Situated on the eastern coast of the Peninsular, the village of Pentewan overlooks Pentewan Bay and Harbour. It has a long sandy beach, safe for swimming and all watersports, with the coastal path easily accessible from either end of the beach.
The village has its own pub, restaurant, shops, garage and post office, as well as a lovely tea-room in the village square,
selling delicious home-made cakes.
It is also well served by the local bus service, with a regular service to the neighbouring village of Mevagissey, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, St Austell, Eden and Fowey.

Pentewan in 1931

Pentewan Harbour 1927

Pentewan Square 1970

Historically, Pentewan was a busy and important harbour for local fishing vessels and cargo ships.
The harbour and horse-drawn narrow guage railway, originally built by a local mine owner for the shipping of China Clay,
Coal and Timber, was in 1874, rebuilt by engineer John Barraclough Fell
and converted to locomotive workings, where it ran for many many years.
The harbour was also home to the "Tall Ships" which tied-up along the harbour walls trading their cargo. Infact the
"Ancient Shipbrokers" Bed and Breakfast
was for 50 years, home of the Shipbroker trading the cargoes of the Tall Ships.........

Today the only signs left of the port is the old quay,
now a freshwater haven for numerous ducks, swans and moorhens.

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