What should I do, where should I stay, that kind of thing
Dr Mrs Epimer wants to swim in the sea, but I have no interest in the ocean or any of its eldritch contents, so beach access is necessary, water-based activities are not.
Going to go to Eden Project and have a go on the massive zipline.
I hear there’s a monkey sanctuary? I will go look at monkeys.
That’s all I’ve got so far. Early June booked off.
See the great bunch of lads at the Seal Sanctuary and do the Camel Trail with rented bikes from Wadebridge to Padstow and back would be top of my list if I hadn’t been for ages.
Falmouth has somehow become an alright place to go and get food/beer and the maritime museum is good.
As for staying somewhere not a clue my Dad’s mate owned a hotel outside Newquay and we still stay there now but I wouldn’t recommend it during the summer. If you stay somewhere vaguely central on the north or south coast and you are in a car you’ll get everywhere in the county really easily.
Hi,
I live in Cornwall.
Here’s the deal:
For good bars/food/record shops - Falmouth / Penryn (the neighbouring village where I live)
Places to visit here:
Jam Records (cafe and record shop)
Beerwolf Books (Pub and bookshop)
Verdant Brewery Taproom (Penryn, on an industrial estate, easy to get to - and it’s amazing, does pizza too)
The Front Pub
The Cornish Bank (gig venue/bar)
Namaste (restaurant)
Cribbs (restaurant)
Chainlocker (pub-restaurant)
Gylly Beach (sand beach, good swimming opportunities, also has good cafe/restaurant)
Swanpool Beach (just up the road from Gylly)
Day out attractions:
Seal Sanctuary (Gweek)
Flicka Donkey Sanctuary Penryn (quite small but cute)
The Eden Project
Screech Owl Sanctuary
If you have a car, be sure to visit some of the best beaches in the country:
Pedn Vounder in Treen (be careful climbing down, and be prepared to see a few nudie old people, but on a good day, it doesn’t get any better)
Sennen Beach - near Land’s End (mile long sand beach, good chippy, plenty of quieter bits of the beach if you can be arsed to walk)
Porthcurno Beach (Minnack Theature is nearby and worth a walk up to)
Godrevy Beach - Hayle
just suggestions innit
edit: The Meat Counter in Falmouth is killer too
Lots.
A couple of places we went last Autumn:
I really like Trebah Garden — wooded botanical garden in a little valley that has its own little beach at the far end.
St Austell Brewery do a nice tour and it’s dead near the Eden Project.
I can really recommend Hidden Valley if you are looking for something a little different and like puzzles/escape room type places. There are a few puzzle trails you can do with varying difficulty (so some suitable for kids and some much more challenging for adults).
Do you like static engines? Cause the royal Cornwall show is the start of June
Lots of good recommendations up ^there. A couple I’d add.
If you like wine, then Camel Valley Vineyard does a good tasting and tour:
There’s a nice tea room just down the hill also. As someone mentions above, cycling the valley is bloody lovely:
Another decent vineyard is Polgoon. Good for tastings and has a nice restaurant spot too with very pleasant outside seating.
Big fan of the Lost Gardens Of Heligan - can spend a whole day exploring:
Beach-wise, got some good surfing in at Perranporth last year. The beach is massive but it can still get very busy:
Also surfed at Portreath which is not as attrative but we pretty much had the place to ourselves which was nice:
If you’re thinking of staying on the North Atlantic coast then can recommend St Agnes - well connected to most areas if you’re driving:
St Ives is worth a visit, but VERY touristy in season. Pro tip is to do the park and ride at St Erth - saves battling into St Ives by car and you get a bloody lovely train journey along the cliff thrown into the bargain:
St Ives has the Tate:
The Barbara Hepworth Museum & Garden:
The Leach Pottery:
St Ives also has numerous good beaches.
Tintagel is worth a look for some King Arthur vibes:
Boscastle for some witchy vibes:
One place to avoid is Land’s End - horrible touristy rubbish and not even actually the most westerly point.
Also, if you book tickets for any of the Eden Sessions you get entry to the park during the day thrown in…
Been waiting for some hilaritymonger to do this since the thread started. Thank you for your service.
4 fucking hours? what happened to this place!
All the bantz went down the toilet in preparation for the big move.
I was going to do some pastie and jam vs cream related content in my reply but was feeling a little low tide in banter bay tbh…
*Pasty please. Pastie is a Northern Irish thing. We must retain integrity even in moments of mirth.
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For the car-averse there’s an excellent bus that does a loop around Penzance, Marazion (for St Michael’s Mount), Newlyn, St Ives and Sennen Cove
go to a meadery
dont go in august coz the roads are jam packed. dont go in august coz you cant park anywhere. dont go in august coz its full of fuckin poshos from the south east. dont go between september and july coz it pissin it down.
screech owl sanctuary is amazing though.
I spent the early part of my life in Saltash (town motto: “it’s not on the tourist trail for a reason”). Don’t go there. But if you do find yourself in East Cornwall it’s worth nipping across the bridge to Plymouth to visit the excellent aquarium, mooch around the Barbican, and treat yourself to a proper pasty.