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Pooch Passport at Lanhydrock
4th October-28th February 2025
Venue: Lanhydrock
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/pooch-passport
Collect stamps from participating places on your days out and your dog(s) will receive a special treat
Ice Skating at Eden Project
10th November-23rd February 2025
Venue: Eden Project
Website: www.edenproject.com
Cornwall's only ice rink is open for the winter season with sessions to suit all ages and abilities
Heligan Night Garden
15th November-5th January 2025
Venue: The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Website: www.heligan.com
Become immersed in an enchanting lantern experience set amidst the atmospheric lsot gardens
Plymouth Winter Wonderland 2024
15th November-1st January 2025
Venue: Central Park
Address: Plymouth
Website: www.plymouthwinterwonderland.co.uk
Real ice rink, Santa's Grotto, big top with live music, festive food stalls and rides and attractions
Plymouth's Winter Wonderland
15th November-1st January 2025
Venue: Central Park
Address: Plymouth
Website: www.plymouthwinterwonderland.co.uk
Real ice skating rink, meet Santa in his Enchanted Forest Grotto, refreshments, live music, character appearances, rides and family-friendly activities
Christmas in Truro
22nd November-31st December 2024
Venue: Truro
Website: www.visittruro.org.uk
See the website for details of events happening across Truro this festive season
Christmas at Cotehele: The Garland in the Hall
23rd November-5th January 2025
Venue: Cotehele
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/cotehele
See the 60ft long Christmas gardland using thousands of flowers grown on the estate. The kitchen, breakfast room and Victorian Library will also be open
Garland in the Hall
23rd November-5th January 2025
Venue: Cotehele
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/cotehele
60ft long Christmas gardland using thousands of flowers grown on the estate
Night Before Christmas Family Trail
23rd November-5th January 2025
Venue: Cotehele
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/cotehele
Recreate the magic of the night before Christmas in gardens, help Father Christmas call out all his reindeer on the winter lights walk between Cotehele Quay and Cotehele Quay and Cotehele Mill and round...
Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas
28th November-28th December 2024
Venue: Theatre Royal Plymouth
Website: www.theatreroyal.com
Adaptation of Raymond Briggs story recommended for ages 3 to 7 years. Accessible performances available on selected dates
Newquay at Christmas
29th November-1st December 2025
Venue: Newquay
Free event with Christmas Market, live music, Christmas light switch on followed by fireworks and more
Reindeer Trail at Pentire
29th November-5th January 2025
Venue: Pentire
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/cotehele
Popular wooden reindeer are back with a fun new trial in the orchard
Winter Wonderland at Carnglaze
30th November-30th December 2024
Venue: Carnglaze Caverns
Website: www.carnglaze.com
Winter Wonderland themed walkthrough of the lower cavern
Candy Cane Trail
1st-31st December 2024
Venue: Newquay Zoo
Website: www.newquayzoo.org.uk
Complete the trail to receive a special treat and enter for the chance to win a Penguin Adoption
The Star Who Danced
4th-28th December 2024
Venue: Theatre Royal Plymouth
Website: www.theatreroyal.com
Sensory non-verbal show recommended for ages 0 to 3 with dance, live music and light. The performance will end with space for fruther exploration, play and festive photos
Jack and the Beanstalk
6th-31st December 2024
Venue: Hall for Cornwall
Website: www.hallforcornwall.co.uk
Pantomime of the classic story with songs, jokes and fairy-infused fun
Christmas at Paradise Park
14th December-5th January 2025
Venue: Paradise Park
Website: www.paradisepark.org.uk
Christmas activities and see Santa in his grotto on selected dates. Save £4pp on admission with code 'PRIMARY'
A Cornish Christmas 2024
21st December-5th January 2025
Venue: National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Website: www.nmmc.co.uk
Lobster Pot Christmas Tree from 28th November to 5th January, Charlie Chough's Cornish Christmas trail from 7th December to 5th January, Make and Take from 21st December to 5th January
Art Explorers
27th December-5th January 2025
Venue: Tate St Ives
Website: www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives
Have fun exploring the galleries with Explorer Backpacks and Tate Shapes activities, get creative with the Sketchbook or pick up an Art Explorer card. 'Wonderful People' collage activity
Elf
28th-28th December 2024
Venue: East Pool Mine
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/east-pool-mine
Screening of the much loved movie in the film room
Wassail
5th-5th January 2025
Venue: Pentire
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/pentire/christmas-at-pentire
Toast the orchard and awake the apple tree spirits. Live music, apple themed activities and more
Space by Luxmarlish Immersive Light and Sound Show
13th-17th January 2025
Venue: Truro Cathedral
Website: www.trurocathedral.org.uk
Immersive visual and audio spectacular experience allowing viewers to go on a journey through space and time
Robin Hood
15th-19th January 2025
Venue: The Regal Theatre, Redruth
Website: www.redruth.merlincinemas.co.uk
Pantomime performance from R.A.M.P.S
2023 Cornish Wildlife Photography Exhibition by Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Venue: Truro Cathedral
Website: www.trurocathedral.org.uk
Photographic Wildlife Photography Exhibition by Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Acts of Gathering
Venue: Eden Project
Website: www.edenproject.com
Exhibition bringing together a number of artworks that celebrate and interrogate the nature of food culture in a rapidly changing world, inviting us to consider the ceremony and symbolism that shape our...
Adrift: Lost at Sea
Venue: Royal Cornwall Museum
Address: Truro
Website: www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
Exhibition inspired by the curious tale of LEGO lost at sea
Aladdin
Venue: Theatre Royal Plymouth
Address: Plymouth
Website: www.theatreroyal.com
Disney's spectacular Broadway and West End musical. Recommended for ages 6+ with captioned BSL, audio described and relaxed perfromances as well as Touch Tours available
Anthony Gormley - Time Horizon
Venue: Houghton Hall
Website: www.houghtonhall.com
Large sclae installations across the grounds and in the house
Antony A to Z
Venue: Antony
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/antony
Pick up your activity card to find an object around the house and garden for every letter of the alphabet and challenge your friends and family to see who can complete their list quickest
Antony Gormley's Time Horizon
Venue: Houghton Hall
Website: www.houghtonhall.com
Large scale installations featuring 100 lifesize scultures distributed across 300 acres of the park
Automata at Animate Helston
Venue: Museum of Cornish Life
Address: Market Place, Helston
Website: www.museumofcornishlife.co.uk
See these mechanical moving marvels
BEAR HUNT SCULPTURE TRAIL
Venue: Various locations in North Devon
Website: www.chsw.org.uk/event/bear-hunt-sculpture-trail
Find 25 5 foot bears painted by a local artist around Bideford, Barnstaple, Great Torrington and Ilfracombe. Use the Bear Hunt app or download the trail map and make a donation to support Children's Hospice...
Big Schools' Birdwatch
Venue: Everywhere
Website: www.rspb.org.uk/funand- learning/for-teachers/schoolsbirdwatch/
Count birds in your school grounds and submit results online. See the website for helpful ID resources and handy survey sheets
Bing Activity Trail
Venue: Newquay Zoo
Website: www.newquayzoo.org.uk
Follow Bing's fun activity trail to learn about the animal in the Zoo and help the zookeepers complete their checklist
Carols In The Courtyard
Venue: Pentillie Castle
Website: www.
Outdoor event with winter refreshments available to purchase. £5 per vehicle which will donated to the foodbank
CHINESE ZODIAC TRAIL
Venue: Torquay Museum
Address: 529 Babbacombe Road, Torquay,
Website: www.torquaymuseum.org.uk
Find all the Zodiac animals around the Museum
Cocomelon Song Time
Venue: Sea Life Great Yarmouth
Website: www.visitsealife.com/great-yarmouth
Join JJ and all the little ones from Melon Patch Academy to meet incredible animals and discover how to keep them safe in the oceans and find the missing words to complete the exclusive SEA Life song
Dame Magdalene Odundo at Houghton Hall
Venue: Houghton Hall
Website: www.houghtonhall.com
Exhibition showcase existing and new works spanning Odundo's 30 year career
Dinosaurium: Reimagined Creatures
Venue: Time and Tide Museum
Website: www.timeandtide.norfolk.gov.uk
Family friendly exhibition looking at the long history of our relationship with dinosaurs
Dinosaurium: Reimagined Creatures
Venue: Time and Tide Museum
Website: www.timeandtidenorfolk.gov.uk
Family friendly exhibition taking a look at the long history of our relationship with dinosaurs with detailed models alongside memorabilia and fossils and specimens from their own collections
Discover Sharklife
Venue: Sealife Hunstanton
Website: www.visitsealife.com/hunstanton
Fun activitiy trail and challenges throughout the aquarium, enjoy visual games
Earth Treasures Trail
Venue: Wheal Martyn Clay Works
Website: www.wheal-martyn.com
Follow the trail and discover the clues to piece together your own summer treasure
Easter Activities at World of Country Life
Time: 1080624:00
Venue: World of Country Life
Address: West Down Lane, Sandy Bay, Exmouth
Website: https://www.worldofcountrylife.co.uk/event/easter-holiday-family-fun/
Special Easter arts and craft sessions, Easter Egg Trail as well as their programme of daily activities and play areas
Easter Trail at Truro Cathedral
Venue: Truro Cathedral
Address: St Mary's Street, Truro
Website: www.trurocathedral.org.uk
Search for colourful Easter eggs leading to 7 stations with things to read, look at or do. Suitable for all ages, free and welcome to all
Falmouth's Bouncy Castle Kingdom, Inflatable Park
-13th April 2023
Venue: Falmouth Rugby Club
Address: Falmouth
Website: www.facebook.com/inflatablethemeparkscornwall
Difference session times are available with unlimited access to 15 large bouncy castles, under 5's soft play zone, hot food and refreshments. Suitable for ages 1 to 11.
Falmouth's Bouncy Castle Kingdom, Inflatable Park
-13th April 2023
Venue: Falmouth Rugby Club
Address: Falmouth
Website: www.facebook.com/inflatablethemeparkscornwall
Difference session times are available with unlimited access to 15 large bouncy castles, under 5's soft play zone, hot food and refreshments. Suitable for ages 1 to 11.
Follow the Sensory Trail at Seaton Wetlands
Venue: Seaton Wetlands
New sensory trail - follow the trail and each board highlights an activity to help you connect to nature
Garden Trail of Heritage Camelias and Rhododendrons
Venue: The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Website: www.heligan.com
Experience the awakening of the collection of historic shrubs and explore the National Collection of Camelias and Rhodoendrons
Guess Who Adoption Donkey Trail
Venue: The Donkey Sanctuary
Address: Slade House Farm, Sidmouth
Website: www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/events
Put your knowledge about the Sanctuary's adoption to the test in their new summer trail combining fun, exercise and brainpower - £5 per trail. Open daily until 9am, general admission and parking is free....
Heritage Open Days: Liskeard Unlocked - Decorative Liskeard - do you know where
Venue: Stuart House Arts and Heritage Centre
Address: Liskeard
Website: www.heritageopendays.org.uk
Exhibition of photographs of decorative details on Liskeard's building with clues to help identify them, I-Spy trail map and family art and craft sale in the Gallery
Hide and Sheep AR trail
Venue: Powderham Castle,
Address: Kenton, Nr Exeter
Website: www.powderham.co.uk
Explore this historic Estate with an Augmented Reality Trail. See the website for details on how to access the app before arrival
Hollywood Rome Trail
Venue: Torquay Museum
Website: 530 Babbacombe Road, Torquay
Explore the Hollywood Rome: Reel Life in the Ancient World exhibition and fill out the trail sheet. Also take part in an activity sheet called My Favourite Roman.
Ice Skating at Eden Project
Venue: Eden Project
Website: www.edenproject.com
Ice rink with bookable sessions for all ages and abilities including ice-play for toddlers and special sessions for families
INCREDIBLE INSTRUMENTS TRAIL
Venue: Torquay Museum
Address: Torquay Museum, 529 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 1HG.
Website: www.torquaymuseum.org/events
Explore the Made To Be Played: A Festival of Musical Instruments exhibition and answer the questions on your trail sheet and get a prize on completion.
Inspired by Lanhydrock Exhbitition
Venue: Lanhydrock
Address: nr Bodmin
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/lanhydrock
See creations from artist Hitomi Hosono which have been inspired by Lanhydrock's ceramic and botanical collections
Mail Trail 2023
Venue: Various locations across Exmouth
Website: www.hospiscare.co.uk/events/mail-trail-2023
Find over 40 decorated postboxes with maps available in aid of Hospiscare
Making The Rounds: Stories of Workhouse Nurses Told In Textiles
Venue: Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
Family friendly exhibition taking a look at the long history of our relationship with dinosaurs with detailed models alongside memorabilia and fossils and specimens from their own collections
Mini Keeper Quiz
Venue: Paradise Park
Address: Trelissick Road, Hayle
Website: www.paradisepark.org.uk
Do the quiz, test your knowledge and claim your special badge.
New Exhibition - Going Mobile
Venue: PK Porthcurno
Website: www.pkporthcurno.com
Exhibition on the 40 year history of the mobile phone
Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Venue: Various locations
Website: www.nnfestival.org.uk
Arts and cultural festival - see the website for more details
Otter Spotter Special Quiz
Venue: Paradise Park
Website: www.paradisepark.org.uk
See their new otters, seek out the special otter info and spot the answer to the Otter Spotter Special quiz and claim your exclusive badge plus a chocolate fish
Paddington TM The Story of A Bear
Venue: Torre Abbey
Address: The King's Drive, Torquay
Website: www.torre-abbey.org.uk
Touring exhibition from the British Library with books, documents, film clips and original artwork and more associated events to be announced
Pirates
Venue: National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Address: Falmouth
Website: www.nmmc.co.uk
Major exhibition exploring how popular culture has shaped how we think of pirates and unearth the harsh and terrifying truth
Read to a Dog
Session to encourage children and teenagers to read - book onto a session with Rafa who has been assessed and is registered with Pets as Therapy.
Red Squirrel Ramble Quiz
Venue: Paradise Park
Address: Hayle
Website: www.paradisepark.org.uk
Discover what makes them unique, who shares their habitat and the Park's role in breeding them for reintroduction into the wild. Complete the quiz and claim your chocolate reward
Rediscover Church - Family Easter Trail - Cranbrook
Venue: Younghayes Centre
Address: Cranbrook
Website: https://www.rediscoverchurch.com/cranbrook-eastertrail
Organised by Rediscover Church and starting and ending at the Younghayes Centre. Free to take part but booking essential.
Reimagining Reality
Venue: Discovering 42
Address: Narisa Hall/Old Band Stand, Priory Park, Bodmin
Website: www.discovering42.co.uk
Interactive artworks crafter from waste materials that ignite curiosity in science and sustainability. Book in a bubble for 8 or fewer people. Book online
Spring Afternoon Tea
Venue: Assembly House
Website: www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk
Themed afternoon tea experience - see website for details
Spring Nature Spotted Trail
Venue: Wheal Martyn Clay Works
Address: St Austell
Website: www.wheal-martyn.com
Celebrate the sights, sounds and smells of the countryside and complete the Spring Nature Spotters handbook
Spring Wildlife Hunt
Venue: The Donkey Sanctuary
Address: Slade House Farm, Sidmouth
Website: www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk
Spot the wildlife that has thrived thanks to the stewardship of the land, aided by the donkeys. Seek out some of the many species by finding the wildlife boards located around the sanctuary and matching...
Spring's Blossoming at Blickling Estate
Venue: Blickling Estate
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/norfolk/blickling-estate
Celebration of spring flowers, birds and blossom with a family trail and other ways to explore spring in the House
Stories of Sanctuary Spirit Trail
Venue: The Donkey Sanctuary
Address: The Donkey Sanctuary, Slade House Farm, Sidmouth,
Website: www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk
Uncover the spirit of the sanctuary in their wonderful winter trail. Reveal your donkey spirit word this winter. This entertaining family activity combines fun, exercise and brainpower and is just £5...
Sublime Symmetry: The Mathematics Behind De Morgan's Ceramic Designs
Venue: Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM)
Address: Queen Street, Exeter
Website: www.rammuseum.org.uk
Exhibition investigating the use of mathematical principles in William De Morgan's beautiful ceramic designs
Sunlight: Roger Ackling
Venue: Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Website: www.churchfarmstowbardolph
w/c 20th July - Ferret Week, w/c 29th July - Sheep Dog Week, w/c 5th August - Horse and Donkey Week, w/c 12th August - Bug week, w/c 19th August - sheep and goat week, w/c 26th August to 3rd September...
Sunlight: Roger Ackling
Venue: Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
Exhibition of the artist's work prompting important conversations about the status of the object, the significance of material, the processes of making and the transformative power of display
Superhero Insect Trail
Venue: Torquay Museum
Website: 531 Babbacombe Road, Torquay
Wherever you find them, insects are carrying out vital jobs that make healthy ecosystems and help us by pollinating our food and cleaning up our environment. Follow the Superhero trail of these incredible...
Superworm's Summer Adventure
Venue: Lost Gardens of Heligan
Address: B3273, Pentewan, St Austell
Website: www.heligan.com/events
Brand new trail inspired by the much loved picture book with woodland play areas, iconic outdoor sculptures, challenges, workshops, Bugginghum Palace Bug Hotel and much mmore. Relaxed sessions for families...
Tate Create: Wild Art Garden
Venue: Tate St Ives
Address: Porthmeor Beach, St Ives
Website: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/tate-create-picture-my-world
Create a crazy creature and let it escape in the wild art garden
The Map That Led Me To You Reading/Workshop With Ella McLeod
Venue: Bude Library
Website: www.budelitfest.co.uk
Part of Bude Literary Festival. Join the author discussing their epic and ambitious fantasy about freedom, love and home - advised for ages 8+
The Moon: Meet Our Nearest Neighbour
Venue: Lynn Museum
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
Moon themed exhibition wher eyou can discover the science and mythology behind our nearest neighbour, find out about historic discovery and exploration and encounter astonishing astonish objects incluidng...
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacon Trail
Venue: Crantock, Liskeard, Maker With Rame, Newquay, Portreath, Saltash, Torpoint
Website: www.jubileebeacontrail.com
Free augmented reality story trail in and around town centres. Use your smartphone to discover characters along the route and take selfies and videos with them
THE TOM GATES MEGA MUSEUM CHALLENGE
Venue: PK Porthcurno, Easter House, Porthcurno, Penzance, TR19
Website: www.pkporthcurno.com
Go on your very own adventure and complete the activity sheet collect the Mega Museum Challenge from the front desk.
The Trebah Tree Hugging Trail
Venue: Trebah Garden
Address: Mawnan Smith, Falmouth
Website: www.trebahgarden.co.uk
Search the garden for game markers playing agains your friends and family to reach the highest branch. Each trail purchased supports the work of Plant One Cornwall
The Wizard of Oz Afternoon Tea at The Assembly House
Venue: Assembly House
Address: Norwich
Website: www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk
Themed afternoon tea experience - see website for details
THIRSTY FOR FASHION EXHIBITION
Venue: Killerton
Address: Broadclyst
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/killerton
Exhibition exploring circular fashion from the 18th Century to the present day highlighting the techniques used to repair and reuse clothing throughout history
Tunnel of Lights - Autumn Experience
Venue: Shipwreck Treasure Museum,
Address: Quay Road, Charlestown Rd, St Austell, PL25 3NJ
Website: www.shipwreckcharlestown.co.uk
Tickets include entry to the museum. Immersive frozen adventure throughthe Museum's underground tunnels. Enjoy thousands of lights and Arctic Soundscapes
Vineyard Nature Trail
Venue: Sandridge Barton,
Address: Stoke Gabriel
Website: www.sandridgebarton.com
Family friendly nature trail set on the edge of the River Dart
Winter Fun at Woodlands
Venue: Woodlands
Address: Woodlands, Blackawton, Totnes,
Website: www.woodlandspark.com
Indoor areas and selected rides open
Winter Wood
Venue: Tehidy Woods, North Cliff
Website: https://rogueotherworld.co.uk/winter-wood-23/
Rogue returns to Tehidy Woods, North Cliffs this December with a wild-magic celebration of winter; Winter Wood! Follow the path into the Winter Wood and lose yourself in the dreamscape of nature. Gather,...
ZOG ACTIVITY TRAIL
Venue: Haldon Forest Park
Address: Bullers Hill, nr Exeter
Website: www.forestryengland.uk/haldon-forest-park
Brand new family activity trail and free app. See website for details
Zog Activity Trail at Cardinham Woods
Venue: Cardinham Woods
Address: Bodmin
Website: www.forestryengland.uk/cardinhamwoods`
Join Zog on his latest forest adventure with a brand-new family activity trail and free app