Learn All About
Porthleven
And Surrounding Areas
our history
Explore the fascinating past of one of Cornwall oldest ports and fishing villages, including our 200 year old harbour
our vision
Find out more about what the museum has planned to protect the history of Porthleven for future generations
What's On
Let us help you make the most of time spent in beautiful Porthleven, be it events, music acts, festivals or special celebrations, don’t miss out!
amazing people
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We have just come back from Porthleven and we are in love….. one of the previous posts is right – you are unlikely to starve in Porthleven. We ate at Kota (expensive but delicious), Amelies – very good, Sea Drift – amazing – but also fairly pricey, Nauti but Ice – so many times – so many ice cream flavours to try… & Blue Haze – delicious and reasonable priced. Plus we bought fish direct from the fishermen at the harbour and barbecued it on the beach & shopped at Costcutter where there is a great selection of fresh fruit and veg and an excellent deli counter plus the Horse and Jockey does brilliant pasties! My waistline could not sustain two weeks!
It is a perfect base for exploring the area plus there is a lot of activity going on around the harbour, so you could just sit and watch that. We can’t wait to go back…
Thomas & Nella
Happy Visitors
Did you know?
Guy Gibson VC, the leader of the famous Dambuster Raid, had strong family ties to Porthleven, where his mother was from and his parents were married. He considered it his hometown, and there is a plaque commemorating him on the Bickford-Smith Institute.
The Dambusters, officially known as RAF 617 Squadron, gained legendary status in World War II for their audacious “Operation Chastise” on the night of May 16-17, 1943. Led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, 19 specially adapted Lancaster bombers used Barnes Wallis’s revolutionary “bouncing bombs” to attack three key dams in Germany’s industrial Ruhr Valley: the Möhne, Eder, and Sorpe.
