Looe, Cornwall, UK - fishing harbour, seaside town & magic place - come and enjoy!       Dynnerghewgh dhe Logh!  Welcome to Looe! Looe is the principal seaside town of south-east Cornwall   Looe harbour is the base for an important fishing fleet and the town is also the headquarters of British shark-fishing. Scroll down to see all this large homepage & to see Index below, left
	In medieval times there were two towns on opposite banks of the River Looe. East Looe includes the fishing harbour, the main shopping centre and the sandiest beach. West Looe is quieter, but also has shops, restaurants and hotels and leads to Hannafore with its fine views of Looe Island. The two towns are now one, joined by a bridge across the Looe river. INDEX Click on topic to select: Accommodation Advice Attractions Boat owners Buses & Trains Churches Cinema Ferries, Fowey & Polruan Facilities Guest Book History Lions Links Location Looe Island Luggers News Polperro RC Churches Running Sailing Sclerder Abbey Shops Staying Talland Bay Walks Wrecks Most recent development - 23 May 2013 © 1999 - 2013 www.looe.org www.looe.org was launched on 1 October 1999 and aims to serve both visitors and residents. Do you have news for this page? Send it to us - click here Sorry!  We do not answer individual queries - all the information we have is on this website! If you are looking for holiday accommodation contact advertisers on our Accommodation page. If you are looking for visitor information contact the Looe Tourist Information Office (tel: 01503 262072) Please note: We do not produce or distribute any printed material, tourist guides, etc - please contact the Tourist Information Office (tel: 01503 262072) for such material.		A fresh view of Looe Photographer Simon Lawrence recently discovered Looe. He has a fresh view and an exceptional eye for both the wide views and the close-up details that we often overlook. Simon has produced a stimulating portfolio of Looe full of striking colours and intriguing shapes. Here (left) are just 4 of his photos - click on them to get larger versions. You can see lots more of Simon's photos on his r website - click here - if you like them you can buy high quality prints which will look really good on your wall Cliff & Land slips - diversions in place As a result of the wet summer, autumn and winter of 2012 there have been cliff and land slips in many places in the south-west of England. Sadly the Looe area did not escape and in the most serious incident a lady who was a local resident lost her life when a landslip caused her house to partially collapse - this slip was between two of the main approach roads to Looe and resulted in a temporary closure of the roads and, still now, on-going work to rectify the damage, including closure of the usual road from Plymouth to Looe - a diversion is in place which is well signposted and, for traffic from Plymouth direction the diversion adds little mileage. However. road journeys between Looe town and the Barbican area of Looe are around 5 miles longer due to the road closure and diversion. Other slips have affected the South West Coast Path but we believe most are now open again or there are simple diversions to follow - see our news page for more details. www.looe.org - news - 23 May 2013 More news on our news page      Do you have news for this page? Send it to us - click here LIFE ABOARD A CORNISH FISHING LUGGER The last days of working fishing luggers in Cornwall are vividly captured in a new book by former Looe fisherman Paul Greenwood. His frank account of the hardships he encountered at sea as a young crewman aboard the lugger Iris in the 1960s is a brilliant evocation of a bygone age that contrasts with modern conditions in the fishing industry today.    In Once Aboard A Cornish Lugger, the author describes how he overcame sea-sickness and learned his job on deck working the nets and lines alongside four other crewmen aboard the Iris, skippered by Frank ‘Moogie’ Pengelly, the last lugger skipper left in the port of Looe. In the four and a half years he spent aboard the Iris, Paul Greenwood endured fatigue, cold and wet, often in rough weather while working night and day hauling nets and lines. “Those four years that I worked with ‘Moogie’ set me up well for the rest of my sea-going career,” he says, “because nothing subsequently ever seemed as hard or as physically demanding as the time I spent working on the deck of the Iris.”    Visit our new page on Cornish luggers which has details of how and where you can buy this new book - click here Useful Telephone Numbers:   Looe Tourist Info Office - 01503 262072 Looe Harbour Commissioners - 01503 262839 Looe Town Council - 01503 262255 If you contact any of these numbers, please mention you found their number on www.Looe.org Want to advertise on this website? click here Are you a local business? Click here to apply for a listing on this website  Please note: this contact address is strictly only for advertisers and editorial contributors - we do not have the resources to answer individual queries or supply information. We do NOT send out tourism brochures - contact the Tourist Infomation Office on 01503 262072. Nelson remembered For many years Looe had a popular & much-loved regular visitor to its harbour - a seal called Nelson (because he had lost one eye in an injury or accident). Sadly Nelson has gone to the great ocean in the sky but now he is fittingly commemorated by a handsome life-size statue in the harbour which was formally unveiled in 2008 by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the famous sailor. Local sculptor Suzie Marsh gave her services in making the sculpture free of charge and the costs of casting and siting the bronze statue were met by grants and donations from many charitable and other bodies and by individuals. Click on photo for large version. How did Cornwall get a forest of timber in 2001? Find out here	Place mouse arrow on photos below to see captions & click on them for larger photos Place mouse arrow on photos above to see captions & click on them for larger photos