The Lugger Inn in Polruan in Cornwall

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The Lugger Inn in Polruan in Cornwall

The next stage of our Devon and Cornwall holiday takes us to the Lugger Inn in Polruan for a two night stay.

The Lugger Inn was first opened as a public house in 1794 but the rooms above have recently been refurbished to a very high standard. There are four rooms and we stayed in room number 3 overlooking Polruan harbour.

The bed was very comfortable.  The room was very clean but there is no room service.  If you want the towels changed you have to ask the staff in the bar.

The shower was hot and powerful.

The description of Lugger Inn states that there is no parking but we were fortunate to find somebody leaving one of the very few spaces on the Quay.  The charge is £8.50 for the whole day.  Alternatively you can drop cases off outside the Inn and then drive to a car park on the edge of Polruan (charge £7.00 per day).

Fire regulations mean that the rooms can not be accessed via the bar area. 

To get to the rooms you have to go outside and climb a very steep set of steps.  After a very short distance along a road it is through a low narrow passageway to get to the rooms. 

Breakfast 

Meals are not included in the price. Breakfast is available in the bar from 9.00 a.m. a full English cost £11.95 but you can get a bacon bap for £4.95. Coffees cost between £3.00 and £3.50.  We had the full English each day. It was a great way to start to the day.

Wi-Fi

The description of the Inn on booking.com states that there is no Wi-Fi but there is an excellent password protected Wi-Fi covering the rooms. 

Polruan

Polruan developed as a shipbuilding community. It is difficult to get to as it only has one road in and out. The one road is a long, winding, steep, narrow lane but the effort to get there is well worth it.

Polruan also has a passenger ferry to Fowey which costs £2.80 per person.

Daphne du Maurier wrote about Polruan in her first book, “The Loving Spirit” but she called the town Plyn and Lanteglos church she called Lanoc church.

The idea for the book came when she saw the wreck of a ship called the Jane Slade. The  Slade family were shipbuilders in Polruan.  In the book, the Slade family became the Coombe family with Janet Coombe the main character. Daphne du Maurier could probably see the shipbuilding yard from her bedroom in the family home “Ferryside” where she wrote the book. 

The figurehead from the Jane Slade has now been placed on the outside of Ferryside.  Ferryside is not open to the public. If you want to feel what Polruan was like when the Lugger Inn was built then “The Living Spirit” is a good place to start.

Conclusion

Polruan is a very nice place to visit for a couple of days but there is not enough there for a week's holiday.  If you do want to spend some time in Polruan then I would recommend the Lugger Inn.

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