Rockpools is an architecturally designed beach house in Watergate Bay, Cornwall that sleeps eight guests across four bedrooms. This luxury coastal property sits less than 1km from the beach with sweeping sea views across Watergate Bay. The house features underfloor heating throughout and comes with three parking spaces including EV charging.
You're perfectly positioned to explore Cornwall's stunning coastline with pristine Atlantic beaches and coastal paths right on your doorstep. Watergate Bay offers excellent surfing conditions and the area provides easy access to seaside adventures. The location puts you just 3 miles from Newquay with its attractions and amenities.
Inside you'll find an open-plan living space with kitchen and dining area seating ten people. The master bedroom has a super king bed with sea views and en-suite. Three additional bedrooms each have en-suite bathrooms - two doubles and one twin room. There's also a separate TV room with sofa bed and dedicated cinema room for entertainment.
Visit the Eden Project (15 miles, 25 minutes) with its famous biomes and gardens. Explore historic Tintagel Castle (12 miles, 20 minutes) with its Arthurian legends. Padstow (8 miles, 15 minutes) offers Rick Stein's restaurants and harbour charm. The Lost Gardens of Heligan (25 miles, 35 minutes) showcase Victorian garden restoration.
Rockpools delivers the perfect family beach holiday with its hot tub for eight and private sauna. The enclosed garden, surfboard storage and pet-friendly policy make this ideal for active families. Check availability today!
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4 reviews from guests who stayed at Rockpools
Loved everything about Rockpools, especially the view, hot tub and ability to allow the outside world in upstairs. Great location, really comfortable but practical in terms of no clutter and easy to keep clean.....which comes in handy with a dog and teenager.
We had a great week staying at Rockpools. It is a beautiful property and we enjoyed using the hot tub and sauna and being close to the beach. It has lovely views and was well equipped. The cinema room is also a real treat. Just be aware that you can't walk to the beach - it is necessary to make a short drive. The only thing that was slightly irritating were a few niggles - I'd say just a little more care and attention checking everything was working on changeover could resolve many of these issues.
A really beautiful house a stones throw from Watergate Bay beach, lovely big wooden hot tub and comfy big cinema room. All bedrooms and ensuites spacious and tastefully furnished, would definitely stay here again.
Where do I even begin. The property itself is stunning. Lovely welcome basket with treats. All the rooms had towels, fresh bedding and a hairdryer. They literally thought of everything. The kitchen had everything you needed including a coffee machine and dishwasher. The open space upstairs has a built in sound system which made our weekend as we were playing music the whole time. The house was very clean. The hot tub and sauna were all ready for us. We all literally had the best stay and couldn’t fault a thing. Great location also. Would highly recommend this house.
The best-known attractions within an easy drive of Rockpools, with real driving times.
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A compact, well-planted zoo in the middle of Newquay with sloths, lynx, penguins and a walkthrough aviary.
Newquay Zoo is a 13-acre zoo and garden site in Trenance Leisure Park, in the middle of Newquay. It is the largest zoo in Cornwall, and its planted grounds have won a Britain in Bloom Gold award. Visitors can see hundreds of species, including lynx, penguins, otters, zebras, sloths and meerkats, in a mix of indoor and outdoor habitats.
Tip: Check the zoo's website for current opening times, ticket offers and parking details before you go, as these can change.
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A Cornwall adventure park mixing rides, animals and a big indoor play area, whatever the weather.
Camel Creek is a family adventure park near Wadebridge in North Cornwall. The mix includes thrill rides and rollercoasters, outdoor play areas and animal areas, so there is plenty to fill a day. Its indoor play space covers 45,000 square feet, which means a wet day need not spoil the plan.
Tip: Check the park's website before you go for current tickets and events, as offers change. If a free return pass is offered with day tickets, read the terms first: it is non-transferable and excludes Toddler Takeover days, birthday parties, group bookings and school visits.
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A Cornish sanctuary and animal park that rescues owls and shows species from around the world.
Screech Owl Sanctuary & Animal Park is a home for owls and other animals on Goss Moor, near Indian Queens in mid Cornwall. Founded in 1990 by Carolyn Screech, it shows owls from around the world, with British, European, African, American, Asian, Australasian and West Indian species. It also rescues and rehabilitates wild owls in Cornwall, and there is a Siberian Eagle Owl breeding project.
Tip: If you want an owl or animal experience, call ahead to book, as busy periods may mean walk-up requests can't be fitted in.
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Walk through one of the world's largest indoor rainforests, set in a reclaimed china clay pit near St Austell.
The Eden Project sits in a reclaimed china clay pit in Cornwall. At the bottom of the pit are two huge domed Biomes made of inflated cells on steel frames. The Rainforest Biome is one of the largest indoor rainforests in the world, with tropical plants such as banana, coffee, rubber and giant bamboo. The Mediterranean Biome has olives, grape vines and sculptures.
Tip: Check the opening times page before you set off, as last entry to the Biomes and closing times change through the year, and some dates are closed.
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A grade I listed Elizabethan house above Padstow, lived in by the same family since 1592.
Prideaux Place is a grade I listed Elizabethan country house in Padstow, completed in 1592 and still the family home after fourteen generations. The 81-room house combines the traditional E-shape of Elizabethan architecture with 18th-century Strawberry Hill Gothic touches.
Tip: Check the official website for current opening times and tour details before you set off, as the property closes for part of the year.
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Cross a cobbled causeway or hop on a boat to a legendary castle on a tidal island.
St Michael's Mount is a tidal island in Mount's Bay, near Penzance, linked to Marazion by a causeway of granite setts. At low tide you can walk across; when the tide is in, ferry boats run instead. On the island you'll find a historic village with cobbled streets, a harbour, shops, a café and a restaurant, all beneath the ramparts of the castle.
Tip: Check the causeway times when you book, as they decide whether you walk across or take a boat from the mainland.
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Zip wire, giant swing, karting and an inflatable aquapark in a flooded Cornish quarry.
Adrenalin Quarry is a family-owned adventure park in Menheniot, built around an old flooded quarry. It offers five rides: an inflatable aquapark for ages 6 and over, go karting on an 800m all-weather track for ages 7 and over, a zip wire that is 50m high and 490m long, a giant swing 150ft above the lake, and axe throwing for ages 12 and over.
Tip: You can book all rides online ahead, or just turn up for the zip and the giant swing.
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A Victorian country house, colourful gardens and almost 1,000 acres of parkland and woodland to explore above the River Fowey.
Lanhydrock is a Victorian family home inside a Jacobean mansion, once lived in by the Agar-Robartes family. Most of the interiors were rebuilt after a fire in 1881. Inside, you can see the Long Gallery with its ornate ceiling, and families can play in the refurbished Victorian nursery.
Tip: It is busiest between 11am and 2pm, so arrive later in the day for a quieter visit and shorter queues for the house.
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Drive times are typical times by car with no traffic. Check opening times and book tickets on each attraction's own website before you go.
