Cotehele

Been here once before and visited the mill and quay but didn't have time to go into the house. This time visited the house and loved it. Very old property steeped in history and made up of an impressive original main hall which was sighificantly added to over time. This makes it an interesting layout and a refreshing change from the grandeur of later stately homes. There are also lovely walks in the gardens and surrounding woodlands, including the trails to the mill and quay. Only drawback is the narrow single track public roads leading to the estate, which can be a challenge but well worth it.

Smashing house made even more interesting by the super volunteers in each of the rooms explaining the contents & history with such enthusiasm. A very nice walk around the gardens & really good exercise walking down the valley garden, along to the quay, where we had a very nice ale at the Edgecombe, then a walk to the mill & back uphill to the house. Great day out all round & only had to pay for parking & beer thanks to the splendid national trust free autumn pass offer

Wow! Three places to visit all in one - the house, the quay and the mill. All three well worth a visit with lovely woodland footpaths linking all three sites. As always, the staff are so knowledgeable, helpful and passionate about where they volunteer, with lots of interesting facts and insights, often things you would miss. The main cafe/restaurant was well stocked and offered a great variety of dishes, as well as huge slices of cake. Just one note of caution - the lanes approaching Cotehele are narrow single track, be prepared to back up a few times - some visitors were really struggling with reversing and passing spaces.

A fabulous place that will hold your interest for hours. It has a fine collection of furniture and tapestries that were collected over the centuries. The grounds are second to none. It has a vast collection of different apple varieties. This visit corresponded with the apple festival. The traditional cider making talk and demonstration was not to be missed.

I had a lovely day, I couldn't do the same my family, they went inside, I was on a tramper, which was great but restricting and not well signposted where I could go with the Tramper, I got to a gate way and had to turn round yet the gardens where the bit I wanted to see, I saw on the map after that I wasn't supposed to go there, then I drove down to get round to the gardens and saw a sign that said something about private something or other and presumed I couldn't go down there but looking at the map after the fact I should have gone down that road, I think I needed someone with me.