Born on a farm near Falmouth, writer Elizabeth Dale can trace her Cornish ancestry all the way back to 1550. But it wasn’t until she returned home after nearly a decade travelling the world that she came to fully appreciate…
The rugged north coast of Cornwall was once considered a smuggler’s paradise. Millions of years of erosion by those unstoppable Atlantic rollers have created a coastline of countless craggy inlets, secluded coves and hidden caves – and the men that…
Fascinating episodes in the history of Cornwall can be traced through a handful of its marvellous buildings. Embedded in the bricks and mortar are centuries of the intrigues, wars and exploits of the Cornish people. The Old Duchy Palace in…
Cornwall was once best known for its dairy produce; the reliably wet climate and sometimes poor soil was best for growing grass to feed cattle. But while cream teas and a block of Cornish Yarg are still some of the…
In less than an hour you can go from the bustling sophistication of Padstow to the heart of Bodmin Moor, one of Cornwall’s most ancient and varied landscapes. Much of its 80 square miles are pure wilderness and remain open…
Carn Brea Castle is easily one of Cornwall’s most recognisable landmarks and one of its most unusual buildings. Standing on the heights of Carn Brea Hill it is visibly from miles around. Over the centuries the castle has had many…
While we’d love to guarantee fine weather for all our guests, even infrequent visitors to Cornwall know that this is wishful thinking. In reality it pays to have a few ideas up your sleeves for those days when rain clouds…
Guides to Cornwall generally fall into one of two categories. They’re either rapturous reviews of its dramatic landscape and characterful towns. Or rants about traffic jams and ever increasing hordes of visitors. Fortunately there is a third way – one…
One of the culinary highlights of Cornwall’s quirky list of speciality foods is saffron cake. It’s less well known than the Cornish pasty or stargazy pie, but its history is equally rich and its flavour just as exciting. Saffron cake’s…
Summer in Cornwall is all about making the most of our wonderful outdoor spaces! And luckily we have been blessed with a tradition of wonderfully creative theatre groups just waiting to take advantage of our many open-air theatres, or creating…