St Neot (1.4 miles)
This friendly, welcoming village is a perfect base from which to discover the beautiful countryside of Bodmin Moor. Take off into the wilderness by foot, bike or horseback and you’ll find an incredible ancient landscape that has a distinctly primeval feel. In St Neot itself there are indulgent cream teas to be had in the tea rooms and good home cooking to be enjoyed in the village pub; The London Inn. There’s always something going on in St Neot, be it the Flower Festival, the carnival or Oak Apple Day, when the villagers celebrate the restoration of Charles II to the throne.

Siblyback Lake (2.2 miles)
Sailing, windsurfing and canoeing on a big expanse of mercifully calm water on Bodmin Moor. Watersports tuition, equipment and permits for rainbow trout fishing are available from the Angling and Watersports Centre. For those who prefer to keep their feet on dry land, there are miles of scenic walks, excellent bird watching, children's playareas and a lakeside tea room with great views across the lake.

Colliford Lake (2.9 miles)
Regarded as Cornwall's top brown trout fishery, permits are available from The Jamaica Inn. This tranquil lake has ample parking, picnic areas and some excellent lakeside and moorland walks.

St Cleer (3.0 miles)
High on Bodmin Moor, St Cleer is set amid some of Cornwall’s most dramatic countryside. Step onto the moor itself and the views in every direction, across bracken and gorse clad hills with the ruins of old mining wheal houses dotted about, are glorious. Walking here you’ll share the landscape with wild ponies and a teeming population of moorland birds but it is the overwhelming sense of peace that brings ramblers back again and again.

Colliford Lake Park (3.1 miles)
Indoor and outdoor fun for the kids, with adventure playgrounds, a soft play area, ball pools, mazes, crazy golf, drop slides, zip wires, picnic areas and a cafe.