Port Isaac

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Port Isaac, was a busy coastal port from the Middle Ages to the mid 19th. century when it was an active harbour where cargoes like stone, coal, timber and pottery were loaded and unloaded.

Fishing and fish-processing were also important and today there are still fishermen working from here although tourism plays an increasingly important role.

The Village of Port Isaac, was frequently used as a 'set' for films such as Poldark, Nightmare Man, Saving Grace and the famous Doc Martin.

The whole area is very hilly with deep valleys where little streams run down to the sea. Port Isaac and Port Gaverne are in two of these valleys - two separate communities.

Neighbouring Port Gaverne developed in the nineteenth century as a slate, coal, limestone handling port where shipbuilding also took place.

Upcoming Events

North Cornwall Book Festival - St Endellion Church - Friday 18 July 2025

The North Cornwall Book Festival is Endelienta Arts’ annual literary festival, curated this year by author Tiffany Murray. This intimate weekend-long event includes author events, live music, workshops, an art exhibition, a local artisan market and an ever-popular pop-up café. The 2025 festival will run from 25-28 September 2025. Tickets will go on general sale on 14th July 2025 with patrons ticket sales opening a week earlier on the 7th July.

For more information and to buy tickets please click here.

 

St Endellion Summer Music Festival - Tuesday 29 July 2025 to Friday 08 August 2025

Tuesday 29th July - Friday 8th August 2025

For more information on the festival click here

Full details are in the Festival brochure avaliable here

For our 2025 festival, we have a Shakespearean theme. Our opera is Verdi’s comic masterpiece Falstaff which will be conducted by Paul Daniel and features a stellar cast including Darren Jeffery, Roderick Williams, Mark Padmore, Elin Pritchard, Frances Bourne,Thomas Elwin, Carolyn Dobbin, Andrew Slater, Peter Hoare and Jessica Hopkins. We are absolutely delighted that Cornish resident and comic genius Bill Bankes Jones will direct a glittering production as the centrepiece of our Summer programme.