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Keep an eye out for grey seals around Boscastle Harbour
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Boscastle Harbour is one of the few natural inlets in a tortuous stretch of coastline
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Violinists playing at the Boscastle Midsummer Celebration called 'Boz Looan'
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Inside Boscastle cafe and shop
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Boscastle shop
A sheltered natural inlet with an unspoilt harbour village
There's more to Boscastle than a picturesque natural harbour and village.
The Elizabethan quay sits in an impressive amphitheatre of steep cliffs and is home to quaint stone-built cottages, shops and tearooms.
A 'blowhole' bursts through a fissure in the cliffs during the low tide.
Much of the land in and around Boscastle is owned by the Trust. Venture beyond the picture-postcard harbour and a cliff path takes you to the Willapark headland and an intriguing ex-folly, now used as a Coastwatch lookout.
Don't miss the cliffs of Penally Point, which guard the sinuous harbour entrance, while nearby walks around Forrabury Stitches offer a rare glimpse at a surviving farmed landscape showing ancient celtic strip fields.
If you wander further afield, the footpaths that wind through the lovely Valency Valley lead to the half-forgotten churches of Minster and St. Juliots - once made famous by Thomas Hardy.
