St Austell Holidays

 

St Austell is a popular location for watersports, bird-watching and family seaside vacations, sitting on the part of the Cornwall coastline known as the Cornish Riviera. Charlestown, on the edge of St Austell, is a fishing harbour with its own beach, and there are further beaches at Porthpean, Pentewan, Carlyon Bay Par, where there’s also a lake drawing huge amounts of birdlife. For quieter times on your beach holiday, Polkerris is pretty, sandy and more secluded, although there’s still the chance to hire pedaloes and boats there. There’s plenty more to do apart from paddle and swim in the sea though: Caerhays Castle and Gardens is a beautiful place to visit; Cornish Leisure World keeps the kids happy; near Mevagissey, the Lost Gardens of Heligan are arranged in various disparate but stunning styles; and of course the famous Eden Project is just three miles away.

With so many things to do close at hand to your holiday accommodation in St Austell, you might not care to venture further afield. Surfing holiday paradise Newquay, with its zoo and Blue Reef Aquarium, will keep adults and children entertained for days, and is just 15 miles away; the historic fishing village Polperro around 20 miles away; and Plymouth, the North Cornwall coast and even Land’s End within 50 miles.