Trengilly Wartha Inn

In Cornish the name of this friendly free house means a settlement above the trees - although it actually lies at the foot of a densely wooded valley. William and Lisa Lea have been here a dozen or so years, during which they have turned it into one of Cornwall's leading residential inns. Its black-beamed, cricketing memorabilia-filled bar offers Skinner's Betty Stogs and other local real ales and ciders, a stupendous wine list with fifteen by the glass, and over forty malt whiskies. In the small bistro, the menu and specials board include Cornwall-raised meats and game, Helford oysters and other regionally caught seafood, and modern vegetarian dishes. A pretty beer garden and vine-shaded pergola are surrounded by three meadows, this land being part of the original smallholding that predated the inn's early development in the 1950s.