St Germans Attractions

Heading west from Plymouth across the River Tamar into Cornwall the first place of interest is the small town of St Germans.

In Saxon times, up until 1050, the twin towered, former monastery church of St Germanus was the seat of a bishop. It has a marvelous Norman west porch with decorated archivolts and zigzag ornamentation. There two fine windows, the east window (1869) by William Morris and the south window, on the theme of the Virtues, by Edward Burne-Jones. Note too the splendid monument (18th century) to Edward Eliot by the sculptor John Rysbrack.

St Germans is home to a well-known sailing club that operates from St Germans Quay.