Pont Pill

Pont Pill (Cornish: Pyll Por' Reun, meaning creek of seal cove), joins the River Fowey at Penleath Point just below the memorial to Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch at the north-east corner of Fowey harbour.

Unspoiled by development, Pont Pill is popular with bird watchers, walkers, sailors and sport fishermen.

Walkers can see Pont Pill from hills that surround the river by following a section of the South West Coast Path between Bodinnick and Fowey.

Pont Pill is thought by many local people to be part of the inspiration for Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger's adventures in The Wind in the Willows because author Kenneth Grahame holidayed in nearby Lerryn.

[1] Grahame's time spent near the river may have inspired the bedtime stories he told to his son, and later developed into the famous children's book.