Parking
The village was built for boats and donkeys. Park above it and walk down.
These streets were laid out for fish carts and mules, not for cars, and they have not got any wider since. Leave it at the top and walk in. You will see more of the place that way and you will not have to reverse back up Polkirt Hill in August.
How it works
Mevagissey's streets are narrow and steep, and driving into the centre in summer is not the pleasure it sounds. The main car parks sit above the village, and the walk down into it is short.
Accommodation with its own parking is worth paying for here — it saves both the hunt and the walk back up at the end of the day.
Willow Car & Coach Park — the one to use
The big car park is Willow Car & Coach Park, signposted on the left as you come down into the village. It has around three hundred spaces, so it rarely fills, takes camper vans, and leaves you about a seven-minute walk into the harbour, with toilets nearby.
It is the top pick precisely because it keeps you out of the centre, where the streets are tight and the summer traffic barely moves.
The smaller car parks
There are smaller car parks in the village too — Sunny Corner, Church Street, River Street, and one down on the harbour itself — but they are small, they fill, and they put you on the narrow streets to reach them. In high season, use Willow and walk down.
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