Polruan
Polruan is a coastal village in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Polruan is a coastal village in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is bounded on three sides by water: to the north by Pont Creek, to the west by the River Fowey and to the south by the English Channel and neighbouring village Bodinnick to the north, connected by a 4-mile walk along the hill tops. Polruan is very steep and well protected from the prevailing winds and Polruan Pool is a haven for small boats.
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Worth seeing in and around Polruan
7 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.
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Getting to Polruan
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 149 km · Bristol (BRS), 178 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 210 km
- Stations
- Golant railway station, 3.8 km
- Cardiff → Polruan164 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · £27–35
- Bristol → Polruan190 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · £22–29
- London → Polruan342 km · quickest by road, 5h 32m · £36–48
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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 Polruan
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 Polruan. 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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