Lostwithiel
Lostwithiel is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Lostwithiel is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It stands at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. At the 2021 census, the population of the parish was 3,070. The name Lostwithiel comes from the Cornish "lostwydhyel" which means "tail of a wooded area".
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Worth seeing in and around Lostwithiel
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Restormel Castle
Restormel Castle lies by the River Fowey near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England, UK. It is one of the four chief Norman castles of Cornwall, the others being Launceston, Tintagel and Trematon. The castle is notable for its perfectly circular design.
1.6 km · castle, now ruinous, north of Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Winnow
St Winnow's Church, St Winnow is a Grade I listed parish church in St Winnow, Cornwall, England. The present building dates primarily from the 15th century, incorporating earlier Norman fabric, and includes a west tower and south aisle added in the later Middle Ages.
3 km · church in St Winnow, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Lanhydrock House
Lanhydrock House, commonly known simply as Lanhydrock, is a country house and estate in the parish of Lanhydrock, Cornwall, England. The house stands in extensive grounds of 890 acres above the River Fowey, and has been owned and managed by the National Trust since 1953.
4.2 km · country house in Lanhydrock, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel
St Bartholomew's Church is a parish church of the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
0 m · church in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Treffry Viaduct
The Treffry Viaduct is a historic dual-purpose railway viaduct and aqueduct located close to the village of Luxulyan, Cornwall in the United Kingdom. The viaduct crosses the Luxulyan Valley and is part of the Treffry Tramways.
5.4 km · combined viaduct and aqueduct · Wikipedia - 06St Sampson's Church
St Sampson's Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Golant, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; it is dedicated to St Sampson of Dol. St Sampson's features in Simon Jenkins's book England's Thousand Best Churches, in which it is described as "warm and welcoming".
4.9 km · church in Golant, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Brooks
Boconnoc is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately four miles east of the town of Lostwithiel. According to the 2011 census the parish had a population of 96.
4.8 km · house in Boconnoc, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St Hydroc's Church, Lanhydrock
St Hydroc's Church, Lanhydrock is a Grade I listed in the Church of England in Lanhydrock, Cornwall.
4.3 km · church in Lanhydrock, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St Brevita’s Church, Lanlivery
St Brevita's Church is a Grade I listed medieval parish church of the Church of England in Lanlivery, Cornwall. The church was built in the 14th and 15th centuries in the Perpendicular Gothic style, and is dedicated to Saint Bryvyth, or Brevita.
2.5 km · church in Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Helman Tor
Helman Tor is a granite hill in mid Cornwall, UK with several separated tors, and is designated as a County Geology Site. The hill also has a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
4.5 km · hill in Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The public buildings in the centre of town have been nicely restored and on a sunny day passes muster.
- 01Cornwall's Regimental Museum
The Keep, Victoria Barracks, PL31 1EG (opposite the steam railway),.
- 02Bodmin Jail
Described as a holiday attraction, may not be everyone's cup of tea.
- 03Lanhydrock House
PL30 5AD (2 miles south of Bodmin), lanhydrock@nationaltrust.org.uk.
- 04Restormel Castle
Nr Restormel Rd, PL22 0EE (6 miles south of Bodmin),.
- 05Lostwithiel Museum
Small exhibition in the window for when the museum is closed.
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Things to do
- 01Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway
Bodmin is the starting point of 20-odd miles of enthusiast-run and -owned steam line that links with the main London to Penzance line at Bodmin Parkway.
- 02Camel Trail
A lovely walk and cycle ride way, converted from an old railway runs close to the centre of the town.
- 03St Petroc's Church
See 11th-century granite font with carved Celtic design and 12th-century bone reliquary for remains of St Petroc.
- 04Cardinham Woods
PL30 4AL (A30 to Carminnow Cross junction then follow brown signs to Cardinham Woods).
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Getting to Lostwithiel
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 144 km · Bristol (BRS), 175 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 219 km
- Stations
- Luxulyan railway station, 5.9 km · Lostwithiel railway station, 300 m · Bodmin Parkway, 4.3 km · Golant railway station, 5.5 km
- Cardiff → Lostwithiel158 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · £26–34
- Bristol → Lostwithiel186 km · quickest by road, 3h · £21–28
- London → Lostwithiel341 km · quickest by road, 5h 9m · £35–47
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lostwithiel
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lostwithiel. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundDriving isn't recommended, especially for those who get scared driving through very narrow streets, and there is little parking available in the town itself, so parking either in the "Central Carpark" at the top of the hill (the main road into Fowey now takes you straight to it) or driving in the back way and parking at "Caffa Mill Carpark" (next to the Bodinnick Ferry) is generally advised and both of these are serviced by the town bus service.
- Go nextDuring the summer months there's a regular passenger ferry between Mevagissey and Fowey, which is a nice way to spend 30 minutes on a sunny day.
- Go nextBoth ends of the walk are linked to Fowey by ferry, and the walk gives wonderful views of Fowey, the river and its tributaries.
From Wikivoyage: Fowey, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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If you know how people move in Lostwithiel – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Lostwithiel
- Lanliveryhamlet and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK2.6 km
- St Winnowvillage and civil parish in Cornwall, England3 km
- St Veepvillage and civil parish in Cornwall, England6 km
- Luxulyanvillage and civil parish in mid Cornwall, England5.6 km
- Golantvillage in Cornwall, England, UK5.3 km
- Tywardreathvillage in Cornwall, England, UK5.8 km