Cornwall Property

Buying advice for country property in Cornwall

Cornwall is a long way from London whichever way you look at it. Falmouth is about the same distance from London as Darlington in North Yorkshire, but the train takes about twice as long. The time by car is about the same as by train – five hours. There are now regular flights to Newquay – which is probably a broadly similar journey time overall.

This distance is, in many ways, its attraction. Cornwall is different. It’s certainly warmer, with a climate not dissimilar to Brittany and it has a coastline that is not matched in Britain until you go to the west coast of Scotland. There are none of the big centres of industry that have despoiled so many of the beautiful places in England and, for people coming from the London-centric south-east of England, it has a distinctive local life that is all its own.

Most outsiders buying into Cornwall divide into two camps – sailors and surfers. The sailors tend to go to the south coast with its beautiful rivers - from the Tamar in the east to the wooded Fal estuary in the west, which has trees dipping down into the water and places to dry out with the tide on your own. The surfers gravitate to the wilder and more barren north coast - particularly focusing on Padstow and Rock where property prices sometimes have as much in common with Chelsea as the buyers themselves.

For more information on buying advice and property searching in Cornwall, England, contact the Property Vision Cornwall property search and advice team.