The Old Ferry Inn

About The Old Ferry Inn

The Old Ferry Inn stands at Bodinnick, the small hamlet on the eastern bank of the River Fowey where the vehicle ferry crosses to the town, and has been serving travellers waiting for that crossing for centuries. Built into the hillside, the inn steps down towards the water, with the bar and several bedrooms taking in wide views across the estuary towards Fowey.

Rooms are traditional rather than designer, several with those estuary views and private facilities, and the bar below serves a straightforward menu of local fish, pub classics and Cornish ales, popular with both residents and the passing ferry trade. It is a proper working inn rather than a restored boutique property, and its bones and setting are the main draw.

Staying at Bodinnick means a short foot ferry ride across to Fowey for dinner or shopping, giving guests a quieter, more residential base than the town centre itself while keeping the harbour a five-minute crossing away; it also sits directly on the Hall Walk, the well-known circular route around the estuary.