Information About Falmouth and Area
The Cornwall Pass is the most widely accepted discount card in Cornwall.click here to purchase Cornwall's Only Family Tourist Pass. 14 Days for only £10 The Green Lawns Hotel offers a perfect base from which to explore Falmouth and the surrounding area. Experience the delights of Cornwall.
Beaches
Gyllyngvase Beach, Falmouth has been awarded the Blue Flag for the fifth year running
Places of interest
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
website: www.nmmc.co.uk
Voted Cornwall Family Attraction of the Year 2003 by the Good Britain Guide this exciting award winning Museum has achieved wide national acclaim for its architecture, hands-on displays, world-renowned boats and associated video footage, maritime heritage and interactive entertainment.
Open daily 10-5pm, closed Christmas and Boxing Day and 5-30 January 2004 for exhibition rotation.
PENDENNIS CASTLE
website: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/pendennis
Pendennis Castle has defended the anchorage of the Carrick Roads for over 450 years. Today you revisit the castle's history from Tudor times to the re-fortification in both world wars. Along with a museum and discovery centre are displays of coastal defence armament and access to the former secret installations.
The castle has a Discovery Centre, which allows visitors to explore the fascinating history of the castle, complete with interactive displays and activities, including an exhibit on Tudor battles. There are many medieval re-enactments staged at Pendennis.
ST MAWES CASTLE
website: www.cornwall-online.co.uk
The dramatic Cornish coastline around St Mawes was used as the setting for the popular television series Poldark. The impressive St Mawes Castle, built between 1539 and 1545 just adds to the drama of this evocative landscape. From the castle at St Mawes there are fine views across the estuary towards Falmouth and Pendennis Castle, and of the pretty fishing village of St Mawes itself with its little boat-filled harbour, the passenger ferry tracking across the Fal, and the splendid coastline. St Mawes is also the start of some delightful walks along the coastal path.
SWANPOOL NATURE RESERVE
A short walk from the Green Lawns will bring you to Swanpool Nature Reserve, one of the eleven most brackish lagoons in Britain. The conditions allow a wide variety of wildlife to thrive. Swanpool originated as a creek which, at some point in the past few thousand years, was cut off from the sea. A freshwater lake was formed that was ten feet higher than the current water level, and the lake was three times as large. Swanpool remained a freshwater lake until 1826, when an outlet to the sea was constructed, allowing sea water to enter during high spring tides and bringing the level of the lake to that of today. When the water level fell, the area to the north-west of the lake became marshland. Willow and alder invaded to create the present woodland. Today this area is a Cornwall Wildlife Trust reserve, bounded by a stream and its adjacent path at the side of the woodland
FALMOUTH ARTS CENTRE
The Falmouth Arts Centre has a year-round programme which includes theatre and films. The town library also houses the Falmouth Art Gallery. This can be found in the town square "The Moor" which has recently had a beneficial face-lift. This is the main area for bus pick-ups and also a taxi rank. In summer there is a "road train" which journeys round the town and Pendennis Point.KING HARRY FERRY
What better way to explore the area than by boat. King Harry Ferry (http://www.kingharryscornwall.co.uk) is an iconic part of Cornwall's history. Started in 1888, it conects St. Mawes and the Roseland peninsula with Feock, Truro and Falmouth. The slow river crossing takes in one of Cornwall's most enchanting rivers - the River Fal.Names as one of the top ten most beautiful ferry trips in the world comparable to the Staten Island ferry in New York and The Star Ferry in Hong Kong
TRURO CATHEDRAL
website: www.trurocathedral.org.uk
With 500,000 visitors in 1998, Truro Cathedral was the eighth most visited cathedral in Britain, yet it provides an oasis of peace and calm where those who enter can be still, light a candle, write down a prayer request, browse in the Shop or take refreshment in the Refectory.
It is said by many that Truro has one of the most friendly and welcoming Cathedrals in the country, so be assured that a warm Cornish welcome awaits you. Entrance is free at the moment, although the Dean and Chapter struggle to maintain the building, and respectfully invite a donation of £2 per adult visitor - generous giving by 500,000 visitors a year is the only thing that will enable them to keep it that way, and so allow them to keep Truro Cathedral a place where all, whatever their faith or background, will be welcome to enter free.
ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT
St Michael's Mount is truly unique; a tiny, rocky island filled with astonishing history and natural beauty, yet still a living, working community of people. This is no dusty old museum - St Michael's Mount is full of life, a place where ancient and modern sit side by side, and where nothing is quite as it seems…An island - which you can walk to when the tide is low. A medieval castle - that is still home to a modern family. A tranquil, beautiful location - that has played its part in many furious battles. There is so much to discover on St Michael's Mount that you won't know where to begin… www.stmichaelsmount.co.ukSport
As well as the many watersports associated with Falmouth, there are also excellent facilites for rugby, football, cricket, bowling and golf. The hotel has arranged reduced green fees at the Falmouth and Truro Golf ClubTRANSPORT
Trains
The Maritime Line Connecting Truro to Falmouth the 12 mile, 25 minute journey along The Maritime Line provides the perfect way to combine two of Cornwall's main centres.Buses
A regular bus service will transport you to local villages, Truro, Newquay and surrounding areasFalmouth Bike Hire..
is a unique company in the beautiful and cosmopolitan area of Falmouth in Cornwall. As well as renting a range of quality bicycles and BMX, we promote sustainable tourism and transport. Working with other like minded companies in the area Falmouth Bike Hire not only provides a wonderful alternative way of viewing the beautiful country and sea side, we organise extreme sports days with our sister company Apollo11, involving Mountain Boarding, Kiting and Skating. 16c Berkeley Vale, Falmouth. Tel. 317977GARDENS
The exceptionally mild climate of South Cornwall has produced an area of outstanding natural beauty, reminiscent of the continental riviera. Here, sub-tropical aplms, shrubs and flowers bloom and flourish admidst colourful landscapes and golden sands, lapped by blue sparkling seasEDEN PROJECT
website: www.edenproject.com NEW: Panoramic Virtual Tour of the Eden Project A global garden for the 21st century and beyond, a dramatic setting in which to tell the fascinating story of mankind's dependence on plants and a gateway to a sustainable future. In this giant crater in Cornwall we bring the stories of our world to life. In the huge covered conservatories, or Biomes as we call them, you can visit the majestic rainforests, the Mediterranean, South Africa and California and in the Outdoor Landscape discover more about the plants and places that share our Cornish climate.Open from 10.00am until 4.30pm with last admission at 3.00pm.
These opening times are in operation until 24th March 2002.
Opening hours from March 27th 2002.
10.00am - 6.00pm last admission 5.00pm.
