Short answer: Boscastle is a small National Trust harbour village on the north coast, about five miles from Tintagel. Park at the Cobweb car park (from £1.50, still takes cash, free after 4pm), follow the river down to the harbour, visit the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic (Easter to October), walk up to the Willapark lookout or along to Pentargon waterfall, and finish in the Cobweb or Napoleon Inn.
Boscastle is one of the most dramatic little harbours in Cornwall: a narrow inlet between high cliffs, protected by walls built in 1584 and owned by the National Trust. The village runs down a steep valley beside the river, and almost everything is walkable from the car park.
The Cobweb car park (PL35 0HE) in the village centre has 249 spaces, charges from £1.50 for an hour to £7.20 for 24 hours, still takes cash, and is free from 4pm to 9am. Boscastle parking.
The pubs (the Cobweb, the Napoleon and the Wellington), cream teas, and pasties from the Boscastle Bakery.
Very: dog-friendly Boscastle.
On 16 August 2004 a flash flood tore through the village. Nobody died. What happened, and what to see now.
Bus 95 runs between Bude and Wadebridge via Crackington Haven, Boscastle and Tintagel, about six times a day, but there are no Sunday buses until Easter 2027.
Everything else: the Boscastle guide · the Tintagel guide.
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