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Unforgettable adventures await in Cornwall. Whether seeking total relaxation or adrenaline-filled days out, we promise Cornwall has something for you. Discover more and plan your dream escape today.

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Top things to do in April

April in Cornwall – where the landscape fully awakens, and we shake off the last chills of winter. Explore some of our favourite things to do during this magical month.

Unmissable Events in Cornwall

Whether you're a foodie, music lover, or simply looking for family fun, 2024 is set to be an unmissable year for events.

Top Gardens of Cornwall

Watch spring bloom into life at one of Cornwall's top gardens. With free, dog friendly, accessible and gardens with young families in mind, there's a garden for everyone.

Discover the magic of Tintagel Castle

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B&Bs/Guest Houses

The door is wide open as the warmest of welcomes awaits in Cornwall. This is where the personal touch comes as standard. Trendy, charmingly traditional or something in-between, you can be assured that guest houses in Cornwall come with a large dose of individuality and Cornish charm, be they on the harbourside, tucked away in the countryside or conveniently in town

Holiday parks & Camping

Sleeping under the stars, barbeques, getting back to nature...sounds idyllic doesn’t it? Camping in Cornwall offers a laidback holiday style. Enjoy the simple pleasure of being part of the great outdoors, spending time with friends or family and wake under canvas.

Top quality service, amazingly comfy beds, to-die-for bathrooms and delicious Cornish breakfasts. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Whether you’re looking for a large, everything-thought-of hotel to a small boutique number with a personal touch, we’ve got some fantastic hotels to tempt you.

Self-Catering & Resorts

We all love a bit of freedom when on holiday and by going self-catering in Cornwall you can enjoy it by the bucket load. Bring the whole family and rent a sprawling apartment complete with all the mod cons and better-than-at-home touches, or pick an intimate fisherman's cottage perched on the harbourside for the ultimate romantic hideaway.

Camping but with a quirky twist, glamping in Cornwall is seriously special. Funky airstreamers, enormous safari tents, cute shepherd huts, uber cool campers, luxury yurts – we have them all in Cornwall.

Experience the rustic and unique charm of a farm stay in Cornwall. Detach from everyday life as you unwind in the Cornish countryside, surrounded by beautiful landscapes and nature.

Inns & Pubs

Mix with the locals and taste Cornish culture by staying at a pub or inn. This is where great food meets comfy beds and a hearty Cornish welcome – oh, and a chance to try some of the local good stuff! Wonderfully rural or in a town or village with the hustle and bustle of Cornish life on your doorstep, take your pick.

One of the most popular family friendly towns in Cornwall with a safe sandy beach and a strong heritage of fishing and trade.

Enjoy 2024 for less in Cornwall

From late availability to money-off discounts, we have an offer to suit everyone. Start 2024 with a saving on your next Cornish escape.

Whether you're in need of a last-minute getaway or whether you're simply looking for a saving for your next adventure, we have an offer for you. From last-minute trips to early bird discounts, a quick weekend away to savvy savings on your family break; discover more of Cornwall for less.

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Everything you need to know to plan your perfect Cornish getaway.

Dogs are restricted on the designated beaches at the times listed below Cornwall Council enforces restrictions at the following beaches which are all part of a Public Spaces Protection Order. Other privately owned beaches may have their own local restrictions in force.

Please note: Blue Flag and Seaside Award beaches have longer restrictions due to the requirements of the Award status. In addition there are three protected wildlife areas that are subject to individual restrictions.

That all depends on what you are looking for? North Cornwall tends to be wilder, rugged cliffs, long sandy windswept beaches, a land of myth's and legends...

The south coast is gentler, historic fishing villages, small sheltered coves and green fields running down to the water's edge.

Whichever coast you choose, you will receive a warm welcome, and if you do get bored, it's never much more than an hour's drive from one side to the other.

Travel to Cornwall by car

It takes less than five hours to get from London or Birmingham to the heart of Cornwall by car.

Drive along the M4 motorway from London, or M6 from Manchester, and then the M5 to Exeter and finally either the A30, that is mostly dual carriageway, or the A38 passing Plymouth and Saltash into South East Cornwall.

Alternatively if you enter Cornwall from North Devon, there is the scenic A39 Atlantic Highway running through Bude, which you can join from Junction 27 on the M5.

Due to the high volume of traffic on Cornwall's roads during the summer months the main routes can become congested especially at weekends. Travelling overnight or outside peak rush hours is recommended to avoid long delays.

• To plan your journey use the AA Route Planner for a tailor made travel plan with timings and mileage
• For information on possible delays or roadwork's throughout the UK or in Cornwall visit Traffic Watch
• Travelling to Cornwall with a caravan? Check out this Caravan Towing guide

Travel to Cornwall by coach and bus

National Express operate a full service into Cornwall as far as Penzance, Megabus s also go to a few towns including Newquay and Falmouth.

Coach travel times from London or Birmingham to the city of Truro are around 7-8 hours

Many tour operators offer coach holidays to Cornwall, contact your local travel agent for details.

For information on public transport, including local bus timetables, once you are in Cornwall [click here].( https://www.firstbus.co.uk/cornwall/plan-journey/timetables ).

If you are bringing a coach to Cornwall, did you know Cornwall Council now offers a weekly coach rover ticket . This is available for all car parks where coaches are permitted and costs £16.60 for 24 hours or £55.35 for 7 days and £38.75 for 4 days.

There's a well-known saying that Devon is close to perfection, perfection being Cornwall!

You won't get a real Cornish pasty in Devon, and they don't know how to make a proper cream tea.....

What more do we need to say?

Yes, Truro is Cornwall's only city. It has a population of around 21,000 people and is famous for it's gothic architecture and paved streets. A pleasant place to spend the day shopping or visiting the Royal Cornwall Museum. In the evening there are plenty of bars and restaurants, a cinema and the Hall for Cornwall theatre.

You can always tell a holiday maker by the way they pronounce certain Cornish placenames... Tintagel, Launceston, Mevagissey, Mousehole.... but probably the most common mispronunciation is Fowey.

It rhymes with toy, not cow, so say Foy and you won't be far wrong!

The name comes from the old Cornish word for Beech Tree, and is taken from the name of the river rather than the town.

Cornwall has been consistently voted one of Britain’s top tourist destinations. As the official tourist board, it is Visit Cornwall’s mission to build on this success and seize every opportunity to continue to make Cornwall a quality destination of choice.

Discover your Cornwall

Long sandy beaches, hidden coves, rugged moorland, quaint fishing villages, deep wooded valleys, bustling seaside resorts, industrial heritage, rocky headlands, colourful gardens, idyllic rivers and a bijou city, Cornwall has a bit of everything for those who want to explore.

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A comprehensive timetable covering Cornwall’s bus services was published in mid March 2024 to take effect from Sunday 31 March 2024. The complete timetable can be downloaded here: Cornwall Bus Timetable 31 March 2024 . Note that the composite timetable does not include the services run by First specifically for Truro and Penwith College, nor the GoCornwall services to Callywith College, although the general public can catch these services if they wish. First and Go Cornwall Bus have, in previous years, published specific timetable books for these services, but seem to have ceased doing so this year. I have extracted from the composite guide the timetables for individual services that passengers may find more convenient to download than wading through the whole book that has over 100 pages. I have also included links to the individual timetables for the 2023/24 routes to Truro and Penwith Colleges and to Callywith College. See listing below. For residents of the Rame peninsula who catch the Cremyll Ferry to Plymouth, I have included the ferry timetable and the timetable for Plymouth Citybus 34 that serves Stonehouse where the Cremyll Ferry lands and the Devonport drop off point from the Torpoint ferry. There is also a useful mini-timetable booklet produced by Go Cornwall Bus called Tamar Connections that includes those GCB services that cross the Tamar between Plymouth and South East Cornwall (nos. 10, 11, 12, 70, 71, 75), plus Plymouth Citybus no. 34. Some of the changes from the previous timetables include: The service between St Ives and Truro currently numbered T2 runs as a half-hourly service daytime Monday to Saturday. This frequency will continue but alternate half-hours will be numbered T2 and T3. The T2 will run through Truro to St Austell, replacing the current 27 service; what will in future be branded as the T3 will run through Truro to Newquay, replacing the current 91 service. The evening and Sunday and bank holiday services on the 27 route will continue to be provided by Go Cornwall Bus under the number 27E. I have compiled a combined T2/27E timetable to cover all the services on the Truro-St Austell corridor. In the west, the winter no. 7 service will be withdrawn as the circular Lands End Coaster route will restart covering this route. The 18/Tin Coaster and 19 Madron services will be incorporated into a revised 17/17A/17E timetable. The 24 service operated by First between Fowey and Mevagissey will be split at St Austell with Fowey to St Austell covered by a revised 24 timetable, and St Austell to Mevagissey by a new 29 timetable; the 24 services operated by GCB will continue to operate over the whole route Fowey to Mevagissey with a revised timetable.

South East Cornwall and Plymouth

2, 2A Saltash, Plymouth 10 Plymouth, Looe, Polperro 11 Plymouth, Bodmin, Wadebridge, Padstow 12, 12A Plymouth, Launceston, Bude 70, 70A, 70B Plymouth, Torpoint, Cremyll 71 Derriford, Saltash 73, 73A Liskeard, Looe, Polperro 74 Callington, Liskeard 75 Torpoint, Liskeard 77 Liskeard, Dobwalls, Polperro 78, 78A Liskeard, Launceston 79, 79A Callington, Tavistock 481, 482 Polruan, Looe, Bodmin 450, 451, 452, 454 Saltash, Liskeard area Cremyll Ferry summer timetable Plymouth Citybus 34 timetable Tamar Connections

Mid Cornwall

T1 Penzance, Camborne, Truro T2 St Ives, Camborne, Truro, St Austell T3 St Ives, Camborne, Truro, Newquay U1, U1A, U1E (Coast to Coast) Falmouth, Truro, Newquay U2 (Copper) Falmouth, Redruth U3 Penryn campus, Falmouth U4 Falmouth, Penzance 21 Newquay, St Austell 22 Truro, Clay country, St Austell 23, 24, 24E, 24X, 29 Fowey, St Austell, Mevagissey, Gorran 25 Fowey, St Austell, Newquay 26 St Austell, Bodmin T2, 27E St Ives, Camborne, Truro, St Austell 28, 31, 428 St Austell, Eden Project, Lostwithiel, Luxulyan 30 St Austell town service 34 Redruth, The Lizard 35, 35A, 63 Falmouth, Helston, Helford Passage 36, 36A, 36S Truro, Penryn, St Keverne, Redruth 40, 40A Truro, Redruth 42 Falmouth, Camborne 46 Camborne, Illogan 48, 49 Troon, Camborne, Barncoose, Truro 50 Truro, Tregony, St Mawes 51 St Austell, Tregony, Veryan 56 Newquay, Padstow 58, 59 Newquay town service, RAF St Mawgan 60, 63, 64, 65 Falmouth town service, Helford Passage 66, 466 Penryn, Truro 67 Falmouth coaster 69, 69A Falmouth, Mylor Bridge, Tremough 84, 484, 485, 494, 495, 496 Truro town services 85 Newquay, Truro 88 Redruth, Newquay 90 Wadebridge, Truro 91 Truro, Newquay (Sunday) T3 St Ives, Camborne, Truro, Newquay 92, 92S Wadebridge, Newquay 93, 94 Truro, Newquay 96, 96A Wadebridge, Bodmin 304 Porthtowan, Truro 315 Redruth, St Agnes 405 Pedna Carne, Bodmin 423 Summercourt, Gorran Haven 481, 482 Polruan, Looe, Bodmin 493 Truro, Feock 497 Summercourt, Truro 499 Summercourt, Tregony G1, G3, G4 Gorran Bus

West Cornwall

T1 Penzance, Camborne, Truro T2 St Ives, Camborne, Truro, St Austell T3 St Ives, Camborne, Truro, Newquay T2A St Ives, Gwithian U4 Falmouth, Penzance 5, 5A Penzance, Paul The Mousehole + Cat 8 Long Rock, St Just 15 Hayle, Penzance 16, 16A Rosehill Gardens, Penzance, St Ives 17, 17A, 17E Penzance, Madron, St Ives 33 St Keverne, Helston 34 Redruth, The Lizard 35, 35A, 63 Falmouth, Helston, Helford Passage 36, 36A, 36S Truro, Penryn, St Keverne, Redruth 37, 37A Helston town service 38 Camborne, Helston 39, 39A Camborne, Helston, Penzance 42 Falmouth, Camborne 46 Camborne, Illogan 48, 49 Troon, Camborne, Barncoose, Truro Lands End Coaster

North Cornwall

6 Bude, Okehampton 11 Plymouth, Bodmin, Wadebridge, Padstow 12, 12A Plymouth, Launceston, Bude 56 Newquay, Padstow 78, 78A Liskeard, Launceston 85 Barnstaple, Launceston, Tavistock 90 Wadebridge, Truro 92, 92S Wadebridge, Newquay 95 Bude, Wadebridge 96, 96A Wadebridge, Bodmin 97, 97S Launceston, Camelford 114, 115, 117, 119 Tavistock country buses 128, 218, 219 Bude, Marhamchurch, Poughill, Hartland 306 Launceston, Okehampton 217 Holsworthy, Gooseham 220 Crackington Haven, Launceston 223 Launceston town service 319 Hartland, Barnstaple 371, 372, 373 Warbstow Cross, Bude, Holsw’y, Launc’n 425, 426 Launceston, Altarnun, Terrace Atlantic Coaster, Newquay, Padstow

Truro College

100, 200, 300 Penzance Hayle St Ives Truro College 220 St Dennis Truro College 271 Callington Truro College 272 Looe Truro College 273 Fowey Truro College 274 Mevagissey Truro College 400 Portreath Truro College 470 Redruth Truro College 500 St Mawes Truro College 660 Constantine Truro College 850 Newquay Truro College 890 Launceston Truro College 900 Wadebridge Truro College 950 Boscastle Truro College L1 Lizard Truro College L2 Coverack Truro College

Penwith College

160 St Ives Penwith College 390 Camborne Penwith College

Callywith College

172 Torpoint Callywith College 174 Callington Callywith College 176 Launceston Callywith College 177 Holsworthy Callywith College 178 Launceston Callywith College 179 Tavistock Callywith College 180 Kilkhampton Callywith College 181 Crackington Haven Callywith College 182 Delabole Callywith College 185 Newquay Callywith College 187 Fowey Callywith College 188 St Austell Callywith College 189 Biscovey Callywith College 190 Mevagissey Callywith College

There are a few timetables that look a little odd, in particular the services operated by Travel Cornwall numbers 423, 497 and 499. These operate between Summercourt and Gorran Haven, Truro and Tregony respectively. They are used by the operator to position buses either to or from those locations prior to, or after completing schedules in those areas, or school transport in those areas. For example, the first 51 of the day to Veryan departs from Tregony at 06:45. In order to position that bus in Tregony, a bus runs as the 499 from Summercourt to Tregony. The last 51 service  of the day finishes at Veryan at 18:42. It then becomes the 499, leaving Veryan at 18:43 to return to the depot at Summercourt via Tregony at 19:02 then runs along the Probus bypass to Tresillian then via Ladock and Brighton Cross.

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Body pulled from sea after teenager went missing a month ago

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A body has been found in the water at a dockyard in Plymouth nearly a month after a teenager went missing nearby.

Police were alerted to reports of a body in the water at 6.45am yesterday, and officers believe it could be that of Michael Oppong Yeboah, 18, who went missing last month.

The teenager’s family have been told about the latest development, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

Mr Yeboah went missing in the water at East Hoe beach on Monday, March 18.

After he went missing, a large-scale search was conducted, with Devon and Cornwall Police and the Coastguard searching the area near Tinside Lido for over 12 hours.

Searches for Michael were called off on Tuesday afternoon, March 19.

DC Adam Fitzpatrick, who was investigating Mr Yeboah’s disappearance, previously said: ‘From our enquiries we know that a group of people have spent the evening together before going down to the shoreline for a swim.

‘The rest of the group returned to land but Michael did not. Specialist search and dive teams have searched the area but have not located him.’

A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: ‘Police received a report at around 6.45am (Wednesday, April 10) of a body in the water in Plymouth.. Formal identification is yet to take place.

‘The family of 18-year-old Michael Oppong Yeboah, who was reported missing on 18 March, have been informed of this development.

‘The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.’

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