Welcome to The Old Quay House Inn website...

The Old Quay House Inn was recently acquired by Gerry and Kathy and is located 4 miles from St Ives and 7 miles from Penzance.  It stands on its own quay at the head of the Hayle estuary midway between the town of Hayle and the village of Lelant, overlooking the famous Hayle Bird Sanctuary. 

It is during the cold winters that the Hayle Estuary comes into its own. When estuaries become frozen over “up country” birds are forced south and west to this the warmest estuary in the country!  It is an important staging post for migrant birds and a refuge during hard weather.  Up to 18,000 birds have been seen at such times.

The original building stood at the commencement of the causeway which was built across the treacherous tidal sands of the estuary and completed in 1826.  It is believed that the old house played its part as a toll house and charges are recorded of tolls of one halfpenny for foot passengers and one penny for every horse or mule. Today’s Old Quay House retains the character of the past making much use of those traditional Cornish materials – granite and slate....MORE