Polridmouth
Polridmouth is pronounced locally as "pridmuth". The cottage behind the beach is thought to be the inspiration for the boathouse in Daphne du Maurier's novel "Rebecca". The ornamental lakes by the cottage were created in the 1920s by the building of a dam. It was used as the basis of a decoy airfield in the Second World War to emulate Fowey harbour. Dams additional to the one remaining were built to create a fake harbour and lights were then placed around the lake, orchestrated to emulate those in Fowey. At least one bomb is known to have been drawn away from Fowey, and on average, it has been estimated that around 5% of German bombs were diverted by decoys, saving thousands of lives across the whole of Britain.
On walks
- Fowey to Polridmouth (4.7 mile walk)
- Gribbin Head (3.6 mile walk)
- Polkerris, Gribbin Head and Readymoney Cove (6.7 mile walk)
- Readymoney Cove to Polridmouth (3.3 mile walk)