CORNISH TOURS
Individual Tours of Cornwall
and HOME
Land's End, St Ives Penzance and St Michael's Mount
The Lizard, Helford and Falmouth
The Roseland, Bodmin Moor and Fowey
Tintagel, King Arthur's castle and the Wild North Coast
Looe and Polperro, The Tamar Valley, Plymouth Sound and Dartmoor
Cornish Garden Tours
Grand Cornish Houses
Easy Walking Tours
Painters, Writers, Culture Tours
Full Day Tours for Cruise ship passengers
Family History Tours
PRICES!
ATTRACTIONS and PLACES TO VISIT
Getting the Most from your Visit to Cornwall ... just a few helpful ideas!
Airport/City/Home Links
Map of the UK
Map of Cornwall
B&B in Truro
- central for all Cornwall
OTHER USEFUL CORNISH LINKS
About us
Terms
Link to The Official Cornwall Tourist Board Website
email: mike@cornwalltour.com
Voice/Tape
UK (0) 1872 262783
Averil & Mike Inglefield
VERY SPECIAL TOURS of CORNWALL
from FIELDINGS
35 Treyew Road
Truro
Cornwall
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 LANDS
END...the magnificent cliffs with their seabirds and wild flowers, the
surge of the powerful Atlantic and the clean, clear air make Land’s End
very special. And you may even be lucky enough to see the seals! Have your
photograph taken at the signpost!
 Cothele
House - National Trust Property - Cotehele was mainly built between 1485
and 1627 and was a home of the Edgcumbe family for centuries. Its granite
and slatestone walls contain intimate chambers adorned with tapestries,
original furniture and armour.
 Blue
Hills Tin Streamers at St Agnes, near Truro. See the complete tin
extraction process from raw ore to finished tin - done the old C19th way -
including 'stamping' and 'panning'!
 Charlestown
Shipwreck and Heritage Centre, near St Austell, - the centre has the
largest U.K. collection of artifacts and treasure recovered from
shipwrecks. An all weather attraction.
 Wheal
Martyn China Clay Museum... the pure white 'china' clay was used first by
the Chinese (or kaolin...its chemical name...from the Chinese mountain,
Kao Lin). When discovered and mined in Cornwall, English Fine China (Doulton,
Spode, etc.) became possible.....
 Cornish
Mining Heritage Centre. Pumps and the houses for the engines that drove
the pumps were a necessary part of mining. These engine houses were the
sturdiest buildings in the mines, as they had both to house the machinery
and support the massive beam that worked the pump.
 THE
EDENPROJECT - Brand new, already world famous Tropical and sub-tropical
BIOME plant project. The world's largest greenhouse and FULL of exotic,
plants and trees.
 Geevor
Mine, on the Landsend peninsular, the last working mine in West Penwith
and now a mining museum, provides you with a unique opportunity to
experience the history of this traditional Cornish industry...and go
underground.
 Goonhilly
Earth Station, on the Lizard peninsular, the Largest Satellite Dish
Station on Earth! Enjoy the guided tour and take a closer look at some of
the largest dishes on the site...and discover more about them!
 Godolphin
House was the home of the Godolphin family from the 15th Century until the
middle of the 18th century. It witnessed much turbulent history! The
Godolphins made their fortune from tin-mining, becoming one of the leading
families of West Cornwall.
 THE
LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN - world famous 19th Century gardens now restored
to their former glory. Semi tropical setting on the south coast near
Mevagissey. Well worth a visit.
 Lanhydrock
House, near Bodmin, one of the most fascinating late 19th-century houses
in Britain, full of period atmosphere and the trappings of a high
Victorian country house.
 The
Marine Telegraphy Museum is at Porthcurnow, near Landsend, where the
British end of the first all submarine cable to Bombay was brought ashore
in 1870. For the following 100 years Porthcurno remained a working
telegraph station, linking Britain with the rest of the world.
 The
Minack open air Theatre near Landsend is a must. "Minack" in
Cornish means a rocky place and until the 1930’s the gulls had this gorse
filled gully to themselves and the cliffs echoed to the cries of gulls not
actors. Spectacular! You could even book to see a performsnce."
 Mount
Edgcumbe House, in Cornwall, overlooking Drakes Island and Plymouth Sound
was built by Sir Richard Edgcumbe in his deer park here in 1547-53. This
magnificent Tudor House survived a direct hit by bombs in 1941. Now fully
restored by the Earl of Edgcumbe.
 The
National Maritime Museum at Falmouth. Housed in an award winning building
on the Falmouth quayside, the National Maritime Museum Cornwall transports
you into the world of small boats and Cornish maritime history.
 Pendennis
Castle, Falmouth, a Cornish fortress, ready for military action since
Henry VIII. Pendennis and its sister, St Mawes Castle, face each other
across the mouth of the River Fal. Constructed circa 1540, they were built
by Henry VIII.
 The
Royal Cornwall Museum has a permanent display on the history of Cornwall
from the Stone Age to the present day, the natural history of Cornwall, a
world famous collection of minerals, a pre-eminent collection of ceramics,
and a changing display of fine and decorative art.
 St
Michael's Mount...this magical island is the jewel in Cornwall's crown,
and a must for every visitor to Cornwall...visited by the Phoenicians
circa 2500 years ago to trade wine for tin, once the monastic little
brother of Mont St. Michel in Normandy........
 TREBAH
is a spectacular 26 acre Cornish ravine garden, rated among the 80 finest
gardens in the world. This sub-tropical paradise is home to a unique
collection of rare and exotic plants, trees and shrubs winding down to a
private and secluded beach on the Helford River.
 Tintagel
Castle...Tristan and Isolt, King Mark, Uther Pendragon, Merlin the
Magician and King Arthur were all here according to legend...and under the
existing remains there ARE the foundations of the stronghold of a Cornish
King from the time of King Arthur......
 Trelissick
Gardens - National Trust Property near Truro. This tranquil garden and
estate is renowned for its glorious position at the head of Carrick Roads,
with panoramic views down the estuary towards Falmouth and the sea.
 TRERICE
MANOR is an Elizabethan architectural gem hidden away from the world in a
web of narrow lanes...yet still somehow caught in the spirit of the
Elizabethan age. Inside are ornate fireplaces, elaborate plaster ceilings
and a collection of English furniture of the highest quality.
 Trevarno
Gardens and House, plus a Museum of Gardening - near Helston...restoration
project on an estate that has been in existence since 1245.
 Daphne
du Maurier's Jamaica Inn in the centre of Bodmin Moor. Scene of dastardly
deeds and smuggling in her famous novel. Visit it and image smugglers,
ponies with muffled hooves - and barrels of French brandy being carried
through the foggy night!
 Hall
for Cornwall...Live dance, music, theatre, comedy and children's shows
feature on the bill at Cornwall's leading theatre and concert venue in the
Cathedral city of Truro.
General Interest Websites
 THE
NATIONAL TRUST FOR ENGLAND & WALES. The organisation in the UK which looks
after many stately homes, large tracts of beautiful, special countryside,
much coastal land and much, much more! A very large organisation and a
must know-about site for visitors to the UK.
 ENGLISH
HERITAGE - the organisation which looks after many, many old buildings,
castles, and much, much more! Another must know-about site for
visitors to the UK.
 CORNWALL
WILDLIFE TRUST - a host of interesting facts, figures, pictures on
Cornwall's wildlife and the efforts being made to preserve and enhance it.
For wildlife lovers another must.
Transport
If you just want to go to a Visitor Attraction - say The Eden project -
we'll provide a PRICE QUOTATION FOR TRANSPORT FROM AND BACK TO YOUR
HOTEL/B&B - ON REQUEST
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