Places of Interest- Cornwall & The Scilly Isles

Jamaica Inn

Bolventor

Launceston

Cornwall PL15 7TS

01566 - 86250

Jamaica Inn, Cornwall's legendary Coaching House which has stood high on Bodmin Moor for over four centuries.

Hidden Valley
Adventure and Conservation Park

01566 86463

Amazing treasure hunts set amongst a unique themed land.

Mini Adventure Golf
Myrtle Rose Shipwreck
Woodland Play Area
G-scale model railway
Pets Paddock ,Nature Reserve
Farm Pantry ,Gift Shop

Colliford Lake Park

Bolventor,
Bodmin Moor,
Cornwall
PL14 6PZ

01208 821469 

Adventure Park

Louis Hudson Pottery
Unit 8-10,

Moorswater Industrial Estate,

Liskeard.

01579 342864

This large pottery produces a wide range of stoneware, eathenware and terra-cotta ware. There is a factory seconds shop on site.

Sterts Amphitheatre & Gallery
Upton Cross,

Liskeard.

01579 362382 / 362962

In the moorland village of Upton Cross, 5 miles North of Liskeard on B3254.
Amphitheatre for plays, music and dance performances. Bar and café. Arts and Environmental Exhibitions, craft sales, picnic lawns. Lynher Valley Walk Trail.

Carnglaze Slate Caverns
St Neot,

Liskeard.

 01579 320251

Location: Just north of A38, 2 miles south-east of St Neot.
Beautiful underground slate cavern with a subterranean lake.

 Polperro Model Village & Land of Legend
The Old Forge,

Mill Hill,

Polperro.

01503 272378

Seven different stories of legends and superstitions from Cornish folklore and a chance to meet Merlin the Wizard. There is also a large 00 guage railway and a model village.

Paul Corin’s Magnificent Music Machines
St Keyne Station,

Nr Liskeard.

 01579 343108

On the Looe Valley Line branch line / 1 mile east of St Keyne village, between Liskeard and Looe. Just off B3254.
Working exhibits of many performing music machines including fair organs, player pianos, a Polyphon music box and a great Wurlitzer pipe organ.

Antony,

Torpoint.
(National Trust)

01752 812191

2 miles north west of Torpoint on the A374. A superb example of an early-18th-century house.

Home of the Carew family for 600 years
Landscaped by renowned Georgian garden designer, Humphrey Repton
Lots of walks in the surrounding woods
Visit the National Collection of day lilies

Cotehele,

St Dominick,

near Calstock.
(National Trust)

 01579 351346

1 mile west of Calstock on the banks of the Tamar River.

Enchanted and remote, perched high above the wooded banks of the river Tamar.

The Monkey Sanctuary
Murrayton,

Looe.

  01503 262532

2 miles east of Looe on the coast. The Sanctuary was started in 1964, as a refuge for ex-pet and zoo Amazonian woolley monkeys.

Porfell Animal Land Wildlife Park
Trecangate,

Nr Lanreath,

Liskeard.
 01503 220211

0.5 mile west of B3359 between Liskeard and Looe.

Family attraction where you can meet zebra, tamarins, lemurs, ocelots, raccoons, capybara and many more exotic and domesticated animals.

The Tamar Valley Donkey Park
St Ann’s Chapel,

Gunnislake.

01822 834072

Just south of A390 Callington to Tavistock road at St Ann’s Chapel.

Donkey rides and cart rides, meet the animals including rabbits, ducks, goats and calves, adventure and toddlers playground and nature trails. Café and shop.

Poldark Mine 2000

Wendron,

near Helston

 01326 573173

 Guided underground mine tour .

All weather attraction

Indoor/Outdoor museum

Fun for children

Gardens

Screech Owl Sanctuary

Nr. Indian Queens,

Goss Moor,

St. Columb,

Cornwall

TR9 6HP

01726 860182

Over 100 Owls!

Many different species!

The Tamar Otter Sanctuary,

Near Launceston,

Cornwall

01566 785646

A branch of the famous Otter Trust.

Walk in the wood to see the Fallow and Muntjac Deer roaming free.

Flambards Victorian Village and Gardens,

Culdrose Manor,

Helston,

Cornwall

TR1 0QA

 01326 573404

A life-sized recreation of a Victorian village of streets, alleyways, shops and homes.

Tintagel Castle,

Tintagel,

Cornwall.

PL34 0HE

 01840 770328

Set on a wild, windswept Atlantic headland,Tintagel Castle is best known as the legendary birthplace of King Arthur and home to Merlin the magician.

St Michael's Mount

Marazion
nr Penzance
TR17 0EF

01736 710507

This iconic island rises gracefully to the church and castle at its summit. Accessible on foot at low tide across a causeway, at other times it is reached by a short evocative boat trip. The oldest surviving buildings date from the 12th century, when a Benedictine priory was founded here. Following the English Civil War, the island was acquired by the St Aubyn family, who still live in the castle.  

Tate Gallery St. Ives
Porthmeor Beach

St. Ives TR26 1TG

01736-796-226
St Ives has been an artists’ colony since 1928. By 1939 many of the leading British artists of the time, including Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo, and Barbara Hepworth, had settled permanently in the seaside town. The opening of the Tate Gallery, St Ives in 1993 has allowed some of the best work of these and the later St Ives artists to be brought together in one building.

 Penlee House Gallery and Museum
Morrab Road

Penzance

Cornwall TR18 4HE
(0)1736 363625

Houses the biggest collection of the works of the Newlyn School.

 Diving and Snorkelling with seals.

Contact Mark at :

Nowhere,

Old Town,

St. Mary's.

01720 422732

Take your family on a diving safari in the clear Scillonian waters. All equipment and expert tuition provided. Suitable for children 11/12 years upwards.

 Isles of Scillies Museum,

Church Street,

St. Mary's.

Open daily in season.

Isles of Scilly Underwater Centre,

St. Mary's,

Isles of Scilly.

017290 422595

Explore the many wrecks in the unpolluted waters including "Association" (1707).