Porth Lodge Hotel - Tenpin Bowling

Four lanes at Porth Lodge

Inside a 17th-century inn you would not expect bowling, yet Porth Lodge has four lanes alongside its low-ceilinged bar, restaurant and pool tables. The hotel sits on a quiet country lane at Porth, just outside Newquay on the road towards Watergate Bay, about two minutes on foot from Porth Beach.

The hotel pitches the lanes as a way to spend a couple of hours out of the sun, and it says the inn draws holidaymakers and locals alike; nothing on its website limits the bowling to residents. The building also has hotel rooms and apartments, and customers park free on site. Neither bowling hours nor prices are published online, so ring 01637 874483 or email the hotel to check that a lane is free.