Best family friendly hotels in Cornwall

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The Nare - Four night Autumn Break Special Offer

Veryan-in-Roseland

A great place for three-generation family holidays; adults are cosseted by immaculate service and comfort, while children are kept busy with lovely Carne beach, swimming pools, tennis and family painting sessions with a resident artist.

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Camelford

We can’t say whether King Arthur stabled Llamrei in the equestrian centre next door, but the once and future king lives on in this small hotel near Tintagel, named after Uther Pendragon.

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Lewinnick Lodge - Romantic Getaway Special Offer

Newquay

Wake to the sound of the sea and exhilarating Atlantic views at this cliff-edge hotel hovering on the edge of Pentire Headland.

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Pentillie Castle

Saltash

Historic grounds tumble away from this ‘magnificent, lovingly restored’ castellated mansion on the banks for the Tamar river. The 17th-century family seat of the Corytons, Pentillie Castle has re-opened as a wedding and private hire venue for families or small groups.

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The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow

Rick and Jill Stein’s boutique restaurant-with-rooms has been riding the crest of a wave since it opened more than four decades ago.

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driftwood hotel, Porthscatho

You can order a picnic hamper and walk down to a private beach through lovely gardens at Paul and Fiona Robinson’s New England-inspired hotel, or just relax on the deck, gazing across Gerrans Bay.

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Bedruthan Hotel and Spa, Mawgan Porth

It is not that they’ve put away childish things at this contemporary hotel set into the hillside above Mawgan Porth beach. It remains very family-friendly, but there is plenty for adults.

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Mount Haven Hotel & Restaurant, Marazion

The Mount is St Michael’s, a tidal island best viewed from your bedroom balcony or the terrace of this hotel overlooking the bay.

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Tresanton, St Mawes

‘Expensive certainly, but it’s worth paying for quality.’

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Fowey Hall, Fowey

‘There’s Toad Hall…’ said the Rat, ‘…one of the nicest houses in these parts.’ Nice, indeed. And with so much laid on for kids at this manor house (said to have been Kenneth Graham’s model for Toad Hall), parents can truly relax.

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The Old Coastguard, Penzance

‘They really want to give you a treat and spoil you.’ ‘A lovely and relaxing couple of days.’ Much praise this year for Charles and Edmund Inkin’s ‘buzzy’ dining pub.

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The Gurnard’s Head, St Ives

‘It never fails to please,’ write Guide regulars in 2019 after a return visit to Charles and Edmund Inkin’s dining pub with rooms. ‘We highly recommend the accommodation and the food.’

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Trelaske Hotel & Restaurant, Looe

‘We have stayed at this hotel for many years; it is still brilliant.’ High praise in 2019 for Hazel Billington and Ross Lewin’s ‘small, beautiful’ hotel, between the historic fishing ports of Looe and Polperro.

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Trevalsa Court, Mevagissey

‘Sitting on the cliff-tops on the outskirts of Mevagissey’, John and Susan Gladwin’s small hotel is ‘relaxed and informal with a nicely varied age range of guests’, writes a trusted reader this year.

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The Beach, Bude

Overlooking Summerleaze surfers’ beach, with its 1930s tidal pool and brightly coloured beach huts, the Victorian Summerleaze Court Hotel has been reinvented in hip New England style.

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Chapel House, Penzance

‘Forget overcrowded St Ives – there’s a real treat of a stay in Penzance.’ Quirky character fills the ‘beautifully restored’ brick-and-granite former 18th-century former admiral’s house, but ‘this inviting boutique hotel is all about the hostess, Susan Stuart’.

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Polurrian on the Lizard, Mullion

Bird’s-eye views of the Lizard peninsula, little luxuries and a relaxed air turn this cliff-top hotel into a stress-busting retreat.

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Trengilly Wartha Inn, Constantine

Surrounded by farms and woodland, the gardens of Will and Lisa Lea’s family-friendly pub-with-rooms are verdant with giant ferns and tiny orchids and contain a lake, an arboretum and wildlife areas.

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The Greenbank, Falmouth

Soothing sounds of the sea, boats bobbing on the water, ‘magnificent’ vistas across Falmouth Harbour – life on the water’s edge doesn’t come much closer.

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The Rosemary, Falmouth

‘Great for a relaxing time’, Lynda and Malcolm Cook’s ‘delightful’ B&B has ‘fabulous’ views stretching across Falmouth Bay.

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Artist Residence Cornwall, Penzance

Tucked into a sloping street behind the harbour, this ‘achingly cool’ 17th-century house has ‘lovely staff’, ‘well-appointed bedrooms’ and ‘tasty breakfasts’.

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The Godolphin, Marazion

Across the causeway from St Michael’s Mount, which, ‘caught in the evening sunset really is a magical prospect’, James and Mary St Levan’s ‘fabulous (and fabulously dog-friendly)’ inn wins praise for its ‘excellent accommodation’ and ‘attentive, professional staff’.

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Budock Vean, Falmouth

In ‘glorious’ grounds’ Martin Barlow’s hotel, golf resort and spa on the Helford river returns to a full entry this year thanks to a trusted reader and frequent guest who loves ‘the personalised hospitality and the attention of good staff’.

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Talland Bay Hotel, Talland-By-Looe

‘One of our favourite hotels,’ enthuses a reader about Teresa and Kevin O’Sullivan’s quirky and luxurious cliff-top hideaway in this south Cornish seaside hamlet.

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The Idle Rocks, St Mawes

‘We found seats on the attractive terrace’ with ‘views across St Mawes harbour to Falmouth Bay’ reports a lunchtime visitor to Caroline and David Richards’s ‘superb’ hotel.

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Mullion Cove Hotel, Helston

‘Perched high on the Lizard cliffs with views out to sea and the sound of waves at night, the setting could not be more romantic.’

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Trereife, Penzance

This ‘fantastic, large family home’ was repurposed a decade ago as a B&B and popular wedding venue by its owners, the Le Grice family, who have lived at Treave for seven generations.

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The St Tudy Inn, Bodmin

With ‘a blissful location in a chocolate box village’ close to Bodmin Moor, the Camel Trail and the Padstow/Rock coast, this 17th-century inn turned gastropub-with-rooms is ‘in every sense charming’, writes a Guide insider in 2019.

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Newquay

Pentillie Castle

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