Padstow has been hailed as the premier resort in North Cornwall, and when you visit the town it is not difficult to see why. The town enjoys a good selection of shops, cafes and restaurants many of them overlook the picturesque harbour. The harbour has a quay and boat slip with boat rides all through the summer months taking visitors around the harbour and to nearby Rock. Seats placed around the harbour where visitors and locals can sit and watch the world go by. The long seat beside the shelter on the corner of North Quay is called the 'Long Lugger'
a traditional meeting place used by locals for generations.

The town has its own small cinema giving matinee performances on wet days and the museum charts the history of the town and surrounding area which dates back to around 2500BC, there is also some evidence of a Roman settlement in the area.

Band concerts are held in the town on Sundays and on some weekdays in the summer months. Concerts generally begin at 2.30 and 7.30pm.

Padstow is famous for its 'Obby Oss' procession through the town on May day (May 1st), swirling and dancing accompanied by a 'Teaze's' Club, a black leather pad colourfully painted mounted on the end of a wooden rod. There are dancers who perform a traditional girating dance and followers who every year join in the singing of the May song.

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