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    • The Carter's Birthplace
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    • WW2 Pillbox on Praa Sands
    • The Welloe
  • Home
  • The Carter's Birthplace
  • Smuggling
  • WW2 crash site
  • Operation Frankton
  • How did they Smuggle?
  • Smuggler as Town Mayor
  • Pengersick Castle
  • WW2 Pillbox on Praa Sands
  • The Welloe

One of Cornwall's most popular beach restaurants is named after the Welloe, picture below

The Welloe is named after an area of sea that can just about be  seen  at low tide,. It has a rich history of Shipwrecks.

Below you can see The Welloe is named after a sea area, that you can just about see it at low tides,  it has a rich history of Shipwrecks and Smuggling After a long career in smuggling, Cornwalls most famous Smuggler Harry Carter born in Pengersick and later  retired to a farm at Rinsey, where he lived later in life.   The Welloe would have been an ideal spot for a big ship to drop your contraband off in high tide and hook it up with a small boat or Gig when the tide lowers.

The photo below is Hendra beach end of Praa Sands, just before Rinsey head. There is a WW2 Pillbox located on the beach there .Further on  along the beach is Stones Reef, one of Cornwalls most popular beach bars & restaurants.

A nostalgic  photo below  showing   beachgoers and cars believed to be in the early 1950's

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