Nearby attraction and activity links include ~
Fishing in Cornwall a rare guideline & tips on fishing spots & species
The Eden Project
Lanhydrock House, NT
Love Fowey facebook page informs ‘what’s on and open’
Lostwithiel, facebook page
Mevagissey Tourist Information
Encounter Cornwall for kayaking the Fowey Estuary based at the quiet shoreline village of Golant
Polkerris Beach for sailing, paddleboard, windsurf hire near us
The Southwest Coast path
Local Restaurants Open for business
Edies Kitchen, Carlyon Bay
The Rashleigh Inn at Polkerris
Sam’s on the beach at Polkerris
The Longstore, Charlestown
St Austell brewery pubs, Charlestown
Appleton’s, Fowey
Fitzroy, Fowey
Havener’s, Fowey
St Austell Brewery pubs, Fowey
Duchy of Cornwall Nursery, Lostwithiel
The Salamander, Mevagissey
The Beach Hut, Watergate Bay
The Britannia Inn over the road
The Lostwithiel Produce Market
Par Market & Food Hall
2025… January & February include….
National Trust (NT) Cycle Trails, Lanhydrock
Ice Skating, until Feb Eden Project
Lostwithiel Local Produce Market 4th Sat
& Antiques and Collector’s Mkt 2nd Sun
Heligan Gardens Sunday Roast Lunches January
Feb 15-23rd, Cornwall half term
Feb, Valentine’s Dinner, Eden Project
Feb, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Valentines Lost Suppers
Feb, Caerhays Estate Gardens re-open
Feb, World Pasty Championships, Eden Project
Mar 5th, St Piran’s Day
Mar 2nd-9th, Fowey Food Week
Mar 15th, Tregrehan Garden opening Wed, Thu, Fri & Sun
Apr 5th & 6th Cornwall Garden Society Spring Flower Show,
Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge
Apr, Easter Egg Hunts see National Trust, Heligan Gardens
Apr, Truro Art Culture and Music Festival
Apr, Roseland Arts Festival
Apr 25th, Camborne Trevithick Day
April, Mt Edgecombe Hospice Charity, Tregrehan Garden
May, Fowey Festival of Arts & Literature
May, Lostfest , Lostwithiel*
May, Cornwall Open Studios, 300+artists
June 1st 2025, Tregrehan Garden Rare Plant Fair 10am until 3pm
Sale & exhibition of rare plants by growers of the south-west.
2024 exhibitors included….
Nicholas Lock Plants, Mevagissey
Mark Fillan – Tuckermarsh Plants, Yelverton
James and Katie Treseder – Treseder Plants, St Austell
Mike Bell – Treraven Plants, Bodmin – bamboos
Paul Bonavia – Exclusive Plants, Constantine
Bleddyn & Sue Wynn-Jones – Crug Farm Nursery, Wales
Geoff Turner – Barracott Plants, Gunnislake – shade loving plants
Claire Batten & Jeff Rowe –Penberth Plants, St Buryan
Ben Candlin – Adventurous Plants – aroids
Charles Williams – Burncoose Nurseries, Redruth
John Sirkett – Mallorn Gardens, Redruth
Kim Parish Landscapes
Chris Osborne – Kelnan Plants, Restios and Proteas
Rob Gudge – Desert to Jungle, Taunton – treeferns
Stephen Mules – Lower Kenneggy Nursery, Rosudgeon – coastal
Charlie Pridham – Roseland House, Truro
Plantbase
Planted House
Mike Clifford Rare Plants
Russell Beeson Plants
Tom Hudson – Tregrehan Garden, Par
Jun 14 &15th, Tregrehan Hill Climb, Truro & District Motor Club, Tregrehan Parkland
Jun-Jul, tba, Eden Sessions
Jul, Mevagissey Feast Week
Jul, The Eden Project
Jul, Antiques Fair, Lostwithiel
Aug, Charlestown Regatta Week
Aug, Beach Festivals at Watergate Bay-White Stuff Surf Relief Day…
Aug, the Miracle Theatre, Tregrehan Garden
Aug 17-23rd, Royal Fowey Regatta
Aug, Beer Festival, Golant, August Bank Holiday weekends
Aug 23-24th, Polruan Regatta
Lostwithiel Local Produce Market, Community Hall
Hall for Cornwall Autumn Opening following refit
2024… continued
Sep, 25-29th Truro Food & Drink Festival, Lemon Quay Truro
Sep, Eden Project
Sep, Boconnoc Estate
Sep, Lost Suppers, Heligan Gardens
Farmer’s Bi-Weekly Market, Truro Town Quay Wednesday and Saturday
Lostwithiel Fortnghtly Local Produce Market, Lostwithiel Community Hall.
Eden Project Ice Skating Rink, October to mid February
Oct, 5th & 6th 2024, Tregrehan Hill Climb, Truo & District Motor Club, Tregrehan Parkland
Oct, Boconnoc Estate
Oct, Falmouth Beer Festival, by train from Par Station
Oct, Lostwithiel Cider Festival, Lostwithiel Community Hall
Oct, Falmouth Oyster Festival, by train from Par Station
Oct 26th-3rd Nov, Eden Project, Eden Marathon & half marathon
Oct 26th-3rd Nov, Halloweden minibeasts!, Eden Project
Oct, Cathedral City Markets, Lemon Quay Truro
Oct 23-2nd Nov, Cornish Piskie Trail & Story Shelter, Lanhydrock NT
Oct to mid-Feb, ice skating at the Eden Project
Antique Fair, Lostwithiel Community Centre, 2nd Sunday every month…
Lostwithiel Antiques & Collectors Market, fornightly Fridays, Lostwithiel Community Hall
Lostwithiel Fortnightly Local Produce Market, Lostwithiel Community Hall..
Nov, Christmas Craft Fair, Trelissick Garden, NT
Nov 12-25th, Cornwall Film Festival, Falmouth
Nov 22nd, Truro Christmas Lights Switch On
Nov 22-24th, Artisan Christmas Fair, Pencarrow Hse & Gdns
Nov 22-24th, Fowey Christmas Market, on the quay, take the day off …
Nov 27-28th, Cornwall Christmas Fair (Cornwall Com.Found’n), Eden Project
Nov, Made in Cornwall Christmas Fair, Truro Cathedral
Lostwithiel Friday Fortnightly Local Produce Market, Community Hall
Truro City Late Night Shopping, Wednesday December
Auction: antique & modern furniture & effects, Jeffrey’s Auction Rooms, Lostwithiel
Ice- Skating, the Eden Project
Dec 4th, Primestock Show & Produce Soc. Cornwall’s cattle & sheep, farm produce, craft…Lemon Quay Truro
Dec 12th, Dickensian Evening, lantern parade, choirs, dress-up Lostwithiel
Dec 6-31st, Jack and the Beanstalk, Hall for Cornwall, Truro’s
*Time to Fowey, Lanhydrock Garden, Lostwithiel, Heligan Garden, under 15 minutes by car, number 24 & 25 buses 20-25 mins from the gate
*Time to Truro, 30 minutes by car
*Train Par to Truro 20 minutes, onwards to Penzance, connections to Falmouth & St Ives
*Bus no. 24 Fowey to Mevagissey & 25 Fowey to Newquay hourly, 28 to Lostwithiel 2 hourly, five minutes walking from the cottage at the entrance No. 24 passes the Par train station and Heligan Gardens
Updated October 2024