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Tourist Attractions 2020 (As of 10Th July 2020, Please Check Websites of Each Attraction for Latest Information) Tourist Attractions 2020 (As of 10th July 2020, please check websites of each attraction for latest information) Booking Closed for Closed Name Open (hours) Notes Facebook Page / Website Required? Season Permanently Adrenalin Quarry Daily Yes https://www.facebook.com/aqjump/ Arthurian Centre Daily No https://www.arthur-online.co.uk/ ATV Quad Centre Daily Yes https://www.facebook.com/The-Atv-Centre-138498912868535/ Babbacombe Model Village Daily https://www.facebook.com/babbacombemv/ From 4th July.Card payments only, Becky Falls Daily Yes https://www.facebook.com/beautifuldartmoor/ contact details will be taken Bicton Park Wed - Sun Yes https://www.facebook.com/BictonGardens/ Blue Hills Tin Streams https://www.cornishtin.com/visitor-centre/ Blue Reef Aquarium Daily No From 4th July https://www.facebook.com/BlueReefAquariumNewquay/ Hoping to open by October half Bodmin & Wenford Railway x https://www.facebook.com/bodmingeneral/ term Closed for refurbishment, major Bodmin Jail https://www.facebook.com/BodminJail/ new attraction opening soon Bodmin Keep https://www.facebook.com/bodminkeep Bodmin Town Museum https://www.facebook.com/bodmin.townmuseum Buckfast Abbey Daily No Limite hours - check website https://www.facebook.com/buckfastabbeyofficialsite Buckfast Butterflies and Otters Hoping to open early August - check https://www.facebook.com/OttersandButterflies/ Abbey closed but garden and estate Buckland Abbey - National Trust Garden only Yes https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/buckland-abbey open Bygones - Torquay Daily Yes Prebooking required, pay on arrival https://www.facebook.com/bygones.torquay Not opening for public tours this Cadhay House & Gardens x https://www.facebook.com/cadhaydevon/ sumer Only open mid Feb-mid Jun each Caerhays Castle x https://www.facebook.com/CaerhaysEstate/ year anyway Callestick Ice Cream Daily No https://www.facebook.com/CallestickFarm/ Camel Creek (formerly Crealy) Daily Yes From 11th July https://www.facebook.com/CamelCreekPark/ Tours and wine on the terrace must Camel Valley Vineyard Mon-Fri Yes https://www.facebook.com/camelvalley/ be prebooked Cardinham Woods Daily No https://www.facebook.com/cardinhamwoods/ Carnglaze Caverns Daily Yes Open Tues 7th July https://www.facebook.com/carnglazecaverns/ Charlestown Harbour Daily No https://www.facebook.com/charlestownharbour/ Charlestown Shipwreck Rescue & Heritage Centre Daily No https://www.facebook.com/CharlestownShipwreckHeritageCentre/ Coleton Fishcre House & Garden - Dartmouth (NT) Garden only Yes https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/coleton-fishacre Cornish Birds of Prey Centre Wed & Thu No Tea room and gift shop closed https://www.facebook.com/TheCornishBirdsOfPreyCentre/ Cornish Orchards Cider shop reopening 3rd August https://www.facebook.com/cornishorchards/ Currently closed Tuesdays and Cornish Seal Sanctuary Thu-Mon Yes https://www.facebook.com/officialcornishsealsanctuary/ Wednesdays Cornwall Football Golf Daily No https://www.facebook.com/CornwallFootballGolf/ Panning, golf and Tolgus Tin still Cornwall Gold Daily No closed. Shop and café open, plus https://www.facebook.com/CornwallGold/ Bear Works and Create & Paint Cotehele Garden only Yes https://www.facebook.com/Cotehele/ Courthouse Experience - Bodmin x Permanently closed Oct 2019 Crealy Adventure Park - Exeter Daily Yes From 6th July https://www.facebook.com/CrealyResort/ Limited open days anyway, none Crownhill Fort https://www.facebook.com/CrownhillFort/ currently scheduled Hoping to open soon - check Dairyland Farm Park https://www.facebook.com/dairylandfarmpark/ website Dartington Crystal https://www.facebook.com/DartingtonCrystalVisitorExperienceNorthDevon/ Up for sale, not opening 2020. Possible reintroduction of normal Dartmoor Railway x https://www.dartmoor-railway-sa.org/home trains on the branch line which would make steam trains difficult Dartmoor Zoo - Sparkwell Daily Yes From 8th July https://www.facebook.com/DartmoorZoologicalPark/ From 6th July, face coverings must Dartmouth Steam Railway Daily https://www.facebook.com/dartmouthrailriver/ be worn Devon Railway Centre Yes From 15th July https://www.facebook.com/devonrailwaycentre/ Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre x Will reopen Feb/March 2021 https://www.facebook.com/DinglesFHC/ Hoping to open 11th July with Docton Mill (Hartland) https://www.doctonmill.co.uk/ outdoor tea room Duchy of Cornwall Nursery (Lostwithiel) Mon-Sat No Café currently closed https://www.facebook.com/duchyofcornwallnursery/ Eden Project Daily Yes https://www.facebook.com/theedenproject/ From 13th July, only running Enterprise Boats (Truro-Falmouth) Sun-Fri No Falmouth-St Mawes-Trelissick, not https://www.facebook.com/falriver coming in to Truro Falmouth Art Gallery Daily Yes 1 hour time slots, 9.30am - 12.30pm https://www.facebook.com/FalmouthArtGallery/ Flambards Theme Park Daily Yes From 18th July https://www.facebook.com/FlambardsUK/ Garden House - Devon Fri-Sun No https://www.facebook.com/TGardenHouse/ From 12th July. Face coverings must Geevor Tin Mine Sun-Thu Yes be worn on underground tour, https://www.facebook.com/Geevor-Tin-Mine-Museum-47280110179/ booking essential Garden and café open, maze closed Glendurgan Tue-Sun Yes https://www.facebook.com/NTGlendurganNorthHelford/ (closed Mondays) Hoping to open sometime in July - Gnome Reserve and Wild Flower Garden Yes https://www.facebook.com/gnomereserve/ check website Godolphin House & Gardens Daily Yes Garden only https://www.facebook.com/NationalTrustGodolphin/ Greenway Agatha Christie Daily Yes Garden only https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/greenway Closed for refurbishment, reopening Hall for Cornwall x https://www.facebook.com/HallforCornwall/ late Spring 2021 Hangloose - Eden Zip Wire Daily Preferred https://www.facebook.com/HanglooseEden/ House closed, please bring own Hartland Abbey & Gardens Sun-Thu No https://www.facebook.com/hartlandabbey/ gloves Healey's Cyder Farm Daily Yes https://www.facebook.com/HealeysCornishCyderFarm/ Hoping to open this year, no date Helston Railway https://www.facebook.com/helstonrailway/ yet Hidden Valley Discovery Park Daily Yes https://www.facebook.com/HiddenValleyUK/ Toilets open but tea hut closed so Hidden Valley Garden Daily No https://www.hiddenvalleygardens.co.uk/the-gardens/ bring a picnic Already open, need to book table at House of Marbles Daily https://www.facebook.com/HouseOfMarblesPage/ the restaurant Jamaica Inn https://www.facebook.com/JamaicaInnCornwall/ Hoping to open early August - check Japanese Garden and Bonsai Nursery https://www.facebook.com/japanesegardencornwall/ website Jump 4 - Trampoline Park (Pool) x https://www.facebook.com/jump4.co.uk/ Kart World - same as Adrenalin Quarry Daily Yes https://www.facebook.com/aqjump/ Not opening this year, possibly not Ken-Caro Gardens x https://www.facebook.com/kencarogardens/ 2021 either Not currently open, no date yet - Kidzworld Adventure Play https://www.facebook.com/kidzworldadvplay/ check website Running daily to winter timetable, King Harry Ferry Daily No https://www.facebook.com/falriver contactless payment preferred Reduced capacity in car park so Lands End Daily Preferred prebooking advised, £1 discount on https://www.facebook.com/landsendlandmark/ parking when prebooked From 4th July, tickets released 2 Lappa Valley Steam Railway Daily Yes https://www.facebook.com/LappaValleyCornwall/ weeks in advance Hoping to open early August - check Launceston Castle website https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/launceston-castle/ Likely to remain closed this year - Launceston Steam Railway https://www.facebook.com/launcestonsr/ check website Not currently open, no date yet - Liskeard & District Museum check website https://www.facebook.com/liskeardmuseum/ Living Coasts Torquay x Not currently open, no date yet - Lizard Lighthouse Tours https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouse-visitor-centres/lizard-lighthouse-visitor-centre check website Not currently open, no date yet - Lobster Hatchery https://www.facebook.com/padstowlobster check website Looe Guildhall Museum x https://www.eastlooetowntrust.co.uk/museum.php Lost Gardens of Heligan Daily Yes https://www.facebook.com/thelostgardens/ Open for staying guests, hoping to Lundy Island resume daytrips as soon as possible - https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/lundyisland/ check website Lux Park Leisure Centre Open for garden visits, theatre to Minack Theatre Garden only Yes resume asap - check website https://www.facebook.com/theminack/ Miniature Pony & Animal Farm - Dartmoor Daily Yes From 10th July https://www.facebook.com/miniatureponycentre/ Not currently open, no date yet - Morwellham Quay https://www.facebook.com/MorwellhamQuay/ check website Country Park open but House and Country Park Mount Edgcumbe House Earl's Garden still closed - check https://www.facebook.com/mtedgcumbe/ only website for reopening National Marine Aquarium Daily Yes From 6th July https://www.facebook.com/NationalMarineAquarium/ Hoping to open soon - check National Maritime Museum website https://www.facebook.com/theNMMC/ New Mills Farm Park x Reopening Easter 2021 https://www.facebook.com/newmillsfarmpark/ Not currently open, no date yet - Newlyn Art Gallery check website https://www.facebook.com/newlynexchange/ Newquay Zoo Daily Yes https://www.facebook.com/NewquayZoo/ Campsite open but farm park closed Old Mac Donald's Farm - Padstow x until next year https://www.facebook.com/OldMacdonaldsFarmCornwall/ Paignton Pier Daily No https://www.paigntonpier.co.uk/ Paignton Zoo Daily Yes From 8th July https://www.facebook.com/paigntonzoo/ Wed, Sat & Sun No
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