
Of course some
things don't change at The Edge restaurant when
you eat out in Port Isaac. You still get one of the finest views in North Cornwall, with a vista that stretches across to Tintagel's Norman church and down over the perilous cliffs at Port Gaverne.
Choose The Edge
restaurant for eating out in Cornwall.
Port Isaac, in the West Country, is a favourite spot for walkers, swimmers and surfers with rugged coastline and cliffs. With the South West coast path running through North Cornwall directly in front of The Edge restaurant, the sea views are spectacular for eating out.
Port Isaac is a charming
fishing village dating back to the fourteenth century. With narrow streets
between whitewashed granite cottages and traditional slate fronted Cornish
houses leading down to the harbour. Fishing boats from the harbour
bring back crab and lobster, supplying fresh seafood for The Edge
Restaurant. The long stone fish cellars line the old harbour, showing how
important fishing was to Port Isaac in the past. And in the summer months
trips for fishing and pleasure run from the harbour. Just half a mile to the
east of Port Isaac is Port Gaverne. A small village with shingle beach
maintained partly by the National Trust. It is hard to think that such a
small village was once a slate, coal & limestone port.
ITV's hit Doc Martin series is filmed in the village of Port Isaac and its narrow streets and houses are easily recognised on the TV program. In the Doc Martin series the village setting is called Portwenn (Port Wenn), the fictitious name for the fishing village setting which in real life is Port Isaac in North Cornwall. The TV show stars Martin Clunes as the hapless, unsympathetic village GP and highlights dramas around the characters as they live their lives in Portwenn (Port Wenn) actually called Port Isaac. This is not the first TV show to be made in the Cornish village of Port Isaac, it has been the backdrop on TV programmes and films over the years. In the 1970's the Poldark series was filmed in Port Isaac, DIY SOS makeover for the village hall, Saving Grace.