The storyline of Poldark may seem romantic, but the history of the places where it was filmed is in many cases even more dramatic than the fiction that is portrayed there. For some of the main locations featured in the Poldark series, we've crafted a circular walk where you can see the scenery that appears onscreen first hand, and also delve into the history of the area. All of the walks below are available via the iWalk Cornwall GPS-guided walks app which guides you around the route and tells you about the history and wildlife at your location. The Gunwalloe coves St Winwalloe Church at Church Cove was used for filming the funeral of the daughter of Ross and Demelza. The wrecking scenes in Poldark are shot at Dollar Cove. Fiction is not far from historical fact here, as a number of ships containing valuable goods have been wrecked along this stretch of coast. When the Portuguese ship San Antonio was wrecked in 1527, its cargo was worth the equivalent of tens of millio
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