Looe Cornwall
Looe is one of the most characterful and most completely realised small fishing ports in Cornwall, a twin-town of East and West Looe connected by a seven-arched Victorian bridge across the tidal estuary of the West Looe River. The combination of the working fishing harbour, the narrow streets of the old town, the excellent beaches and the wildlife-rich waters of the surrounding coast creates one of the most complete and most rewarding small coastal destinations in the southwest.
The fishing harbour at Looe remains active, the day-boats bringing in local fish and the shark fishing boats that operate from the harbour in summer providing a distinctive and unusual element of the fishing heritage. The shark angling tradition at Looe dates from the 1950s when the town developed one of the most active shark fishing communities in Britain.
The South East Cornwall Discovery Centre on the quayside and the Looe Island Nature Reserve, a small island offshore accessible by boat from the harbour, provide the finest marine wildlife watching available from the Looe coast.