Bodmin Moor Tourist Information

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Bodmin moor tourist information. Like much of cornwall bodmin moor was fairly heavily mined during the nineteenth century. October monday to friday 8 45am 5pm and saturday 26th october 10am 5pm. Email us if you have any comments or suggestions. Bodmin moor places of interest on bodmin moor.

Tourist information first farmed over 4000 years ago by bronze age settlers bodmin moor is of one the last great unspoilt areas in the south west and much of its prehistoric and medieval past remains untouched by the passing of the centuries. Easter to the end of september monday to friday 8 45am 5pm and saturday 10am 5pm. Bodmin tourist information centre. The cheesewring and the hurlers.

Very helpful friendly staff. The official tourist board online visitor guide to bodmin a popular market town on the fringe of bodmin moor cornwall uk. Situated at the heart of the county bodmin the ancient county town is awash with things to do. The moor is dominated by dramatic granite tors which tower over the sweeping expanses of open moorland.

The bodmin tourist information centre is housed in the former shire hall an imposing victorian building of grey granite. The area at southern the. Mon fri 08 45am 4 00pm the office is closed good friday 10th bank holiday monday 13th april. An almost circular lake a mile in circumference lies in the middle of bodmin moor.

November end of february monday to friday 8 45am 2pm. Ruins of disused grantie qurries and tin and copper mines litter the landscape including the phoenix united mine in minions where there is a visitor s centre. Golitha falls are located in an ancient wooded valley some 2 5 miles 4 km. Our son enjoyed the stone painting left on the moor for others to find.

Within the hall is the courtroom experience where you can relive the sensational 1844 murder trial of matthew weeks and act as a member of the jury. Most of the moor is a site of special scientific interest sssi bodmin moor north and has been officially designated an area of outstanding natural beauty aonb as part of cornwall aonb. The shire hall mount folly bodmin cornwall pl31 2dq. Lots of free activities to entertain the kids.

The moor has been identified by birdlife international as an important bird area iba because it supports about 260 breeding pairs of european stonechats as well as a wintering population of 10 000 eurasian golden plovers. Pydar house pydar street truro cornwall. Welcome to bodmin cornwall. Let the award winning bodmin information centre help you make the most of your visit.