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Take the opportunity of staying in this area to explore Bodmin Moor - a bleak wilderness quite unlike the traditional expectation of landscape in the West Country. The London Inn is an idea base to tour the local attractions from, these include : | The Church of St Neot, standing proud in the small village which nestles below the heights of Bodmin Moor, is famed throughout the country for its stained glass. At least half of the glass in the fifteen windows dates from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and depicts saints and. angels, the Flood and the story of St Neot (said to have been only four feet tall). Amongst the fine crosses in the church yard is the shaft of one from the ninth century which is said to be the finest ornamented cross in Cornwall. | | | Carnglaze Caverns nearby make for an interesting visit. Carnglaze consists of three underground caverns set in six and a half acres of wooded hillside of the Loveny Valley at St Neot, near Liskeard. These vast slate caverns were hewn by local slate miners. The upper cavern was used by the Royal Navy during the Second World War as a rum store and is now used as an auditorium and concert venue with seating for 400. |  | | Golitha Falls are situated to the north of Bodmin Moor on the River Fowey in an extremely attractive setting. The water cascades for over 800 yards. The name is pronounces 'Goleetha' which derives from the Cornish word for obstruction.The falls are reached via a footpath through the woods which begins opposite the car park. The trail takes the visitor through woods along the River Fowey. |  | | The Eden Project is one of the UK's top gardens and conservation tourist attractions located in Cornwall. A living theatre of plants and people, a must visit place. |  | | Walking Bodmin Moor One of the last true areas of wilderness in Cornwall, most of the unspoilt high moorland has open access rights, which you can freely walk the moors without having to stick to the paths. |  | | Siblyback Lake is surrounded by the striking Bodmin Moor and offers a wide range of facilities and activities. With watersports, including rowing boat hire, you can have an excellent day on the water. The popular Angling and Watersports Centre has facilities for sailing, windsurfing and canoeing and is a premier trout fishery. |  | | The Doniert Stone, also known as King Doniert’s Stone, is one of two ancient carved stones which stand together in an enclosure beside the road linking the A38 to Minions and Upton Cross, on the south-eastern side of Bodmin Moor. The two stones are parts of early mediæval crosses, perhaps of late 9th century date. |  | | Trethevy Quoit is sited on a promontory overlooking the confluence of streams which flow southwards to become the River Seaton; the northern skyline is dominated by Caradon Hill and granite massif of Minions Moor. Trethevy is considered to be the best preserved quoit in Cornwall and one of the most impressive of its type in Britain. |  | | The Hurlers Stone Circles on the gentle south-facing slope of Minions Moor, a landscape heavily scarred by mining and quarrying, stand the three great stone circles known as the Hurlers. Folk tales explain that the stones represent local people turned to stone by a humourless deity for playing the game of hurling on the Sabbath. |  | | The Legend of the Cheese Ring St Tue and the Giants Rock Hurling Contest. |  | | Cornwall is rightly well known for its beautiful coast line and spectacular beaches. Whether you are down here on a beach holiday Cornwall and looking for a beach to take granny and the kids with easy parking and likely safe bathing, or are more energetic and fancy a Cornish Coast Path Walk thrown in, here's a few ideas for you. From Newquay's Fistral, like Polzeath a favourite for Cornwall Surfing, to Porthmeor Beach St Ives, or Bude's Crooklets Beach, both popular with families. To beaches off the beaten track hidden down narrow lanes, often accessible only on foot. |  |
These are just some idea's of the places you may like to visit whilst staying with us here at The London Inn.
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