Mevagissey Cornwall
Mevagissey is one of the most authentically preserved and most atmospherically rewarding fishing ports in Cornwall, a village of densely packed fishing cottages around a double harbour whose combination of the working boats, the harbour architecture, the fish cellars and the narrow streets of the inner village creates one of the most complete pictures of a traditional Cornish fishing community available on the south Cornish coast.
The double harbour at Mevagissey, with its inner and outer basins providing shelter at all states of the tide, was constructed and expanded over several centuries to accommodate the growing fishing fleet. The harbour walls built from local Devonian slate and granite, and the fish cellars on the inner harbour, provide direct evidence of the scale of the pilchard industry that created this community's prosperity.
The Lost Gardens of Heligan a short distance inland provide an excellent complementary destination, the combination of the fishing village heritage of Mevagissey and the great Victorian garden restoration of Heligan creating one of the finest full-day heritage and garden visits available in this corner of Cornwall.