Visit Falmouth during your Holiday in Cornwall

Spend your camping or caravan holiday at Perran Springs Holiday Park and visit Falmouth, one of the world’s deepest natural harbours, and in 1688 was home to the famous packet ships, which transferred mail around the British Empire. Today the port has a large series of docks and is extremely popular for sailing and pleasure boating. Pendennis Castle overlooks the stretch of water Carrick Roads and was built between 1539-64 by King Henry VIII, to protect the entrance to the Fal estuary. The castle has views along the coastline to the Lizard Peninsula and out over the sea. The town is also home to the new National Maritime Museum Cornwall.

Pleasure boat trips can be taken along the estuary and creeks to the city of Truro and across to St Mawes. The town has a selection of shops, chandler’s, harbourside pubs and restaurants. Diving schools and fishing trips are also popular. The Ships and Castles Leisure Pool is visited by families and nearby are the gardens of Trelissick and the sub-tropical ravine of Trebah.

Information on events and activities around Falmouth can be obtained from the information area in Reception.
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