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Looe

Looe is a little seaside community, fishing port as well as civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, with a population of 5,280 at the 2011 census. Looe is 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth as well as 7 miles (11 kilometres) south of Liskeard, divided in two by the River Looe, East Looe as well as West Looe being connected by a bridge. Looe developed as 2 different towns each with MPs and also its very own mayor. The community centres around a tiny harbour and along the steep-sided valley of the River Looe which streams in between East and West Looe to the sea close to a sandy beach. Offshore to the west, opposite the stonier Hannafore Beach, exists Looe Island. Looe continues to be an angling community, as well as preserved a number of fish suppliers running from the East Looe quayside up until the arrival of EU laws. With its fleet of small fishing boats returning their catches to port daily, Looe has a track record for procuring exceptional fresh fish. The town is likewise a centre for shark fishing, and is house to the Shark Angling Club of Great Britain. Nonetheless, Looe's primary company today is tourist, with much of the community given over to resorts, guest houses and holiday residences, along with a multitude of pubs, restaurants as well as beach equipment, gelato and also Cornish pasty suppliers. Inland from Looe lie many camping and also campers sites, along with the renowned Woolly Monkey Sanctuary. Other regional attractions consist of the coastlines, sailing, angling as well as diving, and amazing coastal strolls (specifically by means of Talland to Polperro). South East Cornwall flaunts a number of stately homes, consisting of Antony Home, Cotehele, Mount Edgcumbe as well as Lanhydrock House, in addition to the Eden Project near St Austell which visitors can access by road.