Meudon Hotel & Restaurant, Falmouth Cornwall

Hotels in Falmouth are the envy of the South Cornish coast; Meudon Hotel in Cornwall by the sea whose sub-tropical gardens and dog friendly beach straddle the southwest coast path, near the village of Mawnan Smith, between the Falmouth Hotel and Helford River.

Meudon country house hotel offers traditional three star hotel accommodation and service of a truly luxury hotel in Cornwall.  Make Meudon Hotel your holiday vacation for short breaks, garden breaks, golf packages & golfing holidays or walking holiday in Cornwall.

Meudon Hotel is proud to be wheelchair accessible AA hotel of the Year 2005, highly commended.  We are dog friendly and welcome guide dogs and assistance dogs.

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Meudon Country House Hotel, History & Tradition

Meudon is a gracious blend of historic mansion and purpose designed 29 bedroom hotel, a haven of peace and beauty where guests can enjoy cosseted comforts, fresh local cuisine and traditional unobtrusive service. Set in magnificent sub-tropical gardens that sweep down to the sea, the legacy of the Fox family; Quakers, Victorian plant hunters and Shipping Agents of Falmouth since the days of sail and the famous ‘Packet Ships’.

Meudon sometimes spelt Mewden, Mwedon, Meuden, Mudon, Muedon, Mueden was first mentioned in 1250 by Adam Meuthen in relation to him witnessing the benefice of Constantine.  The final spelling came courtesy of the French, during the Napoleonic Wars when, as a prison, it was named after their eponymous home village in the environs of Paris.

The village of Mawnan Smith, not to be confused with Mawgan or Mawgan Porth, has been home to 4 hotels of the Pilgrim family; Budock Vean Hotel from 1929, Nansidwell Hotel from 1938, Trelawne Hotel from 1955 and Meudon from 1966.  Our family heritage so far runs to 5 generations of Pilgrim hoteliers, the 1861 census show my great great grandmother as Hotel Keeper of the Bath Hotel, Felixstowe.

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