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NEWQUAY TO OLDQUAY

 

Quality pub food with daily specials.  We only serve real home made chips.

All Draught £2.50 a pint.

Bed and breakfast £40 pps/£50 pps July and August

ATTENTION GOLFERS!  DISCOUNTED GREEN FEES AVAILABLE WHEN YOU BOOK ACCOMMODATION OR ENJOY AT MEAL AT THE OLD QUAY HOUSE!
From 10% discount up to multiplayer offers of 2 Green Fees for the price of 1 when you take advantage of our Out To Golf Voucher Scheme.  Vouchers redeemable at all lparticipating Folf Courses featured on www.outtoplaygolf.com  

Pick me up food and drink menu at takeaway prices.

 Large car park, wheelchair available and disabled toilet.

 

The Old Quay House Inn overlooks the Hayle Estuary, a world heritage site, bird sanctuary www.rspb.org.uk and Site of Special Scientific Interest.  Hayle, the gateway to Penwith, is surrounded by beaches, beautiful walks www.cstn.org.uk  and areas of natural beauty www.cornwall-aonb.gov.uk

 

Gerry and Kathy who hail from Ireland and their children, Francis, Helen and Fintan with the help of their talented and loyal staff look to build on the great reputation for hospitality at the Old Quay House Inn.  A warm Cornish welcome and some good old Irish craic is guaranteed.

HISTORY

27 Roman coins found in 1825 near the Hayle estuary.

The Estuary is owned by the RSPB and is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to its wintering wildfowl and waders.

 

The original Old Quay House Inn was built circa 1825 as a toll house.

 

Prior to 1825 anyone wanting to travel from Hayle to St Ives or Penzance either had to cross the sands of Hayle Estuary, or had to make a significant dtour crossing the River Hayle at the ancient St Erth bridge.  Guides heped travellers cross the sands, but even with guides it was sometimes a periolous journey and the shifting sand and racing tide claimed several lives.  Recognising this major obstacle to trade a turnike trust was formed, with Henry Harvey as trustee, to build the causeway which now takes the road below the plantation west to the Old Quay House.  Costing £5000 in 1825, the investors charged a toll to use the causeway to recover their costs.  Charges are recorded of tolls of one halfpenny for foot passengers adn one penny for every horse or mule.

 

Today's Old Quay House retains the character of the past making much use of those traditional Cornish materials of granite and slate.  The unusually spacious lounge bar with the conservatory area features  cosy corners, gas log fires, flagged floors and beamed ceilings and has a warm ambiance that makes for a convivial atmosphere.

 

There are three links golf courses nearby which are playable all year. Gerry, Nick and Fintan are keen golfers.  In conjunction with Out to Golf The Old Quay House offers discounted golf vouchers for our golfing residents who avail of our accommodation.
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There is a wide selection of draught and bottled beers and Cornish real ales usually served along with a story by Gerry or Nick. An extensive food menu is available lunchtime and evenings throughout the year and the Inn enjoys an excellent reputation for food and service with visitors and locals. The Pick Me Up menu offers restaurant quality food at takeaway prices together with takeaway drink at Off-licence prices. During the summer months, the inn also offers snacks in the afternoon.

Content yourself with light snacks, bar meals including vegetarian and children's menus or our superb Sunday lunch or choose from our seasonal specials board which uses only the best of Cornish produce. Upstairs there is another lounge bar and family area which is an attractive venue for dining.

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ALL DRAUGHT £2.50 a pint!

Bed & Breakfast £40 pps - July & August £50 pps

LARGE CARPARK , Wheelchair available, Disabled toilet

 

The Old Quay House Inn owned and managed by Gerry and Kathy and their family is located 4 miles from St Ives and 7 miles from Penzance.  It stands on its own quay at the head of the Hayle estuary midway between the town of Hayle and the village of Lelant, overlooking the famous Hayle Bird Sanctuary. 

It is during the cold winters that the Hayle Estuary comes into its own. When estuaries become frozen over “up country” birds are forced south and west to this the warmest estuary in the country!  It is an important staging post for migrant birds and a refuge during hard weather.  Up to 18,000 birds have been seen at such times.

The original building stood at the commencement of the causeway which was built across the treacherous tidal sands of the estuary and completed in 1826.  It is believed that the old house played its part as a toll house and charges are recorded of tolls of one halfpenny for foot passengers and one penny for every horse or mule. Today’s Old Quay House retains the character of the past making much use of those traditional Cornish materials – granite and slate...

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