Poldark Tour One

Truro… See the streets of Truro so vividly described in the books, where the Rich mine owners had their fashionable town houses and Ladies bought the latest fashions. We’ll take a quick look at the impressive Victorian Cathedral while we are here.

Charlestown… Dressed up as Truro harbour, this once busy Georgian Clay port is a perfect location for the filming, there is often a tall ship in the harbour which really adds atmosphere. We’ll park up and take a wander around this evocative harbour and imagine life in the 1700’s.

Minions…One of the highest villages in Cornwall, and the bleak moorland setting of many a horse-riding scene in Poldark, and the area around Ross’s and Francis’s estates. We’ll take a short walk on the moors to see the Hurlers stone circle and the tracks used for the filming.

We’ll take lunch in the cafe here, hopefully sitting outside watching the wild ponies wandering through the village.

St Breward…After a spectacular drive across the moors we reach St Breward, which hosts Ross and Demelza’s ‘Nampara’ farm house as well as some of the workers cottages. Just a quick stop here before we head for the North coast and our next stop at..

Bedruthan Steps. Some of the most evocative shots of the coastline are on the headland between Porthcothan and Porthmear, with Trevose lighthouse in the background, (which incidentally wasn’t built until after the period…oops). We’ll walk out to the coast path to take in the spectacular views and atmosphere.

We finish the day with a drive down the coast past Newquay and Perranporth (where Winston Graham lived whilst writing the books) to the coastal mines at Wheal Coates and mining town of ..

St Agnes. This is the area that inspired the writing of the books and fits in geographically with many of the scenes described, you can almost imagine the Illogan miners coming over the hill, to start a fight, or the miners trudging back wearily after a long shift underground!!