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Polzeath is home to the Voluntary Marine Wildlife Reserve. Polzeath is also a dog free beach from Easter Day to October 1st. Polzeath and Daymer were favourite haunts of the late poet laureate, Sir John Betjeman, who lays at St Enodoc, and is cel...
St Breock Downs Monolith in Saint Breock, Cornwall was originally 5 metres (16 ft) high and weighing some 16.75 tonnes. St Breock Downs Monolith is Cornwall's largest and heaviest prehistoric monolith. It stands on the summit of the St Breock Down...
Godrevy in Gwithian, is an awe-inspiring expanse of sandy beaches around St Ives Bay, cliffs rich in wildlife and history. While Godrevy is a popular surfing beach (with an equally popular café), there's more to this area of Cornwall than catchi...
The British Cycling Museum in Camelford, Cornwall, is a place that if you love cycling you'll love this a great museum. With over 400 examples of cycles since 1818, an old cycle workshop, cycle medals and so much more.
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Bodmin Town Museum in Cornwall has an interesting local history museum using photographs, text and artefacts in displays showing rocks and minerals, WWI and WWII showcases, model forge, agricultural implements, a Cornish kitchen (Victorian), Bardic r...
The Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall, has the world's largest collection of witchcraft related artefacts and regalia. The museum has been in Boscastle for over forty years and is one of Cornwall's most popular museums.
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Bude-Stratton Museum in Cornwall tells the story of Bude from the English Civil War up until modern times....
North Cornwall Museum and Gallery opened in 1974, and is a privately owned museum which is set in a building that was originally used for making coaches and wagons. The museum covers many aspects of life in North Cornwall from 50 to 100-years-ago. Th...
National Maritime Museum Cornwall displays a diverse collection of around 140 small craft from Great Britain and overseas, and spreads over the past 150 years....
Enter into the evil yet romantic era of smuggling in Cornwall and see what is probably the finest collection of smuggling artefacts in the country. Smuggling evolved when customs dues were first introduced in the thirteenth century but there was no f...
The Old Guildhall Museum and Gaol is housed in a magnificent, ancient building which is one of the oldest in Looe Town. It began life as a single storey Guild hall, in 1450, built to serve the citizens of Looe and it is founded on sand. People come f...
A small museum that tells the history of of this ancient sea-port from earliest times to the present day....
Our collections are extremely diverse, we have material from many wrecks; a wild flower display (during the summer months); Romano-British artefacts; stuffed birds; local art and much more....
Penlee House is the only Cornish public gallery specialising in the Newlyn School artists (c.1880 - c.1940). Set in an elegant Victorian house and park, Penlee House also covers West Cornwall's archaeology and social history, and offers an excellent...
Porthcurno Telegraph Museum is housed in secret underground WW2 tunnels, the museum shows the history of telegraphy, which was the forerunner to modern communication systems, as well as detailing the social changes taking place at Porthcurno between ...
At Perranzabuloe Museum you can discover about Winston Graham's local museum and discover the mystical Celtic history, the culture, the people and the many beautiful areas that inspired his memorable Poldark novels.
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China Clay in Cornwall's is the UK's only china clay museum and visitor attraction....
A museum piece itself, the building in which the exhibits are housed was built in 1745 when it was used to construct and repair vessels for smuggling.
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Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden is a one off experience, offering a remarkable look into the work and outlook of one of Britain's most important twentieth century artists....
Royal Cornwall Museum is the largest museum in Cornwall with permanent displays regarding Cornwall's history and a range of temporary exhibitions.
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Antony in Torpoint, Cornwall, is a superb early 18th-century mansion set in parkland and fine gardens. The house, containing collections of paintings, furniture and textiles, and home of the Carew family for almost 600 years. The grounds were landsca...
Boscastle in Cornwall is a picturesque harbour and village on the north Cornish coast. Much of the land in and around Boscastle is owned by the Trust, including the cliffs of Penally Point and Willapark which guard the sinuous harbour entrance, Forra...
Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps in Wadebridge, Cornwall has a dramatic coastline with views over massive rock stacks. This is one of the most popular destinations on the Cornish coast because of the spectacular clifftop view of rocks stretching into the...
Cornish Mines and Engines in Pool, Cornwall has beam engines and industrial heritage discovery centre. Cornwall's engine houses are dramatic reminders of the time when the county was a powerhouse of tin, copper and china clay mining. These two great ...
Cotehele in St Dominick, Cornwall is a medieval house with superb collections of textiles, armour and furniture, set in extensive grounds. At the heart of this riverside estate sits the granite and slatestone house of Cotehele, built mainly between 1...
Cotehele Mill in St Dominick, Cornwall is a restored working watermill and agricultural workshops. Tucked away in dense woodland, the mill is a fine reminder of the recent past when corn was ground here for the local community. Flour is produced regu...
Glendurgan Garden in Falmouth, Cornwall is a superb subtropical garden with year-round interest. This valley garden of great beauty was created in the 1820s and developed over many years by the Fox family. Running down to the tiny village of Durgan a...
The Godolphin Estate in Helston, Cornwall is a historic landscape offering extensive walks with fine views. The Trust acquired this ancient estate of 222 hectares (555 acres) in 2000; improvements to public access continue to be made. From Godolphin ...
Lanhydrock in Bodmin, Cornwall is a magnificent late Victorian country house with extensive servants' quarters, gardens and wooded estate. One of the most fascinating and complete late 19th-century houses in England, Lanhydrock is full of period atmo...
Lawrence House in Launceston, Cornwall is a typical Georgian town house . Built in 1753, Lawrence House was given to the Trust to help preserve the character of the street. It is now leased to Launceston Town Council and in use as a local museum and ...
Levant Mine and Beam Engine in Pendeen, Cornwall is a working steam-powered beam engine. In its tiny engine house perched on the cliff edge, the famous Levant beam engine is steaming again after 60 idle years. The sight, sounds and smells of this 166...
The Lizard and Kynance Cove in Cornwall has a dramatic and historic stretch of Cornish coast. The Lizard is the most southerly point of mainland Britain and the turning point of one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. The coastline on either ...
Wooded country around Cornwall's largest natural lake and dramatic coastal scenery. At the heart of the Penrose Estate lies Loe Pool, a freshwater lake which meets the sea at the dramatic shingle bank of Loe Bar. Surrounding the Pool is a mix of rich...
St Anthony Head lies at the southernmost tip of the Roseland Peninsula, guarding the entrance to one of the world's great natural harbours, and offering commanding views of the Fal estuary. You really are spoilt for choice here with two sandy bea...
St Michael's Mount in Marazion, Cornwall is a rocky island crowned by medieval church and castle, home to a living community. This iconic island rises gracefully to the church and castle at its summit. Accessible on foot at low tide across a causeway...
Tintagel Old Post Office in Cornwall is one of the Trust's most delightful medieval buildings, enhanced by a cottage garden. A rare survival of Cornish domestic architecture of its time, this diminutive 14th-century yeoman farm house is well furnishe...
Trelissick Garden in Feock, Cornwall is a tranquil garden set on many levels, containing a superb collection of tender and exotic plants. Beautifully positioned at the head of the Fal estuary, the estate commands panoramic views over the area and has...
Trengwainton Garden near Penzance in Cornwall has a sheltered garden with an abundance of exotic trees and shrubs. Intimate and closely linked to the picturesque stream running the length of the garden, paths lead up to a terrace and summer houses wi...
Trerice in Newquay, Cornwall is an Elizabethan manor house with fine interiors and delightful garden. Set in a beautiful secluded spot, the house contains fine fireplaces, plaster ceilings, oak and walnut furniture, interesting clocks, needlework and...
Godolphin House and Gardens is an ancient and atmospheric house and garden set within an historic estate. It contains an important medieval garden with remains of walkways and compartments....
Penhallam Manor House is the site of a medieval manor house surrounded by a protective moat. It was designated as a Scheduled Monument in 1996 and is now in the guardianship of English Heritage. The site is a grass-covered ruin showing the comple...
Dupath Well is a charming well-house, built about 1500, stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough. Dupath Well was built by the Augustinian canons of nearby St Germans priory, it houses the remains of an immersion pool for cu...
Hurlers Stone Circles in Liskeard, Cornwall has three fine late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line, a grouping unique in England. Probably the best examples of ceremonial circles in the south west, they are traditionally t...
Trethevy Quoit is located high on the moors, overlooking a meeting of streams near St Cleer, this impressive quoit is known locally as the ‘giant’s house’ and, although a sweet image, John Norden’s 16th century description of “a little hows...
Ballowall is a strange and possibly unique example of a prehistoric funerary cairn which incorporates multiple phases of use and funerary practice spanning the Neolithic and Middle Bronze Age periods. Sited on Ballowall Common overlooking the rugged ...
Carn Euny is an archaeological site near Sancreed, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom with considerable evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement. Excavations on this site have shown that there was activity at Carn Euny...
Tregiffian Burial Chamber in Cornwall is a Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered tomb with an entrance passage, walled and roofed with stone slabs, leading into the central chamber....
Bant's Carn Burial Chamber and Halangy Down Ancient Village are now the remains of an ancient Iron Age village in a wonderfully scenic location. On the hill above stands a Bronze Age burial mound with entrance passage and inner chamber....
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