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This is the Cornish side of Plymouth Sound, near Cremyll. This is part of the Rame Peninsula and is within Mount Edgcumbe Country Park. In the distance the conical shaped island is the Great Mew Stone, which lies off Wembury on the Devon coast. In front of it is part of the Plymouth breakwater with its 19th century fort.
In the far south-east of Cornwall there are two tidal lakes that feed into the River Tamar between Torpoint and Cremyll. The smaller of the two is Millbrook Lake, named after the pretty little village at its western end. There are several small settlements around the lake including Anderton, part of which is seen here. This is on the northern part of the Rame Peninsula and is a quiet part of Cornwall which seems to get very few visitors. It is one of my favourite places.
In the far south-east of Cornwall there are two tidal lakes that feed into the River Tamar between Torpoint and Cremyll. The smaller of the two is Millbrook Lake, named after the pretty little village at its western end. There are several small settlements around the lake including Anderton, part of which is seen here. This is a quiet part of Cornwall and is well off the beaten track. It is one of my favourite places.
The historic Tamar Sailing Barge LYHNER of Cremyll of 1896 seen berthed at Cotehele Quay the historic River Tamar port now in the care of the National Trust.
The LYNHER now operates excursions and sailing charters.
For more photographs of Cotehele Quay please click here: www.jhluxton.com/Industrial-Archaeology/Historic-Ports-an...
A delightful walk around Royal William Yard and Devil's Point as the rain cleared and the skies brightened up.
There is much to see from the west facing yard with the Cremyll Ferry operating backwards and forwards between Plymouth and Mount Edgcumbe.
Soon the marina will be brimming with gin palaces for the duration of summer and in the distance you can see the top of the Mount Wise observation deck.
The sun was being strangled by the clouds as it was about to set over the horizon however it shone its orange glow upwards into the darkening sky.
The view from above the folly at Mount Edgcumbe Park near Cremyll in Cornwall, looking over the River Tamar to the City of Plymouth in Devon, England
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Another one of my accidentally deleted now resubmitted.
A detail shot of a rusty old winch on the waterfront at Mt Edgecumbe, Cornwall with a backdrop of Mt Edgecumbe House viewed through an avenue of trees. Taken on a misty day which made the mono, film noir look a simple decision once back at the PC.
The Edgecumbe Belle (among a few others) bringing visitors over to Mt Edgecumbe Park from Plymouth on the Cremyll Ferry, on Good Friday.
The Cremyll Ferry is for foot passengers and runs from Cremyll in the far south-east of Cornwall across the River Tamar to Stonehouse in Plymouth.
A ferry is believed to have been operating continuously here since 1204 and Cremyll is often referred to as the historic gateway to South East Cornwall. The current ferry terminus was constructed in the nineteenth century, with the main building using some reclaimed materials from the nearby Mount Edgcumbe House. During World War II the American troops stationed nearby used Cremyll Quay to load their tanks onto landing craft for the D-Day landings.
The 60-year-old MV Edgcumbe Belle (pictured on the right) was originally built for British Rail and has served a number of ferry crossings in the south-west and on the River Thames. It was originally named the MV Humphrey Gilbert.
In the far south-east of Cornwall, just to the north of the Rame Peninsula, are two tidal lakes that feed into the River Tamar - known as the Hamoaze at this point - in between Torpoint and Cremyll. The southernmost lake and the smaller of the two is Millbrook Lake, pictured here. The south shore is particularly attractive and is a favourite with walkers and hikers. This part of Cornwall is well off the beaten track and little known to summer visitors.
This was taken from Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in the far south-east of Cornwall. On this side of the River Tamar is the tiny village of Cremyll where there has been a ferry since the eleventh century. It was a link in the main southern route into Cornwall until the 1830s. The current ferry (with the yellow funnel) takes foot passengers across the Tamar to Stonehouse, which is part of Plymouth. From here Plymouth is nine miles by road or half a mile by ferry.
The Cornish side of Plymouth Sound was not always Cornish. It was incorporated into Anglo-Saxon territory in 705 AD in order to secure both banks of the estuary against, mainly Viking, raids. An area of the Rame peninsula (up to Kingsand) remained as part of Devon until 1844 when it was made part of Cornwall. Today, however, Mount Edgcumbe and the waterfront settlement of Cremyll are emphatically Cornish. They stand on the most easterly extension of the Rame Peninsula, known with ironic pride by local people as the 'Forgotten Corner'.
This was taken near the hamlet of Anderton on our last visit to Cornwall before the national lockdown. The far south-east of Cornwall is an area that is virtually ignored by visitors, yet it contains some beautiful countryside and coastline. It also has two large tidal lakes that lead to the Hamoaze, the southernmost part of the River Tamar before it flows into Plymouth Sound. Millbrook Lake is one of these, and sits opposite the naval base at Devonport, which can just be seen in the distance. This road, which skirts the southern side of Millbrook Lake, runs from Millbrook towards Cremyll and Mount Edgcumbe.
I've just come back from a few very enjoyable days in Cornwall with some old chums of mine. One day we had lunch at the Royal William Yard (seen in the background) at Stonehouse in Plymouth, taking the ferry from Cremyll on the Cornish side of the River Tamar.
We came across this beautiful camellia when we visited Mount Edgcumbe Country Park near Cremyll, on the Cornish side of the River Tamar and Plymouth Sound. Mount Edgcumbe House was the family home of the Earls of Edgcumbe, who moved there from Cotehele in the 16th century. The house was bombed in WWII and subsequently rebuilt. The beautiful country park is jointly owned by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council.
There is no precise geographical definition for ‘Cornwall’s Forgotten Corner’, but it is taken to mean, by local residents, all of the Rame Peninsula, as well as all of the English Channel coast area to the east of (but not including) Looe. The northern boundary of the corner is defined by the A38 road.
It is reputed to be "forgotten" because the area is effectively by-passed by Cornwall visitors, and is geographically remote from the administrative headquarters of Cornwall at Truro. It is over 50 miles away from the Cornish capital.
It is isolated due to its geography, as it is bounded by the English Channel, Plymouth Sound, the River Tamar and the River Lynher. Visitors have to double back on themselves after taking the main A38 road from Plymouth at Trerulefoot and onto the A374. There are no main railway stations within the area; the nearest is at St Germans, which has a limited train service. However, there is a frequent vehicular ferry to Torpoint from Plymouth, and a passenger ferry to Cremyll from Stonehouse, Plymouth. There is also a passenger ferry from Plymouth to Cawsand in the summer.
The area effectively became more remote when the then new Saltash Road Bridge on the A38 road was opened in 1961. Before the opening of this bridge, and the improvements to the A30 road from Exeter to Penzance, most road traffic entered Cornwall using the Torpoint Ferry, taking visitors directly into this area. After the bridge opened, and continued dual carriageway improvements were made on the A30 road, traffic travelling through this part of Cornwall reduced greatly.
The Rame Peninsula part of the Forgotten Corner is included in the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is also steeped in history, with many military forts, and archaeological points of interest. The area is essentially rural, with the main industry being agriculture. It is also a residential commuting area for Plymouth. The area also has some of the wealthiest areas within Cornwall, as well as some of the poorest.
(Wikipedia)
Taken from Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve, overlooking the river Lynher, taking in the village of Antony, 3 miles west of Torpoint. Whitsand Bay lies on the other side of the hills on the horizon. The building to the left of the trees on the right hand side of the image is Tregantle fort, which overlooks Tregantle Beach.
Since the middle of the 19th century the River Tamar has been the border between Cornwall and Devon. On the left is the small and historic village of Cremyll in Cornwall, while on the opposite bank is Plymouth, in Devon. The small passenger ferry runs between the two. Both have a tradition of shipbuilding, and Cremyll still has a small boat repair yard. Many of Britain's naval warships pass this point as they head for their home port of Devonport, out of frame to the right. This shot was taken from Devil's Point, on the Plymouth side of the river.
Southern Belle ex-Shuttlecock at her Oulton Broad base, near Lowestoft. In need of some TLC.
Originally a steamer for the Cremyll-Plymouth ferry service.
She was built in the 1920s, and later became a motor vessel.
Plymouth Sound is a large bay and vast natural harbour formed by sunken river valleys, or rias, in the south-west of England. It is fed by several rivers - the Tamar, the Tavy, the Plym and the St Germans (or Lynher) River. On the east side of Plymouth Sound is Devon (seen on the left), while on the west is Cornwall. Plymouth itself is the largest city in the south-west of England. On its western side is Devonport, the largest naval base in western Europe.
As well as naval ships and support vessels, Plymouth Sound is very popular with the yachting fraternity, and there are several large marinas around the outskirts of Plymouth. A ferry service runs from the docks at Plymouth to France and Spain. Plymouth is connected to Cornwall by rail and road bridges at Saltash, by a large chain ferry at Torpoint and by a foot ferry at Cremyll Point. A small ferry also runs from Plymouth's Sutton Harbour to Cawsand on Cornwall's Rame Peninsula.
To the right of the picture is Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, which was formerly the grounds of Mount Edgcumbe House. Dating back to the 1500s, the house was rebuilt after being bombed in the Second World War and both house and park are now jointly owned by Plymouth City Council and Cornwall County Council.
The Grade I-listed Cotehele House is one of the least altered Tudor houses in the whole of the United Kingdom. The estate of this medieval house, in the east of Cornwall near Calstock, extends down to the River Tamar. Now owned by the National Trust, the early 14th century house was substantially extended by Sir Richard Edgcumbe from 1485-89 and his son, Sir Piers Edgcumbe, from 1489-1520. The family eventually left this house and moved to Mount Edgcumbe House near Cremyll, in the far south-east of Cornwall.
Another unused shot from the archives. This was taken from Cremyll, on the Cornish side of the River Tamar. The Royal William Yard has now been converted into a very popular mixed use development, with numerous apartments, restaurants, cafes, small businesses and a marina. But when it was built in between 1826 and 1835 it was the major victualling depot of the Royal Navy and an important adjunct of Devonport Dockyard. It was designed by the architect Sir John Rennie and was named after King William IV. It occupies a site of approximately 16 acres, north of Devil's Point.
The two towers are shot towers, which were used to manufacture musket balls. It involved pouring molten lead through a sieve at the top of the tower and catching the resulting balls in a bath of water below. There were several of these shot towers alongside the River Thames in London and in other major cities. The process was invented in 1782 by William Watts in Bristol.
I believe the sailing boat is a gaff cutter, probably dating back to the 1920's or 1930's.
Preserved Marshall bodied Bristol LH6L, new to Western National in October 1973.
Seen here taking part in the 2023 Rame Peninsula beer and buses event.
There are beautiful formal gardens at Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in the south-east of Cornwall. This Grade I-listed Italian Garden dates from the mid-1700s and is overlooked by the Orangery.
In the early 16th century the Mount Edgcumbe estate, along with the adjacent Rame peninsula, came into the possession of Sir Piers Edgcumbe through marriage. Sir Piers' family home was located ten miles to the north of the Rame peninsula, on the banks of the River Tamar at Cotehele. Sir Piers created a deer park at Mount Edgcumbe in 1539. The first family residence was started in 1547 by Richard Edgcumbe (the son of Sir Piers). The Edgcumbe family eventually moved their household from Cotehele to Mount Edgcumbe during the late 17th century. In the 18th and early 19th century there was a large scale remodelling of the interior decor of the house and some external rebuilding.
The grounds at Mount Edgcumbe were transformed into one of the finest landscape gardens in England in the late 18th century. The 1st Earl and his son between them created Cornwall's earliest landscaped park. The Grade I-listed gardens survive largely unchanged, providing a very attractive park land environment on the banks of the Tamar.
The delightful Grade II-listed Edgcumbe Arms at Cremyll in the far south-east of Cornwall overlooks the River Tamar and is opposite the Royal William Yard at Stonehouse, Plymouth. The Cremyll Ferry is but a stone's throw away. The ferry landing at Cremyll beach dates from 1730, and the Edgcumbe Arms became a passage house at about this date. Naval ships docking at Devonport pass this way. The inn dates from the late 17th century, with major alterations and remodelling in the early 18th century. There were further alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. It's a favourite watering hole of mine!
This beautiful stretch of coastline is served by service 70 from Plymouth, demonstrated here with this Go-Cornwall Bus Enviro400 heading towards Cremyll.
The Cremyll ferry is for foot passengers and runs from Cremyll in the far south-east of Cornwall across the River Tamar to Stonehouse in Plymouth. It is pictured leaving the quay at Cremyll. In the background is the Royal William Yard - a former Royal Navy victualling depot that has been converted into a mixed use development with private apartments, restaurants, retail outlets and a small marina.
A ferry is believed to have been operating continuously here since 1204 and Cremyll is often referred to as the historic gateway to South East Cornwall. The current ferry terminus was constructed in the nineteenth century, with the main building using some reclaimed materials from the nearby Mount Edgcumbe House. During World War II the American troops stationed nearby used Cremyll Quay to load their tanks onto landing craft for the D-Day landings.
The 60-year-old MV Edgcumbe Belle was originally built for British Rail and has served a number of ferry crossings in the south-west and on the River Thames. It was originally named the MV Humphrey Gilbert.
In the far south-east of Cornwall Plymouth Sound is overlooked by Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, which is on the Rame Peninsula. Mount Edgcumbe House was the home of the Earls of Edgcumbe, who originally came from Cotehele in Cornwall. The house was badly damaged in WWII and was subsequently restored. The house and the surrounding country park, which contains several decorative small "temples" like the one on the left, is jointly owned by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council.
Thought to date from around 1760, the Grade II*-listed Orangery at Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in the far south-east of Cornwall is situated within the park's Italian Garden. According to British Listed Buildings, "The Beauties of England and Wales (Devonshire) (1803) says that 'The building was designed by the late Lord Camelford'". Prior to the middle of the 19th century, when the county boundaries were changed, that part of Cornwall was actually in Devon.
An orangery was a dedicated building in the grounds of fashionable residences from the 17th to the 19th centuries where orange and other fruit trees were protected during the winter, similar to a greenhouse.
The Orangery is now a fully licensed cafe and restaurant and also provides a fabulous cream tea.
The Cremyll Ferry runs between Cremyll in south-east Cornwall and Stonehouse in Plymouth. In the background can be seen the Royal William Yard, once the Royal Navy's most important victualling depot but now a mixed use development with lots of eateries, small businesses and residential accommodation.
The 60-year-old MV Edgcumbe Belle was originally built for British Rail and has served a number of ferry crossings in the south-west and on the River Thames. It was originally named the MV Humphrey Gilbert.
Passing Cremyll and Mount Wise on the River Tamar en route to HMNB Devonport.
I joined the RN at HMS PEMBROKE which was then the RN Barracks at Chatham.
Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is on the Rame Peninsula in the south-east of Cornwall, overlooking Plymouth Sound and the River Tamar. The park has been famous since the 18th century, when the Edgcumbe family created formal gardens, temples, follies and woodlands around the Tudor house. It is listed as grade one on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens and is one of four designated country parks in Cornwall.
The park also contains the villages of Kingsand and Cawsand, as well as Mount Edgcumbe House itself. The Formal Gardens are grouped in the lower park (pictured) near Cremyll. Originally a 17th-century 'wilderness' garden, the present scheme was laid out by the Edgcumbe family in the 18th century. The Formal Gardens include an Orangery, an Italian Garden, a French Garden, an English Garden and a Jubilee Garden, which opened in 2002, to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
In the distance on the left can be seen Drake's Island, which for several hundred years was used as a defensive position in Plymouth Sound.
Since the middle of the 19th century the River Tamar has been the border between Cornwall and Devon. Pictured is the small and historic village of Cremyll in Cornwall, while on the opposite bank is Plymouth, in Devon. The passenger ferry runs between the two. Both have a tradition of shipbuilding, and Cremyll still has a small boat repair yard. Many of Britain's naval warships pass this point as they head for their home port of Devonport, out of frame to the right. This shot was taken from Devil's Point, on the Plymouth side of the river.
The Royal William Yard - seen on the left - in Stonehouse, a suburb of Plymouth, was the major victualling depot of the Royal Navy and an important adjunct of Devonport Dockyard. It was designed by the architect Sir John Rennie and was named after King William IV. It was built between 1826 and 1835, and occupies a site of approximately 16 acres (65,000 sq. m.) on the side of the River Tamar. The Yard was closed in 1992 and subsequently passed into private hands. Grade I listed, it was converted to an up-market mixed use development, with numerous residential apartments, restaurants, commercial premises and harbour facilities.
On the other side of the River Tamar is Cornwall and the tiny village of Cremyll. Mount Edgcumbe Country Park can also be seen.
In the far south-east of Cornwall Plymouth Sound is overlooked by Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, which is on the Rame Peninsula. This shot was taken at Cremyll, where a passenger ferry across the River Tamar links Cornwall with Plymouth in Devon. Mount Edgcumbe House was the home of the Earls of Edgcumbe, who originally came from Cotehele in Cornwall. The house was badly damaged in WWII and was subsequently restored. The house and the surrounding country park is jointly owned by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council.
The Cremyll ferry is for foot passengers and runs from Cremyll in the far south-east of Cornwall across the River Tamar to Stonehouse in Plymouth. It is pictured shortly after leaving the quay at Cremyll.
A ferry is believed to have been operating continuously here since 1204 and Cremyll is often referred to as the historic gateway to South East Cornwall. The current ferry terminus was constructed in the nineteenth century, with the main building using some reclaimed materials from the nearby Mount Edgcumbe House. During World War II the American troops stationed nearby used Cremyll Quay to load their tanks onto landing craft for the D-Day landings.
The 60-year-old MV Edgcumbe Belle (pictured) was originally built for British Rail and has served a number of ferry crossings in the south-west and on the River Thames. It was originally named the MV Humphrey Gilbert.
The beautiful Georgian Orangery at Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, near Cremyll in the far south-east of Cornwall, is now a licensed restaurant and also provides refreshments to visitors to the park and Mount Edgcumbe House. Dating from 1760, it overlooks the formal Italian Garden which is just inside the Cremyll entrance to the estate.
Queen Boadicea getting a spruce up in Nielson's yard before the start of the summer season......
Type: Thames passenger vessel
Length: 65ft
Beam: 14ft 6ins
Draft: 3ft
Displacement: 45 tons
Engine: Gardner 6LX
Construction: Steel
Builder: Thornycroft
Year: 1936
Built as a sturdy passenger boat, with a 65ft. all-steel hull, Queen Boadicea II was an ideal vessel to go to Dunkirk - providing always that the weather and the sea remained calm. Her 3ft draft was ample for the river Thames, where she started her working life when Mrs. C.M. Smith, her first owner, used her to ply between Westminster and Greenwich in 1936, but hardly good enough for crossing the English Channel on a bad day.
On Friday, 31st May 1940, a fresh on-shore breeze developed. Queen Boadicea, commanded by Lieutenant J.S. Seal, RNR, avoided the beaches in these conditions and made for Dunkirk harbour. There they met heavy shelling accompanied by enemy air attacks. They arrived just in time to see the motor boat Janice, working off Dunkirk pier, demolished by a direct hit from a bomb. Her skipper, Sub-Lt. Bell, RNVR, was killed, together with a stoker rating. The Boadicea managed to pick up three of her crew who were thrown into the water as she went down. From then on, Lieut. Seal had no time to keep a log. But in the 1980's a holidaymaker told the present owner that she remembered caring for thirteen soldiers who returned from Dunkirk on Queen Boadicea.
After the war, she was acquired by George Wheeler Launches, to provide a Thames passenger service from Greenwich to Westminster and up-river as far as Kew and Richmond. Her next owners were Dart Pleasure Cruises, in Dartmouth, Devon, and she was finally sold to her present owners, Tamar Cruising, who use her to provide a ferry service in Plymouth. In 1988 Queen Boadicea hit the headlines when she carried travel writer Alison Payne and her one-ton shire horse Mighty from Admiral's Hard, Plymouth to Cremyll, Mount Edgecomb, in Cornwall as part of the writer's fund-raising effort for a charity.
Now based at the National Waterways Museum Gloucester.