Visit Bodinnick Places

Welcome to Visit Bodinnick Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Bodinnick

  

Bodinnick Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bodinnick

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Bodinnick history

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During the late 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Bodinnick and the nearby villages of Fowey and Polruan were home to wealthy shipping merchants and master mariners. The well known families who lived at the time were the Slades, the Salts and the Tadds. In August 1644, the king visited Cornwall and an attempt was made on his life with a cannonball, it missed, but was reported to have killed a fisherman.

Bodinnick geography / climate

Bodinnick lies in the Lanteglos-by-Fowey parish on the banks of the Fowey River. It was important as a ferry terminal for people travelling from the river. There is an “Old Ferry Inn” close to the bank of the river here.

You can visit Bodinnick places with Walkfo Bodinnick to hear history at Bodinnick’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bodinnick has 25 places to visit in our interactive Bodinnick map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Bodinnick, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Bodinnick places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bodinnick & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 25 audio facts unique to Bodinnick places in an interactive Bodinnick map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Bodinnick Places Map
25 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Bodinnick historic spots	Bodinnick tourist destinations	Bodinnick plaques	Bodinnick geographic features
Walkfo Bodinnick tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Bodinnick

  

Best Bodinnick places to visit

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Bodinnick has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Bodinnick’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Bodinnick’s information audio spots:

Tregaminion Church Tregaminion Church dates to the early 19th century and is Grade II* listed building. The church is a Church of England church.

Fowey railway station Fowey railway station was a station in Cornwall from 1874 until 1965. The rail connection to the docks at Carne Point remains open for china clay traffic.

Gribben Head Gribbin Head (Cornish: an Gribyn) is a promontory on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK, owned and managed by the National Trust. It separates St Austell Bay from the estuary of the River Fowey and is marked by a large tower used to aid navigation of ships approaching the local harbours.

St Sampson’s Church, Golant St Sampson’s Church is the Church of England parish church of Golant, Cornwall, England. It is dedicated to St. Sampson of Dol, and features in Simon Jenkins’s book England’s Thousand Best Churches.

St Cyricius and St Julietta’s Church, St Veep St Cyricius and St Julietta’s Church, St Veep, Cornwall is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church. It was built in the 1930s.

Polruan to Polperro Polruan to Polperro is a coastal Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC) in south-east Cornwall. It contains a wide variety of plant species and is a site for populations of breeding birds.

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