Holiday Homes & Rentals in Padstow

Padstow is a simply delightful fishing village in the north of Cornwall, offering a peaceful and relaxing holiday with a strong foodie edge. The town is on the river Camel and holiday homes on the shoreline offer divine views of the river together with the gentle sounds of the marine birds. Choose a holiday home in the centre of town to have its excellent restaurants just steps away from your cosy bed, or if you prefer to be surrounded by the famously beautiful Cornish countryside, choose a holiday home just outside the town, particularly to the south around Little Petherick Creek, where the holiday homes are simply gorgeous!

Attractive, whitewashed houses feature heavily in the homes in and around Padstow, together with the grey slate roof traditional to the area. You’ll find holiday homes which are brightly decorated with myriad varieties and colours of flowers, surrounded by kaleidoscopic gardens, and comfortable, cosy living areas to curl up in and relax in the evenings. Holiday homes in Padstow are most commonly for 2-6 people, perfectly suiting couples and most family groups.

Reaching Padstow may take a little longer than some other UK holiday destinations, but there is no doubt that it is worth every moment of the trip. Enjoy the scenic journey along the Cornish roads until you reach the coast and your exciting holiday location. Once there, make your way to the marina and savour the sights of the yachts moored there, and what remains of the still-working fishing harbour which supported Padstow for much of its long history.

Padstow has a wonderful, sweeping beach and coastline with a rugged natural beauty. Enjoy long walks along the sand dunes or explore the coves that line the coast until you find the perfect spot for a clandestine picnic with nobody else within sight or sound. Treyarnon beach is a great place to start your exploration. It has rock pools, beauteous views and a coastal path behind that takes you on a journey of the senses.

Made famous by the internationally renowned chef Rick Stein, whose TV programmes were filmed at one of his restaurants which is in Padstow, food lovers can experience outstandingly palatable food in multiple venues across the town. Although Rick Stein’s menu is very fish-focused, many other restaurants in town offer a wide and varied menu. Try Paul Ainsworth at Number 6 for delights which include delicious vegetarian choices, or The Old Mill Bistro for cracking traditional fayre.

If you can drag your children off the beautiful beaches of Padstow, you’ll find that there is lots of fun to be had in the town and surroundings. The National Lobster Hatchery, for instance, is a wonderfully educational working lobster farm where children can learn about the life cycle of a lobster and how they’re cared for as they grow. Get those little legs walking on the Padstow Mystery Treasure Trail – a self-guided tour seeking clues to help to solve an exciting mystery. Who will work it out first? Download the treasure trail map online, or pick it up in the tourist office in town.

With fun for all the family, Camel Creek Adventure park has thrill rides for little kids, big kids and those who are no longer kids! Just a short drive from Padstow, Camel Creek is well worth a day trip out together.

With fabulous rock formations for snorkelling, Constantine Bay is great fun for everyone. But for those wanting a little more adventure, it often has the perfect wave formations for experienced surfers!

Where children can pet and feed lambs and calves, take a pony ride or whizz around on a go-kart, Old McDonald’s farm will give the smaller kids something to rave about for years to come!

This Elizabethan grade 1 building started life in 1592 and has been in the Prideaux family ever since. Prideaux Place has an exceptional collection of art, and an unusually well preserved example of Elizabethan plasterwork.

Using traditional methods of cider making, Haywood Cider Farm welcomes you to a walking tour of its orchards, gives you tips on cider apple growing, and on selected days offers visitors a BBQ together with the all-important cider sampling!