Places to Visit & Days Out

Specially for the kids or the adults that are not yet fully grown!

• Cornwall Gold and Tolgus Mill heritage site, Redruth
• Roarsome Play (indoor play area), Redruth
• Paradise Park, Hayle
• Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Gweek, near Helston
• Llama Lland, Shortlanesend, Truro
• Guys Butterfly House, St. Hillary, Penzance
• Flicka Foundation Donkey Sanctuary, Mabe Burnthouse, Penryn
• Raze the Roof (indoor family activities), Penryn
• Blue Reef Aquarium, Newquay
• Lappa Valley Steam Railway, Newquay
• Newquay Zoo
• Pirates Quest (indoor adventure golf), Newquay
• Camel Creek Adventure Park, Wadebridge
• The National Lobster Hatchery, Padstow
• Land’s End, one of Britain’s best loved landmarks!

• Tehidy Country Park, between Cambourne, Redruth and Portreath
• Cornish Lavender, Carnbargus, near Perranporth
• Tate St. Ives
• Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, St.Ives

Slightly further afield

• The Lost Gardens of Heligan, near Mevagissey
• The Minack Theatre, Porthcurno
• PK Porthcurno – Museum of Global Communications 
• Geevor Tin Mine Museum, Pendeen
• National Maritime Museum, Falmouth
  
• Jubilee Pool, Penzance  – first geo thermal lido in the UK!
• Enys Gardens, St. Gluvias, Penryn
• Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance
• Trewithen Gardens, near Truro
• Tregothnan International Tea Centre, Coombe, Truro
• The Japanese Garden, St. Mawgan, Newquay – near the airport!
• The Eden Project, Bodelva near St. Austell
• Adrenaline Quarry, Liskeard – big rides for all ages!
• Bodmin Jail (indoor immersive experience), Bodmin

Another idea for when the weather is not so great maybe!

• Regal Cinema, Redruth – 6 screens (Merlin Cinemas)
• Phoenix Cinema, Falmouth – 5 screens (Merlin Cinemas)
• Royal Cinema, St. Ives – 3 screens (Merlin Cinemas)
• Savoy Cinema, Penzance – 4 screens (Merlin Cinemas)
• Flora Cinema, Helston – 2 screens (Merlin Cinemas)
• Newlyn Filmhouse, Newlyn, Penzance – a 2 screen independant cinema

Fancy a show? You might have to book these before your holiday!

• Hall for Cornwall, Truro – Cornwall’s largest theatre
• The Acorn, Penzance

Or for something very special, a beautiful outdoor theatre:

• The Minack Theatre, Porthcurno

Why not go for the day to the Isles of Scilly! There are a few ways of getting there and back in a day with Isles of Scilly Travel.

• Skybus plane from Land's End Airport - 20 minutes, all year round
• Skybus plane from Newquay Airport - 30 minutes, all year round
• Scillonian III - passenger ferry from Penzance Harbour to St. Mary's Harbour - 2hrs 45 minutes, March to November only
• Or Fly+Sail - a combination of both, fly from Land's End Airport on the Skybus and return on the Scillion, March to November only

Or for the more adventurous why not travel by helicopter with Penzance Helicopters:

• Day trips from Penzance Heliport - 15 minutes
• Scenic flights - 40 minute round trip to the archipelago and back

For those with a quest for knowledge:

• PK Porthcurno – Museum of Global Communications 
• Geevor Tin Mine Museum, Pendeen
• National Maritime Museum, Falmouth
• Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro – Cornish Art and Culture
• Museum of Cornish Life, Helston

• Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, St.Ives
• Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance
• Tate St. Ives