Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance, is an elegant gallery set within a Victorian house and park. Changing exhibitions mainly feature the art of the...

The Cornish Geology Centre is something of a goldmine for anyone interested in this subject as it is made up of a fascinating series of...

The Ancient Village was put together to give visitors a chance to see the way that people in this area would have lived many centuries...

The life of the quaintly-named village of Mousehole is very much centred around the small picturesque harbour. At one time, the economy of the village...

Lying about 4 miles south-west of Penzance, Lamorna is in many ways a typical small Cornish cove, backed by a narrow valley. In addition to...

A gallery with a great reputation at the heart of Penzance, this art space focuses on the works of the many artists who live and...

This National Trust operated garden offers a beautiful retreat in rural Cornwall, offering some of the finest views of Lizard and Mount’s Bay. The...

This magical island is the jewel in Cornwall’s crown, a national treasure and a must for every visitor to the far West of England. During...

Marazion Museum is located within the town hall building at the heart of this small town in the beautiful Cornish countryside. The museum presents...

West Cornwall is rich in prehistoric and ancient remains, and Chûn Castle is one of the most spectacular. Perched on a hilltop looking out...

Several thousand years before the birth of Christ, the inhabitants of the high moorlands behind Land’s End erected this enormous burial chamber. Nobody knows...

Of all the enigmatic ancient remains of West Cornwall, none is more puzzling than the Men-an-Tol (stone of the hole). Nobody really knows the...

The most visited of all West Cornwall’s dolmens, or burial mounds, Lanyon Quoit owes its popularity to its location, a short walk from a main...

Both the Pendeen Mining Museum and the Gem and Jewellery Workshop are situated in the same stone buildings that used to be traditional farm buildings....

Geevor Tin Mine in Pendeen, Penzance, is in a magnificent position on West Cornwall’s Atlantic coast. Walk through narrow 18th Century tunnels with a guide....

This National Trust protected property offers visitors a unique chance to see a steam-powered Cornish beam engine in action. After sixty years of sitting...

Pendeen Lighthouse is dramatically positioned on a jagged stretch of coastline in Cornwall and is a good place to look out for seals, kestrels and...

From Victorian times, telegraph cables linked the beautiful valley of Porthcurno with remote parts of the world. By the start of World War II, it’s...

The Minack is an outdoor theatre made entirely of stone/rock that has been carved into the cliffs overlooking Porthcurno beach. It was created by Rowena...

This beautiful area of the Cornish coastline has been protected by the National Trust since the late 1930s and offers some of the most breathtaking...