Cornwall


<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-national-trust-various-free">National Trust, various, free</h2>



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<p>Didn’t get round to updating your NT card this year? Here’s your chance to walk in to some of the county’s finest homes and gardens for free: includes <a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/antony-house.html">Antony House</a>, <a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/trerice.html">Trerice</a>, <a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/godolphin.html">Godolphin</a>, <a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/architectural-tour-of-cotehele.html">Cotehele</a>, <a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/trengwainton-garden.html">Trengwainton Garden</a> and <a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/tintagel-village-trail.html">Tintagel village trail</a> and the Old Post office. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-bridging-the-tamar-anchorage-and-under-the-bridge-tour-sat-7-sept"><a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/bridging-the-tamar-anchorage-and-under-the-bridge-tour.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bridging the Tamar Anchorage and Under the Bridge tour</a>, Sat 7 Sept</h2>



<p>A unique opportunity to walk directly beneath the road deck of the Tamar Bridge and have a nosey inside the award-winning underground anchorage chamber at the foot of the Tamar Bridge. <em>Free, pre-booking required.</em></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-leach-pottery-st-ives-sat-7-sept"><a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/heritage-open-day-at-the-leach-pottery.html">Leach Pottery</a>, St Ives, Sat 7 Sept</h2>



<p>Visit the Leach Pottery with free admission. See exhibitions, the museum collection and take part in a free pottery workshop. <em>Free, pre-booking NOT required.</em></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-walker-lines-heritage-walks-led-by-bodmin-keep-sat-7-sept"><a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/walker-lines-heritage-walks-led-by-bodmin-keep.html">Walker Lines Heritage Walks Led By Bodmin Keep</a>, Sat 7 Sept</h2>



<p>Bodmin Keep &#8211; Cornwall&#8217;s Army Museum will offer guided tours of the grounds around the museum as well as the adjoining Walker Lines Industrial Estate which served as a camp for thousands of American soldiers preparing for D-Day. <em>Free, pre-booking required.</em></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-lizard-wireless-station-open-day-sun-8-sept"><a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/lizard-wireless-station-open-day.html">Lizard Wireless Station Open Day</a>, Sun 8 Sept</h2>



<p>Celebrate Marconi and the dawn of wireless communication at The Lizard Wireless Station with tours, special radio demonstrations, family activities and refreshments. <em>Free, pre-booking NOT required.</em></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-veryan-bunker-tours-sat-14-sept"><a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/veryan-bunker-tours-1.html">Veryan Bunker Tours</a>, Sat 14 Sept</h2>



<p>Discover the cold war secrets hidden up on Nare Head. The nuclear bunker is the only preserved ROC nuclear bunker in the south west open to the public on a regular basis and the decoy command bunker is the only known preserved one of its type in the UK. Together they make Veryan Bunkers a unique site to visit. <em>Free, pre-booking required.</em></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-museum-of-cornish-life-sat-14-sept"><a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/museum-of-cornish-life.html">Museum of Cornish Life</a>, Sat 14 Sept</h2>



<p>Come and see the finds from Kynance Gate, one of the ‘lost’ sites of Cornish archaeology. In the 1950s a schoolboy found pottery leading Headmaster, Ivor Thomas, from Landwednack School to carry out excavations between 1953-1963. <em>Free, pre-booking NOT required.</em></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-michell-s-engine-house-exploration-through-sound-redruth"><a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/michell-s-engine-house-exploration-through-sound.html">Michell&#8217;s Engine House &#8211; exploration through sound</a>, Redruth</h2>



<p>Step back in time through your sense of sound and experience an artistic interpretation of an engine in action. <em>Free, pre-booking NOT required.</em></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-special-access-behind-the-scenes-tours-at-kresen-kernow"><a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/special-access-behind-the-scenes-tours-at-kresen-kernow.html">Special Access behind-the-scenes tours at Kresen Kernow</a></h2>



<p>Cornwall Council are offering for visitors to take a peek into their &#8216;big grey box&#8217; and discover 850 years of history relating to Cornwall! Well known for their skills in hard rock mining, the Cornish were sought after all over the world – from Australia to Africa, Canada to Mexico. <em>Free, pre-booking required.</em></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-clay-days-of-lady-daphne-charlestown"><a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/the-clay-days-of-lady-daphne.html">The Clay Days of Lady Daphne</a>, Charlestown</h2>



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<p>Open days onboard the historic 101 year old Heritage Thames Sailing Barge, Lady Daphne, in her original cargo port of Charlestown Harbour. <em>Free, pre-booking NOT required.</em> <em>Donations are very welcome towards Lady Daphne&#8217;s continual upkeep and maintenance.</em></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-levant-mine-and-beam-engine-steam-power"><a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/levant-mine-and-beam-engine-steam-power.html">Levant Mine and Beam Engine &#8211; Steam Power</a></h2>



<p>A new look at the only surviving steam-powered beam engine in its original engine house on the Tin Coast. Understand the why and how of the engine and see it in action at Levant Mine.  <em>Free, pre-booking required.</em></p>



<p>&amp; <strong><a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/whats-on/search-2024-events.html?view=list&amp;sortBy=&amp;searchQuery=&amp;locationQuery=Liskeard&amp;distance=&amp;startDate=&amp;endDate=">various activities across Liskeard</a></strong>, some across the whole week, others on 10 and 14 September &#8211; <a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/whats-on/search-2024-events.html?view=list&amp;sortBy=&amp;searchQuery=&amp;locationQuery=Liskeard&amp;distance=&amp;startDate=&amp;endDate=">check out the full run down here</a>.</p>



<p><strong><em>Still haven’t found what you’re looking for? Check out the full list of<a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Heritage Open Days</a></em></strong>.</p>


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