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The Rame Peninsula locally known as the forgotten corner in south east Cornwall, extends out into the English Channel and is surrounded by Plymouth Sound to the east and the estuary of the River Lynher to the north. The largest town is Torpoint, which is on the eastern coast, facing Devonport in Plymouth, and to the west Whitsand bay.

Kingsand and CawsandThe peninsula is named Rame Head at the south of the peninsula. which includes the village and parish of Rame with a beautiful 13th century church just inland from Rame.
The name Rame means the high prodding cliff, "the rams head".

The Rame Head Peninsula is designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty, with Dartmoor ponies, sheep and cattle and is also frequented by deer. The headland is prominent to the boats leaving Plymouth Sound due to its high panoramic vantage point and has been a land mark to mariners for many years. There is a volunteer National Coast watch lookout on the top of the headland next to the car park at Rame head.

Rame Peninsula with the twin villages of Kingsand and Cawsand are in Cawsand Bay overlooking Plymouth Sound along with Cremyll, Rame, St John and Millbrook, all lovely villages in the Rame peninsular. Rame Peninsula is steeped in history and has a great deal of historic places. The Rame Heritage Site provides information on the general history of the area with lots of old pictures of life in and around Rame in times gone by. The iron age fort at Rame Head that used to produce flint weapons, later Rame forts at Picklecombe, Penlee, Cawsand, Maker Heights and Edgcumbe were built over hundreds of years and formed the western part of the historic coastal defences in the UK. Just inland of Rame there is a 13th century church. The Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is near Cremyll and the park includes much of the coast of the peninsula. Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park hosts a series of events during the summer months and overlooks Plymouth Sound and the River Tamar, the South East Cornwall Tourism Association website contains events listings for Rame. Events also held at Maker Heights, including the Maker Sunshine Festival.

Kingsand and CawsandFrom Kingsand and Cawsand there is the Cawsand passenger Ferry so you can visit Plymouth Barbican and there is also the Cremyll passenger ferry to Admirals Hard, Plymouth. The old county boundary is still marked between the villages of Kingsand and Cawsand. The parish of Maker was part of the West Saxon King's land before 1066 and was thus in the County of Devon.

Millbrook village in the Rame Peninsula south-east Cornwall is one of the largest villages in the county is built around a dammed tidal creek, and now a famous bird watching site.

Whitsand Bay form Rame Head in the East to Looe Island to the west is a long and sweeping bay in south east Cornwall, with sloping and high cliffs going down to the sea with lot's of rock pools and sandy beaches. the cliffs with their green and red rocks make a beautiful setting for your time on the beaches.

From Rame Head in the west going east you come along Freathy and Tregantle fort where you can park at the top of the cliff and walk down to the beach the coast Downderry Beachroad then takes you along Whitsand bay towards Crafthole with Whitsand Bay Golf Course and Portwrinkle, then on to Downderry where the inn on the shore sits on the top of the cliff overlooking the beach and you can see the sun setting over Looe island, Celebrity Chef Nick Barclay has opened the Blue plate restaurant in downderry, Seaton beach and the seaton beach cafe next the Seaton Valley Nature Reserve, the walk though a wooded valley along the seaton river towards Hessenford then inland to Hessenford. East onto Looe. Whitsand bay has many shipwrecks for diving the James Egan lane a second world war liberty ship and the Frigate Scylla just recently sunk for diving to the gypsy in the shallows at Downderry.


View of seaton beach towards Downderry

Video of Kingsands & Cawsands along Whitsand Bay to Seaton and Downderry


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Rame and Whitsand Bay, Cornwall's forgotten corner.

 

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