Self Catering in Polperro

Visit Cornwall would not recommend trying to drive beyond the mini roundabout you meet at the bottom of the hill as you entre Polperro. Turn right here and park in the large car park.

There is no parking in the village and the lanes are very narrow with tight turns. If you do manage to negotiate your way through the village you will most likely find yourself lost in countryside, miles from anywhere!

When the tide goes out there is a small beach outside the harbour, more shingle than sand. For a nicer beach it is worth walking east along the South West Coast Path to Talland Bay.

Polperro has been a star in many a film, but most of them are quite old now.

The Manxman was Alfred Hitchcock's last silent film, shot in Polperro in1929. It meant to be the Isle on Man, but shows fishing boats leaving and returning to Polperro.

Miranda is a film about a mermaid who wants to travel to London. It was made in Polperro in 1948.

Another Time, Another Place was the first film to give Sean Connery a leading role. Released in 1958, it features both Polperro and Looe.

The Giant Behemoth was a monster movie where atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem, creating the said behemoth.

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson is a TV movie from the early 1990s that starred Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Toyah Wilcocks as a cat!