Glendurgan

Falmouth, Cornwall
Bed & Breakfast
+44 (0)1326 250326

Per night
£180
Bedroom

2 rooms

Sleeps

Rooms sleep 2

Wend your way down steep paths to Durgan beach, explore the magic of Charles’s wonderful garden and feast on Caroline’s super breakfasts

Per night
£180

Contact the owner directly to check date availability and secure your booking.

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£180 per night

The Experience

Glendurgan has been in Charles Fox’s family for over 200 years. It’s a magical, exotic and wooded place, and there’s a sense of discovery as you set off down steep paths to Durgan beach. Come in spring for the mass of magnolias, bluebells and primroses. While summer, to quote Charles’s excellent book, “breaks in a wave of whiteness, with eucryphia, hoheria, myrtus and that ‘bombe Alaska’ of rhododendrons, ‘Polar Bear’, and autumn is awash with bulbs – amaryllis, colchicum, crinum and nerine.” In the winter this is still an important garden with its collection of fine trees, and, even in the wildest weather, it’s a deeply romantic place to be.

Charles’s paintings of plants and trees line the stairwell up to bedrooms with sensational Helford river views; Violet and Magenta are as your Edwardian aunt would have liked – no TV but a grand piano, harp, and books to browse. Caroline trained as a cook and her breakfasts are delicious with homemade bread, jams and marmalade and locally produced eggs and bacon.

Charles, garden designer and leader of tours, has lots of tips about what to visit and where to eat. Falmouth is just 15 minutes, so if you’re visiting the university it’s easy to come back to this gracious home.

Glendurgan - Gallery

We think you'll love

  • The abundance of character, history, books and art
  • Exploring the garden and visiting all the other interesting ones nearby
  • Caroline's generous home-cooked breakfasts
Glendurgan - Gallery

You should know

  • You'll need to wait till the children are older to bring them

Essentials

  • EV charger
  • Swimming pool
  • Hot tub
  • Garden
  • Open fire / woodburner
  • Breakfast included
  • Breakfast available
  • Meals available
  • Vegetarian meals
  • Oven
  • Parking on premises
  • Free parking nearby
  • Accessible by public transport
  • WiFi
  • Television
  • Spa
  • Central heating
  • Limited mobility
  • Wheelchair access
  • Mobile reception
  • Hob
  • Bar
  • Barbecue
  • Licensed premises
  • Paid parking nearby
  • Air conditioning
  • Relaxation areas
  • Washing machine
  • Tennis court
  • Microwave oven
  • No smoking
  • Credit cards
  • Working farm
  • Owner has pets
  • Dishwasher
  • Pets welcome

Family friendly

  • Baby monitor
  • Books and toys
  • Children welcome
  • Babies welcome
  • Stair gates
  • High chair
  • Fire guard
  • Cot available

Nearby

  • Pub/bar within 3 miles
  • Restaurant within 3 miles
  • Shop within 3 miles

Activities

  • Bikes available
  • Food courses
  • Kayaking
  • Other courses
  • Sailing
  • Surfing
  • Wild swimming

Accommodation

Pricing

Nightly price
£180
Surcharges
Singles £115.
2 Twins
£180

Information

Booking information

Check in
Flexible
Check out
Flexible
Other details
Single occupancy, £115 per night.
Closed
Occasionally.
No smoking
Smoking not permitted anywhere in the property.
Owner has pets
Animals living on the property
Meals
Restaurant within walking distance.

Reviews

Simon, Brighton

A wonderful place to stay. The house and hospitality are exactly as described, and a real treat. We had the large bedroom with the bay window shown in the photo, with a view down the garden to the estuary: single beds but very comfortable & with hot water bottles provided! The gardens were magical, esp after visitors had left: reds and pinks and yellows, soft grass, bumblebees and birdsong. Walk along the coastal path in the sunshine. Take the ferry to the pub in Helford Village. Well done, Charles and Caroline. Very highly recommended.


Tabitha

This stay was the highlight of my trip to Cornwall. A warm welcome from Caroline and Charles followed by tea and cake accompanied by live harp music - a very special start to my stay. The room was beautiful with views across the garden and down to the river with fresh cosmos flowers in a vase and an elegant tea tray. All of this plus a yummy breakfast would have kept me smiling but this is much more than a B&B. The Fox's obvious passion for the place and knowledge of their fascinating family who planted the gardens made it very hard to leave!


Inge

Grateful. We were just so grateful about Caroline's warm welcome while we - a family with three children - stood soaking wet in front of the door. Caroline offered a cup of tea in her lovely parlour and put all our clothes into the dryer. Her restaurant recommendation for dinner was perfect, the English breakfast in the next morning, as well. We will always remember this beautiful place with its warmheated owners - THANK YOU so much for taking care of us! Hope you liked the Austrian wine ;-) kindest regards, Inge & Stephan


A

A rare and special place. Charles and Caroline's kind thoughtfulness and care for their guests is exceptional. To give just one example, I mentioned early on I was keen to see the rare rhododendron "Polar Bear" in flower, then completely forgot about it, but there it was on the breakfast table on our last morning, Charles had remembered and went to pick it for us specially. A wonderful few days, I will gladly return. Shipwright Arms just across the river also really good, peaceful, unhurried, and delicious food.


Judith

Wonderful! A exquisite place to stay in an amazing surrounding and a great hospitality. Caroline and Charles are the perfect hosts. I enjoyed the days and I´ll return next year.


Location

The neighbourhood

Glendurgan is a mile or so from Mawnan Smith village. You can walk east along the coast into Falmouth, where there is the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, or west to Helford Passage. These footpaths connect by foot ferry with the coastal path which runs around Cornwall. There are numerous circuitous routes from the house, and a local walk can be as short or as long as you want. There are gardens galore to visit in the area; nearby are Trebah and Penjerrick, which were created by members of the Fox family, and then further afield: Trelissick, Trewithen, Heligan and Caerhays; Bonython on the Lizard Peninsula; Trengwainton near Penzance, where you can visit all the art galleries too.

Local points of interest from Charles & Caroline Fox

  • Great walks nearby and along the coast - explore the footpaths and take in the views!
  • Visit the charming Trebah and Penjerrick gardens nearby
  • Plenty of shows and exhibitions to see for all at National Maritime Museum Cornwall
  • Head towards Penzance for St Michael's Mount, Tremenheere sculpture garden or Penzance Penlee House Art Gallery, which houses the Newlyn School paintings

Introducing

Charles & Caroline Fox

Your hosts Charles and Caroline Fox are hugely warm and welcoming, their sweet little dog is very friendly too, and B&B visitors are treated like house guests. Charles, having lived in Cornwall all his life and trained as a garden designer, has decades of experience taking visitors around Cornish gardens and as an artist he is always abreast of exhibitions and what is worth seeing in local galleries.