The View

Top choice in South Cornwall


The name says it all. This restaurant sits in a stunning position on the cliffs above Whitsand Bay, offering an amazing panorama of Rame Head and the Eddystone lighthouse. Chef Matt Corner was classically trained, but prefers a simpler, unfussier style these days – classic flavours, artful presentation and premium local ingredients.


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1. Whitsand Bay

0.61 MILES

Small coves dot the coastline of the Rame Peninsula, but for a proper stretch of sand, this huge – and undervisited – bay is the place. Pronounced…

2. Cawsand & Kingsand

1.37 MILES

While many of the coastal villages have become gentrified to the point of being unrecognised, these twin villages still genuinely feel like the fishing…

3. Rame Head

1.79 MILES

A great bulk of rock topped by a picturesque clifftop chapel, Rame Head is another of Cornwall's most majestic coastal viewpoints, with a jaw-dropping 360…

4. Mount Edgcumbe

2.64 MILES

Encompassing 350 hectares, this Grade I–listed estate was built for the Earls of Edgcumbe, but is now owned by Cornwall and Plymouth City Councils. It's…

5. Antony House

3.23 MILES

Owned by the National Trust and occupied by the Carew-Pole family, this house's main claim to fame is its decorative gardens, designed by the 18th-century…

6. Plymouth Hoe

4.33 MILES

Francis Drake supposedly spied the Spanish fleet from this grassy headland overlooking Plymouth Sound (the city's wide bay); the bowling green on which he…

7. Drake Statue

4.34 MILES

A monument to one of Plymouth's most celebrated sons, Sir Francis Drake – the globetrotting explorer and hero of the battle against the Spanish Armada.

8. Smeaton's Tower

4.35 MILES

The red-and-white stripes of Smeaton's Tower rise from the middle of the Plymouth Hoe headland. For an insight into past lighthouse keepers' lives, head…