MEVAGISSEY

Mevagissey is the largest fishing village in St Austell Bay. Its working harbour has an unbroken tradition of boat building since 1745. Fishermen still repair nets on the quayside, using ancient skills and modern materials. The fishermen are happy to take visitors out on angling or pleasure trips, and small motor boats can be hired for self-drive. In the narrow streets leading off the harbour, craft workshops sit side by side with shops, art galleries, cafes, restaurants and pubs which were once the haunts of Cornish smugglers! Mevagissey is the home of the World of Model Railways Exhibition, an impressive collection of 2,000 models and a layout alive with 50 working trains, while across on the quayside there's the aquarium (in the old lifeboat house) and our treasured Mevagissey Museum... The fishing village of Mevagissey and the still smaller haven of Gorran are the very essence of a Cornwall which has remained true to its roots and embraced change only slowly. Both names belong to..

Also known as: Mevagissey Museum

Registration numbers: 258616 (W)

Primary location: Mevagissey United Kingdom