Living in Woolwell, Bev and I often nip across the Tamar Bridge into Cornwall and Looe is a favoured destination, around three quarters of an hour away.
![Low tide at Looe](https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/12/19/15/18/Low-tide-at-Looe.jpeg?width=752&height=500&crop=752:500)
The town has enjoyed extra publicity as the fictional ‘Devon’ town of Skipton Abbott in the BBC drama Beyond Paradise.
The Guildhall, aka the Town Hall, is used in the programme as the police HQ.
![The Guildhall aka Town Hall](https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/12/19/14/22/The-Guildhall-aka-Town-Hall.jpeg?width=752&height=500&crop=752:500)
There is the uniquely shaped Banjo Pier where you can sit and watch the boats go by.
![Banjo Pier](https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/12/19/15/13/Banjo-Pier.jpeg?width=752&height=500&crop=752:500)
Looe is also a traditional fishing town with a lovely sandy beach, rock pools and it’s own island.
Looe Island was once a holy pilgrimage site and has rare plants and wildlife including many nesting birds.
![Looe Island](https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/12/19/15/12/Looe-Island.jpeg?width=752&height=500&crop=752:500)
It was given to the Cornwall Wildlife Trust in 2004 by the Atkins sisters.
![St Nicolas Church- West Looe](https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/12/19/15/42/St-Nicolas-Church-West-Looe.jpeg?width=752&height=500&crop=752:500)
![Pengelly's famous fishmongers](https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/12/19/15/24/Pengellys-famous-fishmongers.jpeg?width=752&height=500&crop=752:500)
![Looe's popular sandy beach](https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/12/19/15/50/Looes-popular-sandy-beach.jpeg?width=752&height=500&crop=752:500)
![The Old Guildhall, Gaol and Museum](https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/12/19/15/26/The-Old-Guildhall-Gaol-and-Museum.jpeg?width=752&height=500&crop=752:500)
![The valley of the River Looe](https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/12/19/15/50/The-valley-of-the-River-Looe.jpeg?width=752&height=500&crop=752:500)
![The bridge linking east and west Looe](https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/12/19/15/08/The-bridge-linking-east-and-west-Looe.jpeg?width=752&height=500&crop=752:500)
![Houses with a view at West Looe](https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/tindle-static/image/2024/12/19/15/19/Houses-with-a-view-at-West-Looe.jpeg?width=752&height=500&crop=752:500)