Poldark Tour of West Cornwall

Meneage Tours lets you experience bespoke and personalised tours offered to you in the comfort of an air conditioned SUV.

We offer tours of The Lizard peninsula and West Cornwall whether you can visit one or several of Cornwall’s gems. Examples include but aren’t limited to:

St Michael’s Mount, Lizard Point, Kynance Cove, Cape Cornwall, St Ives, Land’s End, Frenchman’s Creek and many many more.

Itinerary
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Stop At: St. Michael's Mount, Kings Road, Marazion TR17 0EJ England

Experience the beautiful Cornish sea air, eat a pasty or have a cream tea.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: St Ives, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Time to stroll the labyrinth of streets, or take a coffee overlooking the beach and relax in the morning sunshine.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Penzance, Penzance, Cornwall, England

An old market town, now famous for its seaside lido, one end of the Great Western Railway that starts in London and port to The Scilly Isles.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Mousehole, Mousehole, Cornwall, England

A small quaint fishing village, where the houses cluster around a small protected harbour.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Lamorna Cove, Lamorna, Penzance England

A rugged cove set in an area of outstanding scenery this is an idyllic place to experience the sea close up, equally stunning when it’s blowing a gale or flat calm.

Now famous for attracting Post Impressionist artists from The Newlyn School of Art in the early twentieth century.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Merry Maidens, Boleigh TR19 6BQ England

Local myth and legend says that this stone circle was formed when 19 maidens were turned into stone for dancing on a Sunday. A brilliant example of a Neolithic stone circle from 3000 BC.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: St Levan, St Levan, Cornwall, England

If you’ve ever seen Poldark this tiny fishing hamlet will bring back memories of smugglers and pilchard fishing.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Penzance TR19 6JU England

Created by Rowena Cade in the 1920’s this open air theatre is built into the rocky granite cliffs above Porthcurno.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: PK Porthcurno - Museum of Global Communications, Eastern House, Porthcurno TR19 6JX England

Porthcurno is famous for two things. Firstly the aforementioned Minack Theatre and secondly The Telegraph Museum where transatlantic cables came ashore from all over the world.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Land's End Landmark, Land's End, Sennen TR19 7AA England

The most South Westerly point in Britain. A great place to watch the waves crashing over the rocks below and to have your photo taken underneath the destination sign.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Cape Cornwall Road, St Just England

Originally thought to be the most western point of Great Britain until Ordnance survey maps suggested otherwise. Bought in 1987 by the Heinz family and then bequeathed to the nation it does have an iconic symbol at the top of the cape.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Levant, Botallack and the Crowns Trail, Pendeen Car Park, Pendeen TR19 7DW England

Ross Poldark’s mine “Wheal Leisure” is filmed here along with the mines owned by his cousin Frances and his father George Poldark. In 2006 the area was designated part of the UNESCO World Heritage site for Cornwall mining.

Duration: 45 minutes