Hendra is located just a twenty minute walk from the village of Pelynt, a well serviced and very friendly village. Two shops, one with a butcher and the other a Post Office. Two hairdressers, a filling station, two garages for car repairs, a restaurant ’The Dagger’, a traditional country pub ‘The Jubilee Inn’, a social club with temporary membership available, and a children’s playground. There is also a church and a Methodist chapel.

At any time of the year, the hills and valleys around Pelynt, Looe and beyond, are bristling with greenery and wildlife. Seasonally you'll find housemartins, greenfinches, Canada geese and buzzards in the fields and hedgerows. There are sandy bays, cliff tops, estuaries, rivers and tiny inlets to explore and wonderful gardens in abundance, all lying in unspoilt countryside.

Nearby Looe, with its sandy beach, has a busy calendar of events including the Festival of the Sea and the Jazz Festival, both in May. There are regular exhibitions, concerts, a regatta and an annual carnival. Visit the Monkey Sanctuary or the museum devoted to music machines. There's a range of fishing and boat trips and plenty of shops, restaurants and bars close to the trawler lined quays. For those visiting out of season, the town's New Year's Eve celebrations with fancy dress, are reckoned to be amongst the best in Britain.

Only a few miles to the west is Polperro with its Smugglers Museum. There's an annual music festival and other cultural events all set in and around its romantic narrow streets and quaint harbour.

Many of Cornwall's famous gardens are but a short drive away; Lanhydrock, Cothele and Pencarrow include historic houses and there's Antony House at Torpoint. Hendra Farm will also put you a short distance from the futuristic Eden Project as well as the tall ships of Charlestown.Here in the thick of the Cornish countryside there are plenty of walks to entice you beyond the farm gate. A twenty minute walk brings you into the tranquil village of Pelynt with pubs, shops and a parish church that is the resting place of Trelawny, the Cornish hero of the English Civil War.

Close by the farm is The Smugglers' Way walk which meanders down to the resort of Polperro and is about four miles long. If you're feeling a touch more energetic then try a section of the Coastal Path from Looe to Polperro and beyond via Talland Bay.

With the shorter jaunts, if you can feel your heart sinking at the prospect of having to walk back, the hosts, with notice, will be happy to drive you home.

Ready Money Cove
Small sandy cove on Fowey Estuary. Car park quarter mile from beach. Dog ban.

Lantic Bay
Shelving sandy cove with strong currents accessed by a steep path. NT car park walk is 20 minutes.

Lantivet Bay
Three sand and shingle beaches reached by beautiful 15 minute walks from NT car parks at Frogmore & Lansallos Barton.

Lansallos Cove
Small shingle beach. Accessed by beautiful walk through woodland and cliff top paths. Parking in Lansallos village.

Talland Bay
13th Century church of St. Tallan overlooks this stretch of sand and shingle cove. Rock pools. Cafe/shop and parking by the beach. Easy access. Evening bbq’s during the summer.

Looe or St. George's Island
A haven for sea birds, half mile offshore. Visited by boat trips from Looe.

Hannafore
Extensive shingle and rock beach with good rock pools and view of Looe Island. Some parking possible on road by beach. Two cafes and toilets, tennis courts and bowling green. Start of the NT cliff walk from Looe to Fowey, renowned as one of the most picturesque parts of the Cornish cliff path.

Looe Beach & Plaidy
Popular sandy beaches with all facilities nearby. Car parking at either the quayside or the main car parks. Super walk from Looe beach to Seaton at half tide (Does require rock scrabbling!)

Millendreath
A small sheltered beach of sand and fine shingle. Rock pools. Car park & toilets. Known weaver fish problem – wear shoes at all times.

Seaton
Large coarse grey sand and shingle beach. Seaton River enters the sea here. Easy access. Pub, cafe and shop. Good for beach fishing.

Downderry
South facing, fine shingle beach which is sheltered by a sea wall, at low water there are rock pools. The village beyond is sandwiched between the shore and the cliffs. Boat hire & watersports. Easy access. Good beach walk between Seaton and Downderry.

Portwrinkle
Coastal hamlet. Two sand and shingle beaches with rock pools. Easy access with car park, toilets and refreshments nearby. Bathing unsafe on outgoing tides due to strong currents.

Tregantle Cliff
Part of a military firing range and is sometimes closed to the public.

Whitsand Bay
A gently curving bay with nearly four miles of sands. The beach is accessed by cliff paths at Freathy and there are various parking places along the cliff tops. Currents can be dangerous in this area and there is a lifeguard post below Tregonhawke and the beach is patrolled in summer.

Rame Head
Lies at the southern end of Mount Edgcumbe Park and is renowned for its beauty. The ruins of 14th C St. Michael's Chapel can be found at the tip of the headland.

Cawsand and Kingsand
Narrow streeted old smugglers' haunts. Sheltered small sand and shingle beaches. Easy access with all facilities nearby. Safe bathing except on SE winds. Dog ban.