Beersheba Farm

Glimpses of the sea from the site mean that it’s likely your first port of call will be the coast… walk through the woods down to the beach at Carbis Bay, just over a mile away, or pack into the car for the 10-minute drive to St Ives or Hayle. The South West Coast Path is a tiptop option for lengthy sea-view hikes, and there are plenty of bike routes along this stretch of coast too. Got some other activities in mind? St Ives and Hayle have rich pickings of surf schools, kayak and paddleboard hire places and fishing trips, and pony treks around the farm and woodland can be organised with a stable half a mile away. St Michael’s Mount is a 15-minute drive south. The beaches are really rather lovely but there’s more to this part of the world than its coastline alone: artsy types will want to take wanders around the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden and Tate St Ives (both 10 minutes’ drive), while animal-mad nippers might like to visit Paradise Park (10 minutes) to meet red pandas, pygmy goats and penguins and ride the Jungle Express train.