Saltash

Saltash (Cornish: Essa), the "Gateway to Cornwall", is a small town in South Cornwall of the Tamar crossings.

Get in

• 1 Saltash railway station. Cornish Main Line Plymouth - Penzance, with some direct connections from London Paddington.  

See

• 1 Cotehele, St Dominick, near Saltash, PL12 6TA, ☏ +44 1579 351346, cotehele@nationaltrust.org.uk. A mediaeval house on the banks of the Tamar with Tudor additions.  
• 2 Royal Albert Bridge. A uniquely designed railway bridge which spans the River Tamar in England between Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall.constructed between 1854 and 1859 (updated Mar 2017)

Do

Royal Albert Bridge & Tamar Bridge

Drink

• 1 Union Inn, Tamar Street, ☏ +44 1752 844770. Noon - 9PM. Fairly cosy pub down by the Tamar, painted to look like a Union Jack. Often has live music. (updated Nov 2021)

Sleep

• 1 St Mellion International Resort, St Mellion, ☏ +44 1579 351351. It includes championship golf courses. (updated Mar 2017)
• 2 Pentillie Castle, Paynters Cross, St Mellion PL12 6QD, ☏ +44 1579 350044. Grand B&B in a mansion built 1698 - in 1810 three wings were added in neo-Gothic style, but these became dilapidated and were removed in the 1960s. The place is often booked out to wedding parties. B&B double £160. (updated Jul 2020)
• 3 Bush Farm Wild Camping, Bush Farm, Saltash PL12 6QY, ☏ +44 7875 557160. Pitch your tent wherever you please on this breezy hillside. Dogs welcome. £10 ppn. (updated Apr 2021)

Go next

• Plymouth
• Cawsand
• Looe
• Tavistock

Routes through Saltash

Bodmin ← Liskeard ←

W  E

→ Plymouth → Exeter