West Barn and Surroundings

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.
www.swlakestrust.org.uk

St Cleer (3 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.

Taste of the Westcountry Farm Shop (3.5 miles)

www.tasteofthewestcountry.co.uk

Hurlers Halt (3.9 miles)
The highest cafe in Cornwall, slap bang in the middle of Bodmin Moor.
www.hurlers-halt.co.uk

The Hurlers and The Cheesewring (3.9 miles)
Take the opportunity of staying in this area to explore Bodmin Moor - a bleak wilderness quite unlike the traditional expectation of landscape in the West Country. The moor has many stone circles and standing stones, of which The Hurlers and The Cheesewring are two of the best known. From Minions, the highest village in Cornwall, just outside Liskeard, it is just a short distance to The Hurlers, three Bronze Age stone circles dating back to around 1500 BC. From here it is about a mile across the moor to The Cheesewring. So called because of its shape, The Cheesewring is a towering stack of a rock formation created by glaciation and weathering over thousands of years. A climb to the top provides breathtaking views into Devon in one direction and far into Cornwall in the other. As a reward, treat yourself to a cream tea back at The Hurlers Halt in Minions, known as the highest cafe in Cornwall.
www.tourbytor.co.uk

Purely Cornish Farmshop (3.9 miles)
The Purely Cornish Farmshop specialises in stocking local Cornish produce not sold in supermarkets. In 2007 they were awarded Silver by Taste of the West for best local retail outlet in Cornwall. You can order a great range of wonderful festive hampers, feel free to telephone with any special requirements and they will be happy to accommodate.
www.purelycornish.co.uk

Temple Trout Fishery (4.2 miles)

Liskeard (4.7 miles)
One of the four original ‘stannary’ towns, Liskeard is scenically tucked into some very pretty countryside.

TM International School of Horsemanship (4.7 miles)
Go for a hack over the moor or learn new skills with a lesson.
www.tminternational.co.uk