Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Ponsharden Park & Float Ferry
( 01326-319417;
www.falriver.co.uk/getting-about/park-and-float
;
day pass
per car with 2 passengers £12, up to 7 passengers £16; 10am-6pm May-Sep)
Runs to Customs House
Quay from the 500-space Ponsharden car park on the outskirts of Falmouth. The equival-
ent bus costs £5 return for up to seven people.
St Mawes Ferry (
Click here
)
runs from Prince of Wales Pier hourly from 8.30am to
6.15pm in winter, and three times per hour in summer.
Flushing Ferry (
Click here
)
Prince of Wales Pier to Flushing. Twice hourly year-round;
children under four, dogs and bikes travel free.
Enterprise Boats (
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)
Scenic river cruises between Truro and Falmouth.
BUS
Falmouth has good bus links. Most services leave from the Moor bus station in the centre
of town.
Truro
(First Bus 88, 45 minutes; two or three per hour) Also stops in Penryn and Devor-
an.
Penzance
(First Bus 2, 1 hour 45 minutes, hourly) Runs via Penryn, Helston, Porthleven,
Praa Sands and Marazion.
Helston and the Helford Passage
(Western Greyhound Bus 35, 1 hour 15 minutes, four
daily) Stops at Glendurgan, Trebah, Constantine and Gweek.
TRAIN
Falmouth is at the end of the branch line from Truro (£3.90, 20 minutes, hourly), stopping
at Penryn, Falmouth Town and Falmouth Docks.
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Trebah, Glendurgan & the Helford River
Several of Cornwall's great gardens lie to the south of Falmouth, on the north bank of the
Helford River. The real showstoppers, Glendurgan and Trebah, can both be found on the
banks of the Helford River, about 15 miles drive from Falmouth, and were founded by
members of the Fox family, who made their fortune importing exotic plants from the New
World.
