The Bugle Inn — a Clay Country village pub with rooms, Bugle, Cornwall

The granite frontage of The Bugle Inn on Fore Street — gold lettering above the door, est. 1840

Welcome to the Bugle

A good village pub — and proud of it

The Bugle Inn has stood at the heart of its village since 1840, in a corner of mid-Cornwall shaped by china clay, brass bands and big open moorland. We've never tried to be a foodie destination — we're a local, and that's the charm.

Drop in for a well-kept pint of Tribute or Cornish Best, come hungry on a Sunday for the roast, or stay the night in one of our five rooms before heading out to the coast, the gardens or the clay trails. Whoever you are, you'll get the same thing here: a genuine welcome and no airs. The inn is now run by the family behind the Duke of Cornwall — new care, same old welcome.

St Austell ales on the bar — open midday until late, every day
A proper Sunday roast, served 12–3
Five en-suite rooms upstairs — freshly refurbished June 2026
Children and dogs very welcome in the bar (rooms are adults-only and pet-free)

Sundays at the Bugle

Come hungry on a Sunday — a couple of roasts, a veggie option, Yorkshires and proper gravy, served 12–3.

We do one thing in the kitchen and we do it properly: a full Cornish Sunday lunch, served from midday until three every Sunday. The rest of the week the bar does what a bar should — good beer, good company.

The Bugle Sunday Roast

Served Sundays · 12–3

Proper portions, proper gravy, and a pint of Tribute alongside if you're doing it right. The week's joints and the veggie option change with what's good — ask when you book, or take the happy risk.

Tables go quickly — booking ahead is strongly recommended, especially for larger parties. Children and dogs are very welcome in the bar for Sunday lunch — it's that sort of pub.

Book a table Call 01726 850307

Two or three roasts each week, a proper vegetarian option, Yorkshires and real gravy — served from midday until three every Sunday.

The bar itself is open from midday until late, every day — St Austell ales, ciders, wines and a warm fire when the weather calls for one.

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Stay the night

Five rooms, freshly done, three miles from Eden

Every room was freshly refurbished in June 2026 — deep green walls, crisp linen, smart en-suites, a telly and a tea tray. Each is named for a Clay Country landmark. Rooms are adults-only and pet-free — children and dogs are very welcome in the bar downstairs.

Room 1, the twin — two single beds, dark green feature wall and a bright sash window

Twin · Sleeps 2

Room 1 · Wheal Martyn Twin

Two proper single beds and a big sash window with a flower box — ideal for friends walking the trails or colleagues working nearby.

The preserved Victorian china-clay works at Wheal Martyn — Wheal MartynNamed for Elias Martyn's 1820s china-clay works at Carthew, now Cornwall's china clay museum — the only complete Victorian clay works open to the public.

En-suite shower
TV & free Wi-Fi
Tea & coffee tray

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Room 2, the beamed double — dark green wall, white linen and Cornish harbour painting

Double · Sleeps 2

Room 2 · Carbis Double

Ceiling beams, geraniums in the window box, and the softest light in the house. The room that makes people ask if we do late check-out.

The Grade II-listed granite beehive kilns at the former Carbis Brick and Tile Works — CarbisNamed for the hamlet a mile west, home to the Carbis Brick & Tile Works (1883–1941) and its rare, Grade II-listed granite beehive kilns.

En-suite shower
Tea & coffee tray
TV & free Wi-Fi

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Room 3, a double room with white chest of drawers, pine mirror and luggage rack

Double · Sleeps 2

Room 3 · Roche Rock Double

Bright and uncluttered, with a big mirror, a luggage rack and space to actually unpack. A solid, comfortable base for exploring.

Roche Rock, the granite tower crowned by the ruined Chapel of St Michael — Roche RockNamed for the jagged granite tower two miles west, crowned by the ruined 1409 Chapel of St Michael — where legend says Jan Tregeagle fled the devil's demons.

En-suite shower
TV & free Wi-Fi
Tea & coffee tray

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Room 4, the alcove double — bed set into a chimney-breast alcove with matching bedside lamps

Double · Sleeps 2

Room 4 · Parkandillick Double

The bed sits snugly in the old chimney-breast alcove with a lamp on each side — the cosiest spot in the house on a wild Cornish night.

The 1852 Cornish beam engine near St Dennis, standing in its original granite engine house — ParkandillickNamed for the 1852 Cornish beam engine near St Dennis — the only complete beam engine still standing in its granite engine house anywhere in Clay Country.

En-suite shower
TV & free Wi-Fi
Tea & coffee tray

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Room 5, the triple — a double and a single bed beneath a St Ives canvas

Triple · Sleeps 3

Room 5 · Treffry Triple

Our biggest room: a double and a single, a leather armchair by the window, and room to spread the map out and plan tomorrow.

The Treffry Viaduct striding across the wooded Luxulyan Valley — TreffryNamed for Joseph Treffry, whose 1842 tramway made the village, and whose granite Luxulyan Valley viaduct is the only one in Britain that's also an aqueduct.

En-suite shower
Double + single
Armchair by the window

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Check-in 4–11pm · check-out by 10am · rooms are adults-only and pet-free. We're a living village pub — if you're an early-to-bed sort, tell us when you book and we'll put you in one of the quieter rooms. Book direct below for the best rate.

What's on

Regulars, brass bands & the village calendar

The real fixtures first — more to follow as the new team settles in.

Sunday Roast Food

The week's main event — a full Cornish roast, proper portions, proper gravy. Booking recommended.

Sun · 12–3

West of England Bandsmen's Festival Heritage

The world's oldest open-air brass band contest, held in the village since 1912. When the bands are in town, we keep the bar busy and the welcome warm.

June · annual

Quiz & Games Nights Quiz

Pool, darts and quiz nights are taking shape under the new team — dates to follow.

Dates to follow

Live Music Live music

Live music is part of the furniture here — the programme under the new team is being arranged now, dates to follow.

Dates to follow

Our story · About Bugle

First came the inn. Then came the village.

The Bugle Inn first opened its doors in 1840 as a coaching inn, built to serve the new turnpike road between Bodmin and St Austell. It was the very first building here, and over time a village grew up around it — taking in the older hamlets of Molinnis and Carnsmerry — until the whole place took its name from the inn itself. We've welcomed travellers ever since.

Guests often ask about the stone staircase that appears to lead nowhere — it was once the original entrance to the hayloft above the stables, a small survivor from the inn's coaching days. Even the railway station, opened in 1876, was named after the inn. Not many pubs can claim a village and a station.

China-clay heritage. Bugle sits in the middle of Cornwall's Clay Country, ringed by the white peaks of the "Cornish Alps" that shaped this whole district for two centuries.
Wheal Martyn. The UK's only china clay museum is 2.5 miles away — 26 acres of working history and woodland walks, linked by the trails.
Brass-band country. Every June the village hosts the West of England Bandsmen's Festival — the oldest open-air brass band contest in the world, held here since 1912.
On the line. Bugle station — a five-minute walk — sits on the Atlantic Coast Line between Par and Newquay, with mainline connections at Par.
Moors & trails. The traffic-free Clay Trails pass through the village — the Eden Project one way, Wheal Martyn and St Austell the other.

Local knowledge shared in good faith — we'll always point you to the best walk, the next band practice or the quietest stretch of coast when you're staying with us.

The Bugle Silver Band marching past The Bugle Inn during the band contest parade — The Bugle Silver Band, passing our front door

Explore mid-Cornwall

Stay here, cycle to Eden without touching a road

The traffic-free Clay Trail runs from the village straight to the Eden Project — about three miles of easy riding or walking through clay country. That makes the Bugle a genuinely useful base, not just a pretty one.

● 3 miles · traffic-free trail

Eden Project

Cornwall's world-famous biomes, on our doorstep. Walk or cycle the Bugle Clay Trail and skip the car park queues.

● 2.5 miles

Wheal Martyn Clay Works

The UK's only china clay museum — 26 acres of working history and woodland walks, linked by the trails.

● 2.5 miles

Luxulyan Valley

The Treffry Viaduct and a wooded World Heritage mining landscape, made for a slow afternoon.

● 2 miles · 5 minutes

Roche Rock

A dramatic granite outcrop crowned by a ruined mediaeval hermitage chapel — and the namesake of one of our rooms.

● 5 miles

Charlestown

The Georgian harbour you'll recognise from Poldark — tall ships, cobbled quays and harbourside cafés.

● 15 minutes by car

Lost Gardens of Heligan

Victorian gardens lost under the brambles for decades and gloriously restored — walled gardens, the Jungle and the famous Mud Maid.

● 5 miles

Beaches

Par Sands and Carlyon Bay for sand and swimming; Fowey and Mevagissey a little further on for boats and pasties.

The village crossroads in the centre of Bugle

● In the village

Everyday useful

Co-op a few doors up, Spar & Post Office, The Old Forge fish & chips, and Manfoon House Chinese takeaway.

Getting here

Bugle station — 5-minute walk Par mainline connections On the A391 Parking — on-site parking at the inn Village car park next door Clay Trails through the village

On the Atlantic Coast Line between Par and Newquay — connections at Par for London and Penzance. The station was named after the inn, so you could say the trains come to us.

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Book a room

Pick your room and dates below — green is free. Booking is instant and direct, no middleman fee, and you can tell us anything we should know (early train? quiet room? celebrating?). Prefer to talk it through? Call 01726 850307 or email hello@thebuglepub.co.uk.