FOWEY | Exploring the beautiful coastal town of Fowey, Cornwall
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Fowey is a picturesque coastal town located between Looe and St Austell in Cornwall, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Fowey near Polruan and Polperro, and is surrounded by lush green hills and picturesque countryside. It has a rich history dating back to the Middle Ages and is known for its maritime heritage and association with the famous author Daphne du Maurier.
The town is small and compact, making it easy to explore on foot. Visitors can stroll along the quayside, taking in the sights and sounds of the boats and ships coming in and out of the harbour. The town is home to a variety of independent shops, cafes, and restaurants, many of which serve locally-sourced seafood.
One of the main attractions in Fowey is the St. Fimbarrus Church, which dates back to the 14th century. The church is located on a hill overlooking the town and offers breathtaking views of the surrounding area. Another popular attraction is the Readymoney Cove, a beautiful sandy beach that is perfect for swimming and sunbathing.
Fowey is also a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts, with many walking and cycling trails in the surrounding area. The South West Coast Path, a 630-mile long-distance footpath, runs through the town, providing walkers with stunning coastal views. The Fowey Estuary is also a popular spot for boating and sailing, with several marinas and boatyards in the area.
The town is also closely associated with the famous author Daphne du Maurier, who lived in Fowey for many years. Her house, Menabilly, is located just outside of the town and is open to the public for tours. Visitors can also take a guided tour of Fowey, which includes many of the places that inspired Du Maurier’s writing.
Fowey is a charming and picturesque town that offers visitors a glimpse into Cornwall’s rich history and culture. With its stunning scenery, diverse range of outdoor activities and its association with Daphne Du Maurier, it is a must-see destination for anyone visiting or having a holiday in Cornwall.
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Last Century in the 80s & 90s, I went many times to Fowey, why? because I´m a seaman now a retired Captain, and in Fowey in cargo ships, load china clay some times, to my home place of San Sebastian, Basque Country close French border, to a factory of porcelain in Irún, just in the French border, the name of the factory was "Porcelanas Bidasoa". Also load china clay to Italy, Adriatic sea ports (Ancona, Venezia) and to ports of the American Great Lakes like Cleveland, Ashtabula (Ohio) or Buffalo. I´m a very good memory of Fowey and his people, and I remember the china clay cargo dock in the end of the river. Very nice place Fowey, Kind Regards.
Hello Neil how are you love your vidio are you glad that you have the whole place to your self my Elaine has been to Cornwall but I haven't it looks a beautiful place best wishes to you and your partner Rebecca take care stay safe xx
This American in Maryland thanks you so much for the lovely tour of a lovely town. If I ever make it across the pond to your wonderful country I will have to visit this place. I appreciate the American WWII connection also. And I appreciate your sense of humor. 😀
Another great & fantastic video of FOWEY | Exploring the beautiful coastal town of Fowey, Cornwall!.❤❤💛💛💙💙🤎🤎
We have had many family holidays in Fowey a fantastic place ❤
Never been . But now on my list . Been Looe many time and Fowey only 13 miles away 🤔🙄 Thanks
I see you are still wearing your white sneakers. Enjoyed walking the streets with you. Lovely beach. Thanks.
The end was great, made me want to plan a visit. Thanks for going back and finding the beach.
Our pleasure!
Only ever travelled Cornwall on business, so good to see off season and a different light for filming.
We like Fowey a lot & been many times, in June 2022 we rented a house just above that secret beach for a week. It was glorious weather. Readymoney Cove is just a short walk from there & is also a delight.
A very large thankyou for doing this video . I am disabled and cannot walk . My family have lived in Fowey and Polruan for hundreds of years but I live “Up North !” and cannot get down so this is great . Keep on doing the videos. Regards Richard
You're welcome Richard.
I'm a Northerner myself
Let me know if there's anywhere else in the UK you'd like to see too!
@@GimbalWalkTV Thankyou I certainly will .
Love it there i didnt know that little beach was there either great video as usual
Ha! Loved the cannon blast! 🤣😂 Great videos, keep up the wonderful work!
Ha ha I think you’re the only one who noticed it! 🤣
Really enjoyed this video
Did not look windy or dark
Blue skies and beautiful location
Very happy you filmed St Ives
Many thanks!
Great film , very quiet, lovely to hear the sea.
Thanks for showing us around fowey and it looks a bit chilly and nice shops and houses and restaurants and it wad a baby seagulls crying and it looks nice and peaceful and I bet it gets busy in the summer and beautiful beaches and rocks
A baby seagull.. ahhh bless it!
Great video,it's been about 40 plus years acince I was there and vowed not to return ,everything was covered I fuel oil which was covering the water ,large tankers ere at anchor in the inlet and there was some kind of oil refinery there,but all that has gone now.ive made a note to revisit this year,thank you my friend
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Thank you! 😃
I painted a whole set of pictures of various places of cornwall..but I gave them to a relative..but not sure where they ended up.
Love the big Georgian house ..be a dream come true living there …that what makes cornwall special the little quaint streets ..untouched by time..my first visits as a child was carbis bay think it’s called..was heaven there ..the sweet smell sea air ..a warm drizzle n a new rain coat bought for me at the time..the seagulls screeching ..there’s no where like it ..on Gods earth ,but then I’m bias…the pasties are my favourite down there.❤
Oh my, I love the secret beach you brought us to. How cozy on a sunny warm day to sit and look at the beautiful scenery near and far! Shoot! I wanna go! Neil, you're giving me the urge to go back to England to all these lovely places you are introducing us too! Guess I better get to looking at my calendar! Thanks again for inviting us along! Take care! :)
Thanks and Happy Birthday! 🎉 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much!!
You just made my day!
Hope you are safe and well and having a great weekend
Never been there I bet it gets very busy in the summer nice place
Yeah definitely - I went just out of season last time and it was still packed
Parking was a nightmare!
Ive kayaked up the river in the summer, such a lovely place
Great video again Neil what a lovely place love all them narrow lanes
Nice one. Must go back here one day.
You should!
From the other side of the world, British Columbia, Canada. We enjoy all your walks, thanks so much for doing them!
Thanks so much Mark!
Is there anywhere in particular you'd like me to film for you?
@@GimbalWalkTV You already do a great job, but if we think of anywhere, we'll let you know!
Beautiful coastal town, hope to visit one day, as for that bird around 6:50... that's a Seagull, used to hear it all the time when I lived on the Kent coast
Cornwall got to be most prettiest county.👍🤓and I see your a Capricorn.👍
Aquarius!
@@GimbalWalkTV 👍🤓
Quay bakery do lovely pasties
What a lovely coastal village!
I've never heard of so many of these places in Cornwall.
I only had chance to see a certain number of places in Devon & Cornwall when I visited.
There's so many to see - I've still only scratched the surface
@@GimbalWalkTV my friends who I went to stay with live in South Devon & I think they are so lucky to live in that part of the country.
Oh my god! When you did the cannon shooting at the ferry effects. I nearly shat myself!!!! 🤣
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My favourite place and the home of my ancestors. You brought me great joy seeing this as I have not visited recently . Thank you 😊
Our pleasure!
Thank you for your walks through coastal villages. They calm me. My ancestors lived in villages like these. I wonder where all the townspeople are in the videos.
You couldnt wish for a better Finale ... well done for finding it Neil .
Thank you so much Ian!
Thank you, I feel as though I know Fowey now, really must check out Whitehouse!😂
Used to walk through Fowey then on the top ferry to the Hall walk through the woods to Polruan and back on the door ferry, too old to do it now but still walk through the town.
Foot ferry, not door
What an absolute gem of a channel. Love that there’s no commentary and you avoid showing only the landmarks, it’s exactly like being there. We’ve visited the whole coast for years not been to Fowey for a long time and have just booked a beautiful contemporary cottage by the water. Can’t thank you enough.
Great video once again I been to Cornwall when I was younger my parents would take us for a caravan holiday as we were apart of a caravan club I used to love going caravanning as a kid good memories
Lovely stuff!
Holiday memories are precious
The secret beach! I’m disabled and been trying for years to find a beach near me that’s easy to get on to, I’m going to go there this week! Thank you so much! 😊
Shh! Don’t Tell everyone about Whitehouse! That’s my place in the Summer and want to still be able to get a spot! 😂
🤣🤣 oops! Sorry! 🤣🤣
I don't think there's anywhere in Britain like Cornwall, with the little narrow streets and not a Costa in sight !!! And most of the beaches are amazing too.
You are a brave man wandering round in the wind and rain, whilst we sit here in comfort 🤣Cheers buddy.
Thanks for your vlog. Thoroughly enjoyable. I shall go to Fowey soon, especially after seeing this! The bird noise is definitely a seagull. 'Fo-ee'... I think you mistyped that you had been pronouncing it 'Fox' 'ey'. Fowey is one place in Cornwall that I don't believe I have been to. I live in Perranporth having moved from Marazion (St Michael's Mount). Xxx
if i passed that bakery i would have to go in get areal cornish pastie
Oh yessss
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Never knew that beach was there and it’s sand not shale!
Oh goodness, that man at 9:08 made me jump!😮😊
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Is it your birthday this week? Or did I just see that on an older video?
Saw your video by chance tonight. Really enjoyed watching it so I have subscribed to see more videos. How do you keep your camera so still when filming lol mine is all over the place when I'm walking. I've visited Fowey quite a few times whilst on holiday (driven there and been over on the ferry). I always used to say Fowee when I was a young girl on holiday with my sister and our parents (learned many years later that it's pronounced Foy) I love hearing the seagulls, their cries always remind me of Cornwall. Loved walking around the town when I've been there, it's very quaint. Yes it is busy in the summer. Been in the King of Prussia for a few drinks and taken photos of the Ship Inn (some beautiful flowers on the front). Browsed in the local shops and sat along the front watching the boats. Walked to get an ice cream from the 'Game of Cones' as well. Fowey Parish Church is worth a visit too. I didn't know about the 'secret cove' it's very pretty with gorgeous views so will be visiting the next time my partner and I are there. Well done. Looking forward to seeing your other videos x
Thank you!
I have to use a gimbal to put my phone on otherwise it would be unwatchable as I can’t keep a phone steady by hand these days 🤣
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Shame you didn’t go onto the East Quay and show the things there. Including holiday pods.
Back in the summertime to do that Dave 🙂❤️
YO I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO FOWEY ACROSS THE RIVER I GO TO FOWEY SCHOOL!!!
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Let's test this cannon and shoot the ferry! 🤣
Did u go down to readymoney cove and see dawn french's house
Didn’t have time sadly!
She doesn’t live there anymore.
it was a seagull that sounded weird
Crikey - that's one weird seagull!
wonder what it was saying!
@@GimbalWalkTV it was saying i have got something stuck in my throat lpl
What a dismal town. Some ugly colours on the buildings instead of pastels. Barely a plant or tree to be seen ! Looks like the residents are a bit basic. I won't be visiting.
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I'm pretty sure they're happy you're not visiting their town!!!!!
I can't belive how much fowey has changed :( mountain warehouses, American shops. Eugh. Such a different place now. That salt&pepper place near the church, used to be the Daphne de marau center. Celebrating her life, glad to see the Gul shop stil there, the place you thought was a bank, used to be Lloyd's tsb, and the big building on the left leading down to the king of Prussia used to be HSBC. so many restaurants and shops have changed hands. Shame to see Sam's has gone :(
Can't belive you didn't start at caffa-mill by the car ferry! The "secret beach" beach at the end, was the worst beach of the 4 that you could have gone too. When the tide is out, you can go down the steps by the Harbour commissioners gate to the right, to a secret beach.
And the one at the end. White house beach is not the best. If you kept walking down the road. You'd have gotten to 'ready money cove' then you'd have been in for a real treat, if you walk to the right hand side of the beach you can climb the steps, through the woods and up to 'Saint Catherine's castle' the view from there would have blown your mind!
Thank you will definitely be doing that on my next trip there!
@Gimbal Walk TV make sure you film it please. As I'm in New Zealand now, fowey is my hometown!