Jacobstow

Jacobstow is a small rural parish in north-east Cornwall, about 5 miles south of Bude on the road toward Launceston. The parish church of St James has 13th-century origins with later medieval additions including a tower. The village is surrounded by farmland typical of this part of Cornwall - dairy farms, hedgerow-bordered lanes, and small streams running toward the Tamar or the coast.

Wainhouse Corner, about a mile south-west, is a hamlet at a road junction where the B3254 meets the A39 Atlantic Highway. There is a café at the junction and it acts as a local stopping point. The coast at Crackington Haven is about 5 miles west - a dramatic bay with dark cliffs and good surfing - and the Bude beaches are about 5 miles north. Launceston, with its castle and full range of shops, is about 15 miles south-east.

Accommodation in the Jacobstow area is in farm cottages and converted buildings scattered across the parish. This is genuinely rural north Cornwall with no through-traffic, limited mobile coverage in places, and access to the south-west coast path within a short drive. The Coads Green to Crackington Haven road passes through some of the least developed countryside in Cornwall, with views across open farmland. Canworthy Water, about 3 miles south, has a reservoir with a walking circuit of roughly 2 miles around its perimeter.