Looe
Looe has a large sandy beach flanked
by an unusual banjo shaped pier.
The town has all the facilities of a
small town including a varied choice of cosy pubs and
restaurants to suit all tastes and pockets.
The Old Guildhall Museum houses
artefacts and memorabelia charting the history of this
ancient port.
The bustling harbour is home to over 60 commercial
fishing vessels. The prosperity of Looe in the mid
1800's was inexorably linked to the mining industry high
on the edge of Bodmin Moor at Caradon Hill.
Initially linked by the Liskeard Looe
Union Canal and subsequently the Looe Valley Railway,
copper ore and stone were brought to Looe and exported
by ship to all parts of the world.
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