Places to visit in Falmouth

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Places to Visit in Falmouth


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Top Attractions in Falmouth

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  • nigelw402016
    Exeter, UK11 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    This place is not to be missed: Stunning location, beautiful gardens descending to a beach and excellent café/ restaurant.
    Written 8 March 2024
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  • AnsieR-D
    Reading, UK23 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    My husband and I visited the castle during a trip to Falmouth.
    The staff were extremely friendly and helpful. The castle and WW2 weaponry was extremely interested. It was dog friendly (as long as dogs are kept on their leads) which meant we could go inside upon arrival and see all the interesting artefacts.
    The cafe staff were really friendly too and seemed to have a good choice of food options.
    The WW2 exhibition with artefacts and information of individuals during the war was fascinating.
    Really interesting few hours and would recommend!
    Written 25 February 2024
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  • NatureNelly
    Falmouth, UK279 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    We have been a few times over the past few months, with friends and with a young child we care for. I have been truly blown away by how polite, friendly and informative the staff actively go out of their way to be. They greet you, they happily provide information and they are just friendly all round.
    The place is really well maintained as well, and easily navigated. It’s fairly small and I would say you can enjoy half an hour enjoying the donkeys and then definately should pop in the cafe and enjoy delicious vegan treats. We have been with none vegans who are more than happy to enjoy the delicious food, especially the cakes! And we are vegan so, it’s a bit of a dream to have so much on offer! Makes it a truly cruelty free sanctuary though, which is amazing. Too many times you visit a sanctuary rescuing one animal and happily serving another up in a bun in the cafe and it makes no sense. So it’s amazing the sanctuary have stood by their ethics and serve only vegan food and drinks.
    Lastly, I have to also add that the pigeon love at the sanctuary is genuinely my fave thing about it. The pigeons happily live alongside the donkeys and have their own loft. Again, it’s just lovely to see a sanctuary actively embrace all their animal friends rather than sacrifice one for another. In fact in the main barn there are sparrows swooping about and it does feel very Disney, so to me they add to the experience!
    Written 16 March 2024
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  • Elsa
    Newton Abbot, UK6 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Wow - it's breathtaking! We came on a wet, miserable day and I still loved it.

    The way the gardens lead out to the beach is charming :)
    Written 20 November 2023
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  • History O
    2 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great place to go on a rainy Sunday! There were some extra exhibitions when we went about the history of Tatoos and pirates. Permanent exhibitions about the history of Falmouth, seafaring, fishing etc. I'm interested in history so i enjoyed it. There are play areas for children and things to keep them amused too. The cafe was disappointing as they had run out of half of the fillings for Baguettes or baked potatoes by 1.30pm so after choosing from what was still available and paying I was told they had actually run out of baguettes. They did make us some sandwiches but I wish I hadn't bothered as overpriced for what we got. Entrance price allows you to return for a year and there are food outlets in the square outside of the museum so on reflection we should have left to eat elsewhere then returned to finish looking around the museum.
    Written 17 September 2023
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  • Beth S
    24 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Small beach but very beautiful . Clear blue sea. family friendly. Easy accessible only a very short walk from the carpark.
    Written 21 December 2023
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  • Paul F
    Chesterfield, UK2,543 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    With a bit of strenuous exercise in parts...also slippy when wet so wear appropriate footwear
    The trail leads you across the cliff edge with stunning vistas North and South. Coves cab be accessed of this walk but the paths are steep, narrow and involve scrambling up and down very steep sections.....Best to lounge in Maenporth or Swanpool.
    Written 30 August 2023
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  • acs1984
    Cockermouth, UK1,649 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    We had a lovely walk along the promenade. The promenade is nice and flat and there are plenty of benches along the way. The area is well landscaped with seaside plants and shrubs which provide alot of colour. The area is very well kept and clean. You can look out to sea over the beaches and over to the castle.
    Written 29 October 2023
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  • Carol B
    Birmingham, UK6,062 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Thursday 24th August 2023, My husband and I drove to Falmouth, to go to visit the King Arthur Exhibition at Falmouth Art Gallery. We parked our car in the car park at the top of the hill and walked down Warren Hill, a 1/20 hill, it was fine going down, but coming back was a nightmare. We were both out of breath.

    The Legend of King Arthur Exhibition is a Pre-Raphaelite Love Story, which has been touring around the country first in London, the Cumbria and concluding in Falmouth in Cornwall. The exhibition depicted the triangular interdependency that exists between Arthurian legend, Pre-Raphaelite artists and locations linked to the Arthurian legend, with a focus on Cornwall. The exhibition introduced people to the story of King Arthur and combined arts and heritage to increase the rich cultural heritage of Cornwall locally, nationally and internationally.

    The exhibition brought together over 60 iconic works of art and major loans from public and private collections of Pre-Raphaelite art both in the UK and overseas. All the artworks selected were specific to the King Arthur story as told by Thomas Malory in ‘Le Morte d’Arthur’, and Tennyson’s ‘The Lady of Shalott’ both of which inspired the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood and their followers as source material for their paintings.

    This incredible line-up of Pre-Raphaelite artists includes: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Edward Burne-Jones, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Emma Sandys and Elizabeth Siddal.

    The exhibition provided an opportunity to bring together large, ornately framed, oil paintings, sketches and oil studies, illustrated books, sketchbooks and etchings which all explore some aspect of the King Arthur legend through the reactionary lens of the Pre-Raphaelite artists and their followers who from 1848 onwards banded together to challenge what they saw as dull history painting exhibited annually at the Royal Academy.

    The art gallery had John William Waterhouse’s, ‘The Lady of Shalott’ – from the poem by Tennyson, oil on canvas. This had been presented to the Corporation of Falmouth in 1923 by Alfred A. de Pass, in memory of his sons.

    William Morris and subsequently Sir Edward Coley Burne Jones had a mutual obsession with the King Arthur legend. The latter wrote Nothing was ever like Morte d’Arthur – I don’t mean any book or any one poem – something that can never be written, I mean, and can never go out of the heart. This romantic sincerity of vision was also reflected by many other Pre- Raphaelite artists.

    The curator of the Falmouth art gallery even managed to secure the entire ‘Lady of Shalott’ series of paintings by John William Waterhouse painted over a twenty year period. These have never been exhibited together in the UK and provided a unique opportunity to see a great artist re-interpreting a popular theme

    A fully illustrated book of essays by internationally recognised Arthurian specialists exploring the legend and its influence on the Victorian period accompanied the exhibition. My husband and I purchased a copy of the book as we are both Pre-Raphaelite fans.

    We spent nearly all the day in Falmouth Art Gallery as it was wonderful and so inspiring. There were even two of ‘The Grail Tapestry’s’ from Birmingham Art Gallery there. my husbandand I took lots of photos of the wonderful artwork. I found it so inspiring that I wrote two poems whilst I was here called ‘Transcendence’ and ‘Entanglement’.

    If you are a Pre-Raphaelite Fan Then Visit Here While You Have The Chance.
    Written 28 September 2023
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  • Plattypuss52
    Sevenoaks867 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Had a private tour of the station and the lifeboat. Very interesting and learned so much from Chris. The ideas and innovations on the boat to make it safe for everyone were good to see. Thanks to all RNLI crews and volunteers everywhere.
    Written 11 June 2023
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  • Andy Baker
    Stourport on Severn, UK605 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Parking is free out of season. Lovely beach to watch the day go by. You can walk from here across to Gylly Beach only take 10 mins.
    Written 25 February 2024
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  • acs1984
    Cockermouth, UK1,649 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    We had a nice walk through the gardens. There was a variety of flowers, scrubs and palm trees. The area looked clean and well maintained.
    Written 29 October 2023
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