HELSTON Walking Tour - Cornwall's handsomest town? 4K video

A walk around the beautiful old streets of Helston in West Cornwall. As you can see from the number of fine Georgian properties around the town this was a place of some wealth back in the 1700s and 1800s. Whilst much of this money will have come from mining and Helston's status as a stannary town, the town was thriving long before this.

It is hard to believe now but Helston was once a thriving port. However, the river Cober silted up some time in the depths of history and today isn't much more than a trickle..

For me the highlights of Helston are the wonderfully well preserved Georgian buildings which line Church Street and Cross Street, although the Blue Anchor pub deserves a mention, as does its mind-bendingly strong in-house ale - Spingo (yes I know I spelled this wrong in the subtitles!)