Spring in Cornwall is one of the most beautiful times of the year! Here’s a list of things to do in the coming months:
1. Truro Festival
27th March – 5th April
There’s always plenty going on at the Truro Festival; with huge marquees filled with local crafters, artisans and producers, it’s the perfect place to get to know your Cornish businesses. Find out more here.
2.Visit the Eden Project
I can’t think of a better time of year to go to the Eden Project; the flowers are in bloom, and the whole place smells amazing. Obviously it is lovely in Summer too, but it can get a bit crowded with tourists during the school holidays. Go here to get 15% off your tickets.
3. Start a herb garden
Buy or build a small planter for your garden (or windowsill), and start planting some delicious herbs and vegetables to make your meals extra fresh. I’m going to try and grow some mint to make cocktails and lemonade in the summer.
4. Cornwall Home & Lifestyle Show
2nd & 3rd May
This is right up my street, and I’m so excited to attend! It’s going to be fun to see all of the services these companies can offer. Find out more here.
5. Take your dogs to the beaches before the Summer bans!
Here is a handy list of beaches that will have seasonal dog bans soon. Some are banned from Easter day onwards, while some start from the 1st May. Make the most of them while you can!
6. St. Agnes Bolster Festival
2nd – 5th May
I used to go to this festival every year when I was younger (assuming the weather wasn’t terrible, of course). We would build bamboo and paper lanterns, and trek up St. Agnes beacon in the evening for a huge bonfire and barbecue. Then the following day, we’d watch the Giant Bolster play acted out on the cliffs of Chapel Porth. It’s a pretty amazing experience!
Find out more here.
7. Go to the zoo
Take the chance to visit Newquay Zoo while it’s still relatively tourist free! N and I went last year and found they have added several new attractions there, including a large safari area. And no, we don’t have kids; we just love looking at monkeys!
Find out more here.
8. Beach cleans
There are a variety of different Facebook groups where you can find information about local beach cleans and meetups in your area. If not, there are usually some listed on the Surfers Against Sewage site, if you filter for South West.
9. Build a fire pit
I have been inspired by Pinterest, and fully plan to do this in a couple of weeks. It’s so easy, looks awesome, and will make for some lovely toasty evenings and barbecues in the garden.
10. Visit Trelissick gardens
I’ve been lucky enough to grow up in a family of National Trust members, which meant we could visit Trelissick and other NT sites as many times as we liked for free. However, without a membership myself now, it can seem quite expensive to visit.
If you can afford to, I’d highly recommend exploring the beautiful gardens, but if not, you can still visit the surrounding woodland and rivers for free, and dogs can go too (yay!). Find out more here.
11. Fal River Festival
May 22nd – 31st
There will be boats, swimmers, cider and tonnes of other events throughout the week. I’m sure it’ll be a lot of fun! Find out more here.
Love this post. I so want to visit Cornwall, but I do not drive so have no clue how to get there from London! This post has made me want to take a mini break now though, especially to visit the Eden Project & Zoo x
Awh, I went to uni near London and it used to take me 6 to 7 hours by train, and it was pretty expensive! To be honest, it’s much easier and cheaper to fly from London to Newquay now so I would recommend that instead of the train if you do come down! x
Isn’t it a pain to get to the rest of Cornwall from Newquay airport though? I always used to just get the train everywhere as by the time you have travelled to the airport, waited an hour for take off, flown, got off and then got to your destination you’ve nearly spent as much time!
Not really! There’s pretty good transport (either buses or trains) from Newquay to everywhere else, and it’s within 20 minutes of some of the best beaches!
Flying can take a long time too, but honestly comparing the cost can sometimes work out cheaper! x
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I definitely am going to try and make a trip down to Cornwall at some point this summer… I’ll now check though whether to fly or train haha! :) xxx
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Get the London – Penzance train Jess! All the places you will want to visit on either the north or south coast are reasonably accessible by train. The main line connectes to lots of smaller lines as you go through the county! definitely do it, Cornwall is so beautiful!:)
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I remember going to the Bolster festival when I was really little and seeing the giant puppet on the cliffs. It was amazing :D I was really hoping to go this year ^.^ xxo
Aw let me know if you do and we can meet up! :) x
Oh sounds like there’s lots to do in Cornwall. I’d love to go to the Trelissick gardens or maybe any of those fun festivals.
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There’s always something going on at this time of year! Trelissick is beautiful, and also Trebah! x
Oooh…what about Flora Day?! It was my fave day of the year!!
Ah yes that’s a great one! I’ve never been but hope to this year :) x
If you do be sure to take your camera! Oh I wish I still lived in Cornwall!
I’d love to start a little herb planter or an allotment, think it’s lovely when you can pick your own food and it always tastes better than store bought. Some other great ideas too, not done a lot of them surprisingly! x
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I definitely want to make one this Spring, but it will need to be high off the ground or I’m sure Pepper will dig it up once she’s better! x
I can’t wait to get back to Cornwall this summer, visit the family and do as many of these things as possible! Flora Day used to be one of my favourite times of the year in Cornwall…and also the day I was must intoxicated but we won’t mention that. I love the Eden project too, I used to go as often as humanly possible, it just felt like such an escape, like I had gone on holiday for a day. xx
Haha yeah and it’s great that locals can get yearly passes too :) Unfortunately it’s about 40 minutes away from where I live, so we only go there once or twice a year (usually in Spring and Winter for ice skating!) x