The Old Luggage Van - St Germans, Cornwall

The Old Luggage Van The Old Luggage Van updates the camping coach tradition by offering quality self catering holiday accommodation, sleeping 4. It is located on a delightful site adjoining the station platform at St Germans, in South East Cornwall, UK. There are good views of passing trains on the adjacent GWR Plymouth to Penzance main railway line.



Passenger Luggage Van No. 1353 went into service in December 1896 having been built for the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) at Eastleigh. It was recovered from a site at Wadebridge, Cornwall in 1995 where it had been since being withdrawn from service in August 1932. It is now mounted on a reconstruction of the original chassis and has been restored externally to the original colour scheme. The inside has been sympathetically converted into wonderful, cosy holiday accommodation - you will love it wether you are interested in trains or not.

The railway station at St Germans was built in 1858 to a design by Brunel. Although the main railway station building is now lived in by your hosts, the platform is still in use - served by over 20 stopping trains per day.

The van measures 24 feet by 8 feet and offers the following facilities :

Pets are welcome by prior arrangement and a cot and high chair are available at no extra cost.

For maps and aerial photos try the St Germans Area page or for holiday planning ideas go to the Things To Do page

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Mount Edgcumbe, only 6 miles from The Old Luggage Van and The Travelling Post Office, is host to the National Camelia Collection. The mild Cornish climate and Mount Edgcumbe's stunning location surrounded on three sides by water at the entrance to Plymouth Sound ensures that these beautiful and diverse shrubs are at their best from early February. The extensive gardens can be reached by public transport from St Germans, are open all year and admission is free.
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