The Cremyll Ferry

The Cremyll Ferry

Crossing the Tamar Since 1204 !

Trips & Private Hire

Admirals Hard, (Plymouth Devon) to Mount Edgcumbe (Cremyll Cornwall)

Plymouth Shore to Cremyll and the beautiful Edgcumbe Estate on the Cornish Shore.

To this day it is still the only foot crossing to Mount Edgcumbe from Plymouth.

Some History:

The River Tamar provides an excellent route for traveling inland from the sea, but a

formidable obstacle of travel between Cornwall and Devon. The Cremyll Ferry

probably originated in Saxon times. It is first documented in 1204 when it was owned

by the Valletort Family. The rights to the rent from the ferry passed in two halves to

Sir Piers Edgcumbe in 1493 and 1511. This right was purchased in1992 by the Mount

Edgcumbe Joint Committee.

The ferry originally crossed from a slip by Devil’s Point on the Devon side over tidal

waters which can run at eight knots, to a landing place on the Cremyll shore. The

Passage House and gardens, which stood roughly where the Orangery is now, together

with Schillhall cottage (not Tudor Cottages) were regularly leased with the ferry until

.the creation of the Italian Garden in the eighteenth century. The landing place was

then moved northwards and a new Passage house built in 1970.The road from Cremyll

runs uphill and passes the tiny fourteenth century chapel and holy well dedicated to

Saint Julian, the patron saint of travellers.

Enjoy a day out in Cornwall's forgotten corner

The ferry is well served by public transport from both Plymouth and Rame, with in

minuets of getting on the ferry from Plymouth you could in fact be sat on the beach

with in the Mount Edgcumbe Estate, exploring the villages of Kingsand and

Cawsand, Surfing at Whitsand Bay, or taking a walk along the coastal path.