Rivermead Holidays

Up on Bodmin Moor (from five minutes’ drive), your moorland walks might pass by Doc Martin or Poldark filming locations, including Ross Poldark’s home. Follow up the strolls with a steam train trip on the heritage Bodmin & Wenford Railway from Bodmin General Station (20 minutes) or beeline straight for the coast… Surfers, wannabe historians and foodies will all be pleased with the sweet spots along the sea. There’s Boscastle’s (25 minutes) harbour and The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. The clifftop castle of Tintagel Castle (half an hour) has a grand footbridge and a cave rumoured to have been inhabited by the wizard Merlin. Surf’s up at Polzeath beach (35 minutes). Padstow (35 minutes) has lush sandy beaches too, but watersports also take place on the Camel Estuary. If you’d prefer a spot of freshwater fishing, cast out your line at Colliford Lake (25 minutes). As for the Eden Project (35 minutes), those rainforest biomes are really a treat for all appreciators of plants, as well as adrenaline seekers who can’t turn down a zipwire adventure (over the biomes, no less).