Mevagissey

Mevagissey in summer is a place of dripping ice creams, sea breeze, little shop windows, crab lines and fish and chips.

Mevagissey’s harbour is the thing you tend to remember long after you’ve left. For a working harbour, members of the public have uncommonly good access. There is an inner quay and there are two outer harbour walls. The first of these is far older and the second was built in 1888, (before it was destroyed in a tempestuous storm and rebuilt over the following decade!).

There a plenty of winding alleys for window shopping or actual shopping, with the narrow winding streets lending themselves to this. You’ll come across a traditional style sweet shop where you can order your sweets straight from glass containers, rather than the modern plastic. There’s a fudge shop, which there is in every fishing village so that people have an easy gift to pick up for a friend upon their return home. You’ll find artist galleries with work that’s inspired by the local area, perfect for picking something up that won’t let you forget the place. There’s also a jewellers, several clothing shops and places where you can buy trinkets, odds and ends. There’s a book store called Hurelybooks, a Boots, Fat Face and a few other recognisable brands mixed in with the old pubs and many of the kind of window shopping places you would expect.

Coach Fares

£44 adult, £43 senior, £30 child