Mylor Creek

[1] The creek is in Mylor civil parish[2] and forms an inland tidal lake.

[1] At the entrance to the creek was the most westerly naval dockyard and victualling station in Britain, which, at high tide, covered 66 acres (27 ha) of water.

[3] During the second half of the 19th-century it was the base for HMS Ganges, a training ship for boys, and also the Falmouth Packets.

During World War II the harbour was a base for operations conducted by the French Resistance.

[4] Carrick Roads and Cornwall's English Channel coast are popular for yachting and dinghy racing.