire coast. One of five children he was christened Lionel, he was a scholarship boy and after leaving school he taught for a while. During the First World War he served in the Royal Flying Corps winning the Military Cross. His experiences during the war left there mark and he was determined to become a writer. Walmsley craved adventure and lived on the move with his first wife, rarely staying anywhere more than six months. The marriage failed and in the 1930’s he settled in Fowey with his second wife. Living in a rented old army green roofed hut just off Pont Creek. It was here he was to write the first of his novels about Yorkshire in the Bramblewick series. In 1934 he returned to Yorkshire, later moving to South Wales. During this period wrote ‘Love in the Sun’ a fictional account of his escape to Cornwall and the idyllic years bringing up his young family. It was welcomed to wide acclaim and Walmsley hoped for a best seller but sadly the war intervened. He stayed in Wales during the war but by the end his marriage was failing and he was to be divorced for a second time. In the early 1950’s he again returned to the old army hut on Pont Creek. In Fowey he met his third wife, Stephanie, marring in 1955 with their daughter Selina born the following year. Bad weather and Selina’s winter chest infections necessitated a move and they reluctantly moved across to a house in North Street on Reith Terrrace which they appropriately named Bramblewick. During this time in Fowey Leo became an integral part of the town’s social life and a good friend of Daphne du Maurier. He also wrote ‘Paradise Creek’, a sequel to ‘Love in the Sun’, immortalising the story of Leo and Stephanie. During his lifetime he wrote some 200 short stories many of which are largely autobiographical. He died in Fowey in 1966. For further information visit www.walmsleysoc.org His works include: 1914 Guide to the Geology of Whitby and District 1919 Fossils of the Whitby District 1920 Flying and Sport in East Africa 1921 The Silver Blimp 1923 The Lure of Thunder Island 1926 The Green Rocket 1926 Toro of the Little People 1932 Three Fevers 1933 Phantom Lobster 1935 Foreigners 1939 Love in the Sun 1941 Fishermen at War 1942 British Ports and Harbours 1944 So Many Loves (autobiography) 1944 Sally Lunn (the play) 1948 Master Mariner 1951 Lancashire and Yorkshire 1952 Invisible Cargo 1954 The Golden Waterwheel 1957 The Happy Ending 1959 Sound of the Sea 1963 Paradise Creek 1965 Angler's Moon Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch - 'Q' Born in 1863 in Bodmin, Cornwall where he initially went to school. He obtained a classics degree at Trinity College, Oxford where he became a lecturer for a while before working as a journalist in London. In 1892 he moved to ‘The Haven’ in Fowey. His fascination with Fowey had begun in 1879 when he was only 16 years old, the association was to continue for the rest of his life, and it was there he met his future wife. His literary career began in 1887, writing under the pseudonym `Q`, his father had died and his family were not very well off. His first novel ‘Dead Man’s Rock’ was a way of helping to support his family whilst still at Oxford. Throughout his life Q wrote many novels and short stories, his most famous novel locally was his second ‘The Astonishing History of Troy Town’. Published in 1888 it is a farce set around the town of Fowey, which takes on the role of Troy Town, with the Post Office at the end of Fore Street becoming home to the Mayor of Troy. Away from his own novels and short stories he established a reputation as a literary critic and editor publishing the anthology the ‘Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250 – 1900’ in 1910. During his life in Fowey he became involved in the local community serving as the Commodore of the Royal Fowey Yacht Club from 1911 until his death, he also helped in the Restoration of the Charter of the Borough of Fowey and the revival of the Town Council. In addition he was a member of Cornwall County Council’s Education Committee and a Magistrate. Both his literary work and community involvement was acknowledged several times, he was Knighted in 1910 and appointed Professor of English Literature at Cambridge in 1912, he was also given the freedom of Fowey, Bodmin and Truro. He died in 1944 leaving his last novel ‘Castle Dor’ incomplete, in 1962 this was finished by Daphne du Maurier who was a close friend of his daughter Foy. His Fowey residence ‘The Haven ‘ is situated on the Esplanade by Whitehouse but is currently a private residence, there is a memorial to Q on the Hall Walk (about 10 minutes in when starting from Bodinnick) situated at the top of Penleath Point at the entrance to Pont Creek, it is visible from parts of Fowey. His novels include: 1887 Dead Man’s Rock 1888 The Astonishing History Of Troy Town (writing as Q) 1897 St. Ives (with Robert Louis Stevenson) 1899 Ship of Stars 1902 The Westcotes 1905 Shining Ferry 1909 True Tilda 1910 Lady Good-for-Nothing: A Man's Portrait of a Woman 1911 Brother Copas 1912 Poison Island 1918 Foe-Farrell: A Romance 1927 The Roll Call of Honor 1928 The Mayor of Troy 1928 From a Cornish Window 1937 The Splendid Spur 1940 Castle Dore (with Daphne Du Maurier) 1999 Beauty and the Beast He also published many collections and short stories and edited several anthologies.

Find out more about Primary field in Fowey Cornwall, right here. Readymoney Beach Shop Fowey Website E Mail DSC_1797.jpg DSC_1751.jpg readymoney 1.jpg DSC_1797.jpg 1/5 Phone Whether shopping online or in person, Readymoney Beach Shop specialises in thoughtfully curated gifts and souvenirs from Fowey and across Cornwall. Shop small and support small independent artists, makers and crafters with our ever increasing range of jewellery, artwork, homewares, books, toys, sustainable options and much more. Open all year round. Gift wrapping service for online orders. www.readymoneybeachshop.com

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