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Porthwen House
Harbour hotel · est. 1931
01632 960 118
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Fourteen rooms on the harbour wall · North Cornwall

Wake up to the tide coming in.

Arrive
Thu 16 Oct
Leave
Sun 19 Oct
Guests
2 adults
Room
Any view
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Best rate when you book with us · Free cancellation up to 7 days before · Breakfast included
Rooms and suites

Fourteen rooms, eleven of them facing the water.

Every room has a proper bed, a deep bath or a big shower, and windows that open. Breakfast is included and served until ten, because you are on holiday.
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Harbour Room

From, per night
£185
Sleeps 2
22 m²
Harbour view
Our smallest rooms and the ones people rebook: a window seat over the slipway and a rain shower.
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Cliff Suite

From, per night
£240
Sleeps 3
34 m²
Balcony
Corner rooms on the second floor with a balcony, a roll-top bath by the window and a sofa bed.
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The Loft

From, per night
£320
Sleeps 4
48 m²
Two bedrooms
The whole top floor under the eaves, with a sitting room and a telescope pointed at the lighthouse.
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The first-floor dining room, twelve tables and a long window
The restaurant

Glaze, one floor up from the harbour.

Nina Kerr cooks what comes off the boats below the window and what grows at Trewinnard farm up the lane. A short menu that changes every day, and a wine list mostly from the south west.
Tonight, Thursday
Porthwen crab on toast
Brown butter, pickled cucumber
£14
Day-boat hake
Mussels, cider, sea herbs
£26
Burnt honey tart
Clotted cream, poached rhubarb
£9
Breakfast
Daily, 7.30 to 10.00
Dinner
Wednesday to Sunday, 6.00 to 9.30
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Around Porthwen

Leave the car where it is.

Most of what brings people here is within walking distance of the front door. The rest is a short drive along the coast road.
2
min walk
Porthwen beach
Sheltered sand at low tide, with rock pools under the east wall.
10
min walk
Kellan Head path
The best sunset on this stretch, and a bench someone put there on purpose.
15
min drive
Trewinnard farm
Where the kitchen buys its eggs, cream and most of the vegetables.
40
min drive
Lanrow station
Mainline trains east. We can meet you off the train if you ask.
Guest reviews
4.9
Out of 5, from 612 reviews left after checkout
Rooms
4.9
Food
4.9
Location
5.0
Value
4.7
“We booked two nights and stayed five. The room was simple and spotless, the crab on toast was the best thing we ate all year, and someone left a tide table on the pillow every evening.”
RH
Rhian H., Cardiff
Stayed in a Cliff Suite in March
“Quiet in the best way. No music in the lounge, just the sea, a fire and a stack of old maps.”
Tom and Jess, Bristol
“They dried our dog after the beach and brought her a biscuit. The dog would like to live here now.”
Priya S., Leeds
Offers

Quieter months, kinder rates.

All offers and gift vouchers →
November to March
Sunday to Thursday
Three nights for the price of two
Stay three midweek nights in any room and the cheapest one is free. Breakfast every morning and a pot of tea when you arrive.
From
£370 for three nights
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All year

Dinner, bed and breakfast

Three courses at Glaze on each night of your stay, with a table held for you at eight.
From £149 per person
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Dogs welcome

Bring the dog

Four ground-floor rooms open straight onto the harbour path. A bed, bowls and a beach towel are waiting.
£15 a night per dog
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Getting here

At the very end of the harbour road.

Harbour Road, Porthwen, North Cornwall
By train
Lanrow station, then 40 minutes by taxi or in our car at £35 each way. Book it when you book the room.
By car
Take the coast road from Lanrow and turn right at the white chapel. The lane is narrow for the last mile.
Parking
Twelve spaces behind the hotel, free for guests. Two have car chargers.
Arriving
Rooms are ready from 3pm. Leave your bags with us from 11 and go to the beach.
Get directions
Or call 01632 960 118
Stay with us

The kettle’s on. The tide’s coming in.

Book direct for our best rate, a free late checkout on Sundays and a table held at Glaze on your first night.
Arrive
Thu 16 Oct
Leave
Sun 19 Oct
Guests
2 adults
Room
Any view
Check availability
Porthwen House
hello@porthwenhouse.co.uk
01632 960 118
Open all year except 4 to 27 January