Out & about...
Downberry is a good central point for visiting parts of Cornwall and Devon. Plymouth is only 12 miles away with excellent shopping. Dartmoor is 20 miles and Anthony House (National Trust) 6 miles. The Eden Project is 16 miles away. The market town of Liskeard is 6 miles away; Forest Railway 15 miles; Polperro 10 miles; Looe six miles and the Murraton Monkey Sanctuary only four miles. One of the oldest churches in the country is to be seen at St Germans, four miles inland.
Boating and fishing trips can be booked at Looe and Polperro and sometimes at the local beach. There are two golf courses and riding stables within a three mile radius and there is a boat slip in the village suitable for launching boats.