This is a strange place. Firstly it's a long but nice walk from the free parking to the falls. Once you get there the falls are quite commercial. There's a cafe and shop selling christals, model dragons and new age tat. The cost to get in isn't huge, but more than the small charge that is advertised, this is a busness and not a charity. There is a strong new age pagan vibe to the place which is of when St Nectern was killed by pagans and is venerated for fighting pagans. I'm not really sure where the big statue of Budda fits in either. It's kind of like they got loads at religiousus / pagan parifanalia and stuck it randomly round the place to give it a vibe. If you ignore that though it's a nice place to visit and...
Read moreAt the end of the glen, next to small gift shop in a woodland setting, the cafe has indoor & outdoor eating areas. Stopped for tea & scones after a walk up from Bossiney. Let down by lack of signage, we couldn't see where the entrance was ( only the ice cream sales area - which wasn't open). Found you could enter up some steps from either side. Didn't visit the actual waterfall, far to many steps for us,but we saw glimpses.. & walked up the lovely glen/ stream through the woodland. Bit muddy in places, & uneven so not suitable for all ( we passed two abandoned...
Read moreSo glad we visited. Car park opposite was a great price. Be warned the walk to the tea room and falls was slippy and muddy and not push chair friendly as there are stone steps and narrow paths. The tea room was a great touch and the nature trail great for kids. The falls were so pretty. If you don’t want to get your trainers wet make sure you take wet shoes/ flip flops so you can walk up close or be prepared to...
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