Best Things to See & Do in St-Keverne

  • One of the great sub-tropical gardens of the South-West on the Helford Estuary.

  • Trebah Gardens, spectacular 26 acre Cornish ravine garden that descends 200 feet to a private beach on the River Helford located near Falmouth in Cornwall

  • Creek on the Helford

    This 19-mile stretch starts at St Keverne, a village slightly inland from the infamous Manacles, a notorious offshore reef that extends for one nautical mile South of Manacle Point. These submerged or partially submerged rocks, now a popular...

  • Gillan Creek - Morning Light

    The Helford River is a large estuary that nestles snugly between the western edge of Falmouth Bay and eastern side of The Lizard Peninsula. It is renowned for its scenic beauty and marine ecology and is a popular tourist destination.

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  • Halliggye Fogou

    Halliggye Fogou is a remarkably well-preserved underground tunnel dating back to the Iron Age. Located on the Trelowarren Estate, on the Lizard Peninsula, the site is believed to date back to the 5th century BC. Little is...

  • Goonhilly Earth Station

    Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is the largest satellite earth receiving station in the world with over 60 dishes in total

  • One of Corwall's most historic estates, located on the Lizard Peninsula near the River Helford

  • Lizard Peninsula - Ancient and Modern

    Set on the southern edge of the Goonhilly Satellite Tracking Station is the Dry Tree menhir. This 3 metre tall standing stone forms a peculiar juxtaposition with the huge satellite dishes of Goonhilly beyond, reflecting the...

  • Bonython Manor - First Lake

    Country estate located on The Lizard Peninsula comprising of 20-acre garden, farm and woodlands.

  • View across Housel Bay

    The Lizard Peninsula, with the sea on three sides and the Helford River to the north, is an ecological microcosm and home to one of Britain's rarest breeding birds, the Cornish Chough. A species of crow with distinctive red...

  • Carwinion House

    (NOW CLOSED) 18th Century manor house set in 12 acres of natural Victorian gardens overlooking the Helford River Estuary