The Net Loft

The Net Loft is a stone-built 3-bedroom cottage in Mousehole, sleeping 4 with 1 bathroom. The property sits on North Cliff, roughly 100 metres on foot from the beach and harbour wall, in one of the most tightly-knit fishing villages on the west Cornwall coast.

Inside, the layout across three bedrooms means two couples or a family with children can spread out without tripping over each other, even with a single bathroom. The layout is reverse-level: ten granite steps lead up to the entrance on the first floor, where the open-plan kitchen and living room sit, while the three bedrooms and the bathroom are on the ground floor. Practicalities are covered: Wi-Fi, dishwasher, and washing machine are included. There is no garden, and parking is in the harbourside car park, less than 100 metres away, where charges apply. Friday changeovers.

Mousehole (pronounced "Mowzul") wraps around a granite harbour protected by a 14th-century breakwater. The harbour dries at low tide - an odd sight if you haven't seen it before. The village has a handful of restaurants and the Rock Pool cafe on the harbour wall. Each December the Tom Bawcock's Eve festival draws visitors for the harbour light display and the famous stargazy pie at the Ship Inn. Lamorna Cove is about 1.9 miles west along the South West Coast Path. Newlyn's fish market is 1.5 miles east, and Penzance, 4 miles from the cottage, has a full range of shops.

**Best for:** Two couples or a small family who want a proper village base in west Cornwall rather than a resort beach - Mousehole rewards slow stays, evening walks to the quay, and day trips out to Penzance, Lamorna Cove, or the Minack Theatre.

**Less good for:** Those needing easy surf access - the nearest surf is at Sennen Cove, around 20 miles south-west.