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Area Guides: Port Isaac
Website: http://www.portisaac-online.co.uk/


Details: Port Isaac is a fishing port within an area of outstanding beauty.

Port Isaac, was a busy coastal port from the Middle Ages to the mid 19th. century when it was a busy harbour where cargoes 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.

Most of the old centre of the village consists of 18th. and 19th. century cottages, many officially listed as of architectural or historic importance, along narrow alleys. The narrow streets are passable with care and please drive slowly.

Car Parking is available on the beach, remember to be aware of the tide times. Parking is also available at the top of the village. When parking here the views are quite stunning, looking over the wide expanses of the Atlantic Ocean to Boscastle and Tintagel.

The Village of Port Isaac, was frequently used as a 'set' for filming the Poldark series, and 'Nightmare Man' where it was beautifully depicted albeit as a village in the Hebrides!

More recently the Port Isaac has become associated with the TV series 'Doc Martin' ( in which Port Isaac was tranformed into the fictional Port Wenn) and the Film ' Saving Grace'.


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