Bolventor inn. It is bypassed by a dual carriageway section of the A30 trunk road; before the bypass was built the hamlet straddled the A30 road. Daphne du Maurier, a former resident, chose Bolventor as the setting for her novel about Cornish smugglers titled "Jamaica Inn". The inn that inspired the novel, Jamaica Inn, has stood beside the main road through the village since 1547. It is now a tourist attraction in its own right and dominates the hamlet. The small church (dedicated to the Holy Trinity) that lies to the east of the hamlet closed some years ago. A mile
Seaside Inn in continuous operation by the Gooch family since its inception and as of 2018 is owned by the twelfth-generation descendants. The early Gooch family history was chronicled in the 1929 novel "Arundel" by American author Kenneth Roberts. Additionally, current owner Trish Mason has written a work of non-fiction entitled "The Seaside House: Maine Innkeepers" which tells the complete history of the family and running of the inn. The inn was recognised by New England's "Yankee Magazine" as the Maine lodging with the "Best Family Ties" in 2009. Seaside Inn The Seaside Inn (formerly the Seaside Inn & Cottages) is an