Ferries - some for cars, most just for passengers

With a coastline so indented by rivers and tidal creeks, particularly in the south, it is no surprise that many ferries operate, mostly across south coast inlets. Only three carry vehicles - Torpoint ferry from Plymouth to the Rame Peninsula; King Harry, across the deep Fal estuary from the Roseland Peninsula; and Bodinnick across the river at Fowey. Pedestrians and cyclists are better served. Theirs operate from Plymouth to the Rame Peninsula, from Fowey to Polruan, across the Helford River near Trebah Garden, and, in the north, across the Camel from Padstow to Rock. There are said to be couple of seasonal high tide ones - over Gillan Creek in the south and over the Gannel to Crantock Beach in the north near Newquay. Falmouth is best served of all. Ferries operate from here to St. Mawes across broad Carrick Roads; to Flushing just across the Penryn River; to Mylor Yacht Harbour up the Fal; and to Truro by way of the National Trust's Trelissick Garden, the Smugglers Cottage Tea Rooms at Tolverne, and Malpas, location of the excellent Heron Inn. There is even a 'park-and-float' service which operates from Ponsharden, up the Penryn River, to the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth but, because of tides, this is only intermittent. St. Mawes has a second ferry, across Percuil River to Place.

Black Tor, Passenger Ferry from Rock to Padstow

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