Launceston (Cornwall)

Launceston (Cornish: Lannstevan) is in Cornwall.

Get in

Launceston is on the A30 (the main trunk road running though the center of Cornwall). It is about 45 minutes (41 miles) from Exeter.

Get around

This small town of around 12,000 people is easy to cover on foot. Taxis are inexpensive but not required in the town centre.

See

🌍 Launceston Castle, Castle Lodge, PL15 7DR, ☎ +44 1566 772365. Built in the 11th century by Brian de Bretagne, the first Norman Earl of Cornwall adults £3.60, children £2.20, concessions £3.20.
🌍 St. Mary Magdalene. a 16th-century church with one of the most lavishly carved exteriors of any Church in England
🌍 Lawrence House, 9 Castle Street, PL15 8BA, ☎ +44 1566 773277, e-mail: lawrencehouse@nationaltrust.org.uk.

Do

🌍 Launceston Steam railway, St. Thomas Road, PL15 8DA, ☎ +44 1566 775665. Open during the summer months.

Buy

Eat

Tinhay Mill Restaurant, Lifton (a couple of miles to the east of the town). a good reputation
La Bouche Creole (Centre of town). offers great Louisiana cuisine.

There are various Indian restaurants in the town, but no dine in Chinese.

Launceston Fryers (in the centre of town opposite the post office). offer good quality, fresh, fish and chips

Drink

The White Horse. pub - live music on Fridays.
The Bakers Arms. pub - lively, full of younger generation.
The White Heart. pub - Busy on Saturdays.

Sleep

The White Hart Hotel, ☎ +44 1566 772013. Offers the best accommodation in town.
Eagle House Hotel. Very popular.
Lots of B&Bs in the area.

Go next

Plymouth and Exeter are connected by a daily bus service. Tavistock is a Devon based market-town.

Routes through Launceston

Land's End ← Bodmin ←

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→ Okehampton → Exeter

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