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Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.

South West Coast PathPhoto Howard Senton / Pexels

Places to explore near Falmouth Town StationFalmouth

43 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

0.2 km NE · spans 4 counties

Photo of Falmouth, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Falmouth

Village

Lively harbour town on one of the world's largest natural harbours, with a cobbled main street, beaches and Pendennis Castle.

0.4 km NW · Cornwall

Photo of the Cornwall National Landscape, a National Landscape in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Cornwall National Landscape

National Landscape near Padstow

The best of Cornwall's coast and moor, gathered into a dozen protected stretches around the county

1.3 km SW

Photo of Pendennis Castle, an artillery fort near Falmouth, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Pendennis Castle

Artillery fort near Falmouth

Henry VIII's artillery fort on the Falmouth headland, garrisoned through to the Second World War.

1.3 km E

Photo of St Mawes Castle, a ruined castle in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

St Mawes Castle

Castle near St Mawes

Clover-shaped Tudor fort on the Roseland.

3 km E

Photo of St Mawes, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

St Mawes

Village

Sailing village on the Roseland Peninsula looking across Carrick Roads, with a Tudor artillery castle guarding the harbour.

3 km E · Cornwall

Photo of Hotel Tresanton, a restaurant near St Mawes, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Hotel Tresanton

Restaurant · With rooms near St Mawes

Olga Polizzi's seaside hotel restaurant in the Roseland village of St Mawes.

3.4 km E

Photo of Enys Gardens, a Grade II registered house & garden near Flushing, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Enys Gardens

House & garden near Flushing

Reckoned Cornwall's oldest garden, with a six-acre meadow that turns blue with bluebells.

4.7 km NW

Photo of St Just in Roseland Church, a church in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

St Just in Roseland Church

Church near St Just in Roseland

13th-century creekside church whose subtropical churchyard of palms and shrubs tumbles down to a tidal inlet.

5.2 km NE

Photo of St Just in Roseland, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

St Just in Roseland

Village

Roseland hamlet gathered around a waterside church whose subtropical churchyard spills down to a tidal creek.

5.5 km NE · Cornwall

Photo of Glendurgan Garden, a Grade II registered house & garden near Mawnan Smith, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Glendurgan Garden

House & garden near Mawnan Smith

Valley garden with famous cherry-laurel maze.

5.9 km SW

Photo of Trebah Garden, a Grade II registered house & garden near Mawnan Smith, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Trebah Garden

House & garden near Mawnan Smith

A subtropical ravine garden running down to the Helford.

6.4 km SW

Photo of Trelissick Garden, a Grade II* registered house & garden near St Just in Roseland, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Trelissick Garden

House & garden near St Just in Roseland

Wooded estate above the Fal estuary.

7.9 km N

Photo of Frenchman's Creek, a landmark near Helford, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Frenchman's Creek

Landmark near Helford

Silent wooded tidal creek off the Helford River, made famous by Daphne du Maurier's smuggling romance.

9.1 km SW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.2 km NE · spans 24 counties

Photo of Flushing, a village in Cornwall, south west England.

Flushing

Village

Sheltered waterside village of Dutch-built quays across the creek from Falmouth, reached by a seasonal ferry.

1.9 km N · Cornwall

Photo of St Anthony's Lighthouse, a lighthouse near St Mawes, Cornwall, south west England.

St Anthony's Lighthouse

Lighthouse near St Mawes

Set on Zone Point at the mouth of Falmouth's great natural harbour, and known to a generation as the lighthouse in the children's series Fraggle Rock.

3.6 km E

Photo of The Pandora Inn, a pub near Mylor Bridge, Cornwall, south west England.

The Pandora Inn

Pub near Mylor Bridge

Thatched 13th-century waterside inn on a creek off the Fal, with a floating pontoon for arriving boats.

5.2 km N

Photo of the coast at North Helford, Cornwall, south west England.

North Helford

Coastline near Mawnan Smith

A National Trust place in Cornwall.

5.6 km SW

Potager Garden

Garden near Constantine

Relaxed former plant-nursery garden near the Helford at Constantine, mixing productive beds, wildflowers and a café.

7.3 km SW

Photo of the coast at South Helford, Cornwall, south west England.

South Helford

Coastline near Mawnan Smith

A National Trust place in Cornwall.

7.4 km S

Photo of The Shipwright Arms, a pub near Helford, Cornwall, south west England.

The Shipwright Arms

Pub near Helford

Thatched 18th-century pub right on the edge of the Helford River, reached by lane or by boat.

7.9 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (21) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.