20/11/2023
Delighted that Fowey has been named the 7th prettiest town in Great Britain - beating 1,243 other towns! It's also the only town in Cornwall to be featured in the list in The Telegraph.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/britains-prettiest-ugliest-towns-ranked-and-rated/
Here's what they said:
OVERALL SCORE - 43/50
SHOP FRONTS - 9/10
HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE - 8/10
LOW TRAFFIC/LITTER - 7/10
VIEWS - 10/10
GREENERY - 9/10
I’ve been visiting Fowey for years, often to eat at a funky seafood restaurant called Sam’s Diner. With elegant Victorian architecture arranged along the wooded coastal estuary, Fowey’s soul remains as a working harbour for fishing trawlers and cargo vessels. It’s great to explore by foot. The higgledy-piggledy lanes leave you imagining encounters with ghosts from its past, like Sir Francis Drake. The high street, although too crowded during summer, bustles with galleries and harbour-facing cafes. There are fine coastal hikes, like Gribben Head for shimmering sea views and wild swimmers should take the plunge at Readymoney Cove, where a tea-van waits to counteract post-Atlantic shivers. My favourite moment, however, is crossing the estuary by ferry to lovely Polruan, to the charismatic Lugger Inn for a swift pre-dinner half before returning for Fowey’s vaunted fish restaurant scene.
Best viewpoint
Head to Henry VIII’s St Catherine’s Castle to watch the ebb and flow of marine traffic.
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