Places to explore near Par StationPar

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

0.5 km S · spans 4 counties

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

1.2 km SE

Giant biome domes of rainforest and Mediterranean planting built inside a reclaimed china-clay pit near St Austell.

2.9 km W

Georgian china-clay port near St Austell, its unchanged harbour often lined with tall ships and used as a period film set.

4.6 km SW · Cornwall

Steep-streeted working port on its own wooded estuary, with medieval and Georgian houses and strong Daphne du Maurier links.

5.3 km SE · Cornwall

Steeply stacked village at the mouth of the Fowey estuary, reached by passenger ferry across from Fowey itself.

5.9 km SE · Cornwall

Perfectly circular Norman shell keep.

7.8 km N

Victorian country house with grand gatehouse.

9.5 km N

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

0.5 km S · spans 24 counties

Padstow to Fowey across mid-Cornwall — the old overland shortcut between two coasts, reopened as a waymarked route in 1986.

0.7 km NE · Cornwall

A plantsman's arboretum of magnolias and rhododendrons raised from plant-hunters' seed.

2.5 km W

Harbourside inn on the Grade II listed Georgian quay at Charlestown, often beside its tall ships.

4.6 km SW

St Catherine's Castle 16th century blockhouse, 19th century gun battery and 20th century gun emplacement at St Catherine's Point

5.2 km SE

16th-century town pub of exposed stone and timber a step back from Fowey's waterfront.

5.4 km SE

Historic stannary town on the River Fowey below Restormel Castle, known for antique shops and a fine medieval bridge.

6.3 km NE · Cornwall

A National Trust place in Cornwall.

6.5 km NE