Top Things to Do for Children

Indoor

• The Blue Reef Aquarium
  Towan Promenade, Newquay TR7 1DU
  www.bluereefaquarium.co.uk | 01637 878134

• Newquay Waterworld
  Trenance Leisure Park, Newquay TR7 2LZ
  www.newquaywaterworld.co.uk | 01637 853828

• Buccaneer Bay
  22 St. Michaels Road, Newquay TR7 1RA
  www.buccaneerbay.co.uk | 01637 873379 or 07530 432362

• Pot-tea Training
  25A East Street, Newquay TR7 1DN
  www.pot-teatraining.co.uk | 07912 269170

• Lighthouse Cinema
  King St, Newquay TR7 1AA
  www.wtwcinemas.co.uk | 01637878650
• __________

Outdoor

• Newquay Zoo
  Trenance Avenue, Newquay TR7 2NN
  www.newquayzoo.org.uk | 08444 742244

• Lappa Valley Steam Railway
  Benny Halt, Newquay TR8 5LX
  www.lappavalley.co.uk | 01872 510317

• Dairyland Farm Park
  Tresillian Barton, Newquay TR8 5AA
  www.dairylandfarmpark.com | 01872510246

• Llama Land
  Penare Farm, Shortlanesend, Truro TR4 9DG
  www.llamalland.com | 01872540465

• Camel Creek Family Theme Park
  Tredinnick, Wadebridge PL27 7RA
  www.camelcreek.co.uk | 01841540276

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Top Places to Visit

Historic Buildings

• Truro Cathedral
  St Mary’s St, Truro TR1 2AF
  www.trurocathedral.org.uk | 01872276782

• Restormel Castle
  Restormel Rd, Lostwithiel PL22 0EE
  www.english-heritage.org.uk | 01208872687

• Doyden Castle
  Doyden, Port Quin, Port Isaac PL29 3SU
  www.nationaltrust.org.uk | 03448002070
• __________

Stately Homes & Gardens

• National Trust – Trerice
  Kestle Mill, Newquay TR8 4PG
  www.nationaltrust.org.uk | 01637875404

• Pencarrow House & Garden
  Washaway, Bodmin PL30 3AG
  www.pencarrow.co.uk | 01208841369

• National Trust – Lanhydrock
  B3268, Bodmin PL30 4AB
  www.nationaltrust.org.uk | 01208265950
• __________

Places to Shop

• Newquay Shopping
  Car Park – Newquay TR7 1TD

• __________

Beaches

• Fistral Beach
  Pentire is just 2 minutes from the astonishing Fistral beach. Not only does it have miles of pristine white sand to play on, but because the beach faces due West we get incredible, regular, predictable surf straight across the Atlantic Ocean. This has resulted in Fistral becoming the home of the supercool Boardmasters festival in August each year as well as being one of the locations for a number of international surfing competitions.
  Walk down the steps off Esplanade Road (why not stop off at the Sea Spray Café on your way down for an ice cream?). Walk along the beach to the Newquay end to find a selection of surf shops, cafes and restaurants as well as the grand and quirky Headland Hotel.

• Crantock Beach
  Crantock is another stunning wide sandy beach, this time owned by the National Trust just on the other side of Pentire headland. With the estuary providing safe fresh water to swim in at low tide it is a big favourite with families and definitely worth a visit. Walk towards the river Gannel and drop down by the Fernpit café. They operate a ferry across the estuary in the summer months as well as a café and lobster shop. You can buy fresh lobsters caught that morning, which they will cook for you to take home or serve for lunch in their own hilltop café. They also operate an ice cream shack and surf hire crate on the beach itself.

• Poly Joke Beach
  This is the next tiny beach along from Crantock and is a pleasant walk along the SW coast path to reach it.

• Watergate Bay
  Watergate Bay is north of Newquay itself, another astonishing expanse of white sandy beach with the family-friendly Watergate Bay Hotel and Jamie Oliver’s perennially excellent Fifteen Cornwall Restaurant. Well worth a visit if you can get yourself a table.