Hotels in Mousehole

You can always tell a holiday maker by the way they pronounce certain Cornish placenames... Tintagel, Launceston, Mevagissey, Fowey.... but probably the most common mispronunciation is Mousehole.

To say it correctly, you need to say Mow-zul..

Started in 1963, the small village of Mousehole, on the western side of Mount's Bay has lit up the harbour with a display of lights. Over the years these have increased and grown in size and are now a major attraction in themselves with people coming from far and wide to view them every night.

There are now over 60 displays using over 7000 bulbs!

They are switched on around the second weekend in December, illuminating the village until early January. However each December 19th the lights are turned off to remember the brave men who lost their lives when the Penlee Lifeboat and the Union Star were lost in a storm on the Cornish coast in 1981.

Visitors coming to see the lights should be aware that they may have to park some way from the village and walk into Mousehole as the carparks fill up early.

The Mousehole Cat is a popular children's book written by Antonia Barber and published in 1991. It is based on the legend of the Mousehole fisherman Tom Bawcock and his cat who go out into a storm to catch fish for the starving village. When they return all the villagers bake a stargazzy pie to celebrate their safe return..