Swings, slides, indoor play gym (opposite Tresillian). Much appreciated by children of all ages.
an Elizabethan manor house belonging to National Trust with fine interiors and garden. Open every day except Saturdays. Walk down lane beyond barns next to tennis court and keep going past Trevarthian Farm (dog will bark at you, but Mark the owner is friendly) and turn left at road to Trerice which is 200 yards on right.
A collection of Victorian mining equipment and a functioning water pumping station with view into a working clay pit.
www.royalcornwallmuseum.org – Display of objects from Cornwall’s past from prehistoric times to present day including a fine collection of minerals, an Egyptian mummy and some excellent Cornish paintings,
Hire bicycles in Wadebridge (14 miles) and bicycle along the Camel Estuary to Padstowe (5.5miles) or Bodmin (5.7miles) along a disused railway line. Hire bikes from Bike Smart , Eddystone Road, Wadebridge, PL27 7AL. Tel: 01208 814545 – http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/camel-trail – http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=13412
Millennium project with three large biomes in a clay pit full of trees and plants from tropical rain forests and Africa. Worth visiting on a rainy day.
http://www.shipwreckcharlestown.com/
One of the most popular botanical gardens in the UK with restored Victorian walled garden and beautiful mature shrubs. Mevagissey is a pretty seaside town with ferry to Fowey.
National Trust house with beautiful gardens, glorious coastal views, and a range of excellent trees to climb.
Award winning vineyard producing wine and champagne since 1989.
Guided Tours at 2.30pm, Monday-Friday between 1st April and 30th September.
Grand Tour & Tasting every Wednesday evening at 5.00pm between 1st April and 30th
October, with an additional tour at 5.00pm Thursdays throughout August.
Must book Tel: 01208 2077959
A substantial National Trust Property dating back to Elisabethan times, extensively rebuilt fine Victorian kitchens. Take A30 to Bodmin then A38 towards Liskeard and immediately right at roundabout to Lanhydrock.
Beautiful old medieval town on Fowey estuary. River trips, nice walks, fishing etc. For fishing/ river trips call Dan Hicks tel: 07792 20625908 http://www.fowey.co.uk/
Discovery Quay, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 3QY
Very good collection of boats and an underwater room with windows looking over harbour floor.
Beautiful seaside town with harbour and Tate Gallery with galleries of Cornish paintings and a good restaurant.
Medieval castle with earlier ruins from the Dark Ages, long associated
with King Arthur, and Merlin; magical cliff top setting