Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
01872-553095;
www.the-taphouse.com
;
Peterville Sq)
at the bottom of town attracts a younger crowd
and hosts live gigs.
Information
St Agnes
(
www.st-agnes.com
)
Informative community website.
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Porthtowan
Four miles southwest from St Agnes is the valley of Porthtowan, once a mining and
milling site, but now a surfer's hangout. The sandy beach is pleasant enough, but the main
reason most people drop by is for a beachside lunch at the
Blue Bar
(
www.blue-bar.co.uk
;
Porthtow-
an; lunch & dinner)
, a surfy diner-bar with bold primary colours, an open-plan interior, and
good grub (burgers, falafels, steaks and so on). Arrive early if you want to grab one of the
patio tables or window seats - it's one of the north coast's most frequented sundowner
spots.
There are surf shops by the beach, and a
Moomaid of Zennor
ice cream parlour.
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Portreath
Another 4 miles southwest of Porthtowan is Portreath, from where vast quantities of
Cornwall's mineral ore were once shipped out to Swansea for smelting. In its heyday in
the mid-19th century, around 100,000 tonnes of ore were passing out of Portreath's har-
bour every year; in order to streamline the process a mineral tramway was built from Port-
reath to connect the harbour with the local mines, now reinvented as the 11-mile
Coast to
Coast Cycle Trail
(
Click here
).
Portreath's beach isn't the best, but it's good for bodyboarding.
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