Why visit Roche
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 5 parks and trails, 15 places to eat, 4 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Roche Rock, Wheal Martyn and Goss Moor.
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About Roche
Roche (; Cornish: Tregarrek, meaning homestead of the rock) is a civil parish and village in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village gets its name from the 20-metre (66-foot) high Roche Rock, a quartz-schorl outcrop east of the village. Roche is the Norman-French word for Rock. The parish population at the 2011 census including Belowda, Bilberry, Carbis, Coldvreath and Criggan is 3,381, and the ward population at the same census was 3,867.
From the Wikipedia article Roche, Cornwall (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Things to do1
Museums and landmarks1
Parks, trails and playgrounds5
Restaurants and cafes15
3 more on the map.
Notable people from Roche
- Douglas BirksEnglish cricketer (1919-2004)
Born in Roche, according to Wikidata (CC0). Each name links to its Wikipedia article.
Where to stay4
Churches and places of worship3
Shopping1
Gas and EV charging3
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Healthcare2
Map of Roche
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Getting there and nearby towns
Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 7 miles away.
- St Austell 5 mi southeast, about 8 min by car
- Saint Stephen 5 mi southwest, about 8 min by car
- Bodmin 7 mi northeast, about 10 min by car
- Mevagissey 9 mi south, about 15 min by car
- Probus 10 mi southwest, about 15 min by car
- Fowey 10 mi southeast, about 16 min by car
- Padstow 10 mi northwest, about 16 min by car
- Rock 10 mi north, about 17 min by car
- Newquay 11 mi west, about 17 min by car
- Truro 14 mi southwest, about 22 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Semi-detached houses on Edgcumbe Road, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Scarecrow Festival Roche, Cornwall - July 2023 (1), Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Terraced houses on Edgcumbe Road, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kebab house and Beauty Salon, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Temperance Hall, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Former convenience store, Fore Street, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hawke Butchers shopfront, Fore Street, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hawke Butchers shop, Fore Street, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shops on Fore Street, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bungalows on Edgcumbe Road, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Old Bank House, charity shop and view up Harmony Road, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Old Bank House and Salvation Army charity shop, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pharmacy and bus stop, Fore Street, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Planting on Harmony Close, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Edgecumbe House, Harmony Road, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Scarecrow Festival Roche, Cornwall - July 2023 (2), Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Houses on Tregarrek Close, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Terraced houses, Harmony Road, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023 (1), Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Terraced houses, Harmony Road, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023 (2), Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Post box, Harmony Road, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Semi-detached houses off Harmony Road, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wheal Martyn works, AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jade Palace chinese takeaway and Ogy 1 pasty shop, Victoria Road, Roche, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Roche Rock-by-mike-hancock, mike hancock, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rowe's bakery shop, Cornwall Servies, Victoria, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bodmin Roche Travelodge, Victoria, Cornwall - July 2023, Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, ebel, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, ebel, CC BY-SA 4.0
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