Things to see and do in East Cornwall:
Mary Newman’s Cottage in Saltash, the Tudor home of the first wife of England’s most famous seadog, Sir Francis Drake.
Mount Edgcumbe: a stately home and country park on the Rame Peninsula that offers acres of space for the family to play, fantastic views, refreshments and walks.
Cotehele, the Tudor home of the Edgcumbes hiding in the Tamar Valley near Calstock, now run by the National Trust.
Antony House, a stately home with gardens by Humphrey Repton, was used as the key location by director Tim Burton for his hit film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Its woodland garden is a spring spectacular.
Minions Moor – nothing to do with the family movie, but a Bodmin Moor village surrounded by great walks that take in prehistoric remains (the Hurlers stone circle) and mining history.
Siblyback Lake – a reservoir near St Cleer that’s now a watersports and fishing centre, with a pretty lakeside walk.
Boat and fishing trips from Saltash, Torpoint and Looe.
They’re supported by restaurants, pubs and a wide range of independent shops, also there’s a popular regular farmers’ market.
Nearby is the Norman castle at Restormel, now cared for by English Heritage, where you can climb the ramparts and walk round the battlements to take in the views.
Foweywas home to the iconic Cornish writer Daphne du Maurier – and her equally famous (in his time) predecessor, Sir Arthur Quiller Couch, better known as ‘Q’.
You can take the famous Hall Walk and follow in du Maurier’s footsteps, crossing the river between Fowey and Polruan and at Bodinnick.
Explore the port’s winding streets packed with interesting shops, from brand-name boutiques to books. You may even see a visiting liner being manoeuvred into harbour.
The Cornish town of St Austell is a major shopping centre and is thriving after a £75m 21st century redevelopment.
It has the White River Cinema complex if you’re looking for a night at the movies, and a host of top brand-name stores.
It’s home to St Austell Brewery, which you can visit – the firm’s famous beers, like Tribute, have made the business a major national success story.
Nearby, of course, is the Eden Project, perhaps Cornwall’s best known visitor attraction. Its iconic biomes are host to recreations of different world climate zones, and its message of environmental responsibility has struck a chord with millions.
Chords are also struck each summer with the hugely popular Eden Sessions series of live music concerts.
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Keep an eye out for event at Sterts Arts Centre, at Upton Cross between Liskeard and Launceston – it offers a mixture of home-produced and visiting professional shows through spring and summer.
Calstock Arts, based in an old chapel overlooking the Tamar, has a varied programme of theatre and music. Both are charities run by volunteers.
Antiques shopping in Lostwithiel, famed for its range of shops.
The Charlestown Shipwreck and Heritage Centre, near St Austell, is a historic port that’s been used as a location for everything from Poldark to Taboo.
Walk the battlements of Norman Restormel Castle, near Lostwithiel.
Wheal Martyn at St Austell is Britain’s only China Clay industry museum, with lots of hands-on activities.
The Eden Project, near St Austell, is Britain’s most famous garden and environmental attraction, centred on its iconic biomes and with year-round interest.
The famous discount store Trago Mills is off the A38 in the Glynn Valley between Liskeard and Bodmin.
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