Chy An Gof (Blacksmith's Cottage) is a part of a recently restored traditional Cornish Cottage set in the heart of St. Tudy, a beautiful village near the North Coast. Accommodation for two to four people available for full weeks throughout the year in addition to three and four day breaks. Prices from £130/week, £100/3-4 days.

There is a large double room with bathroom and shower room off on the first floor. A kitchen dining room on the ground floor leads to the living room and stairs. A sofa bed provides an additional double bed.

Payment is by 25% deposit, the balance being payable six weeks before the rented period.

The rental periods are from Sunday to Sunday, arrival not before 4.00pm and departure before 10.00am but do check as these times may be flexible.

Short breaks: Summer: four day (Mon - Fri) and three day (Fri - Mon) can be booked up to a maximum of four weeks in advance. The price for these breaks is two thirds of the weekly tariff for four day breaks and half the weekly tariff for weekend breaks.

Short breaks: Winter: Bookings can be made on a daily basis, the cost is pro rata (one seventh of the weekly tariff) per night and can be booked at any time.

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The Garden - The garden is secure and secluded with garden furniture and a barbeque.

Pets - Pets are welcome at no extra charge but dogs are not to be left unattended.

Safety - Fire extinguisher and blanket and smoke alarms are fitted.

Parking - There is ample parking close by and loading and unloading is possible at any time outside the front door.

Heating - Heating is by central heating radiators.

Candles and smoking - For safety reasons candles should not be used, and visitors are requested not to smoke in the cottage.

The Park - For those with children there are swings etc. in the park which is about 200 metres away

Village Shop, Pub - In the centre of the village are the pub, a good local with excellent food, the village shop with post office and off-sales and a phone box

Petrol and other services - There is another shop, florist, pasty bakery and garage/petrol station and a fish and chip shop about 2.5 miles away, and supermarkets are within 7 miles.

The village community - There are various activities at different times of the year, such as the fete, the carnival, garden and dinner safaris, and coffee mornings once or twice a week throughout the year.

The blue marker on the Google map indicates our approximate location. Use the '+' and '-' buttons near the top left of the map to zoom in and out. Use the arrow buttons or click and drag to pan around.

The village of St.Tudy is well placed for visiting many of the fascinating places that Cornwall has to offer. The north Coast with its fabulous beaches is a short drive away. Bodmin Moor offers miles of unspoilt walking country.
 
Beaches - Local beaches include Polzeath and Trebarwith, both about 20mins away on the north coast. The south coast can be reached in about 30 mins and beaches there include Readymoney Cove, in Fowey and Par Sands near St Austell.
 
Surfing - Polzeath and Trebarwith are the closest surfing beaches, with Crackington Haven, Millook, Widemouth Bay and Bude in one direction and of course the surfing Mecca of Newquay further down the north coast.

Walking - Opportunities for walking are endless, along the footpaths within the parish to the North Cornwall Coast Path (part of the south west peninsular coast path) and Bodmin Moor which is about two miles distant at its closest. There is also The Camel Trail which is a footpath/cycle track on the course of the old Bodmin and Wenford Railway and which follows the River Camel from two miles east of the village to Bodmin, on to Wadebridge where bikes can be hired and then on to Padstow alongside the Estuary with its wealth of wading birds.

Gardens and Houses - The Eden Project and the lost gardens of Heligan are both near St Austell and about half an hour away. Pencarrow House and it’s gardens are only about four miles away towards Bodmin, and amongst the various National Trust properties are Lanhydrock at Bodmin, Trerice near Newquay about 12 miles away. Cotehele House on the banks of the River Tamar is about an hours drive away but it is well worth it for the medieval house, its gardens mill and forge, and the quayside complex which includes the restored tamar sailing barge ‘The Shamrock’. Also on the Tamar is Morwelham Quay which is a restored copper mine and quayside which gives a real insight into a Victorian community, with the farm and stables, cooperage, the quay managers office and various cottages that are as they would have been when this was a working community.

Children’s Activities - There are several leaflets in the cottage about various theme parks. Lappa Valley and Crealy Adventure Park are near Newquay and further afield are Dobwalls, Flambards at Helston and Lands End.

Pubs/Eating out - On your doorstep, The Cornish Arms in the village is a great local with a choice of real ales and some tremendous meals on the menu. In the neighbouring villages are The Blisland Inn at Blisland, a previous national winner of the CAMRA Pub of the Year; The Old Inn at St Breward does excellent bar meals and also has a restaurant; The St Kew Inn, at St Kew Village is worth a visit for the building alone but also serves beer from the wood and does excellent food. Trebarwith Strand has The Port William which looks down on the beach and has a fantastic view up the coast. Boscastle has always been worth a visit and is returning to sanity after the disastrous flood of 2004. All three pubs are excellent The Wellington (the only one affected by the flood), and The Cobweb Inn and The Napoleon.