Attractions in Lostwithiel
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Surrounded by a deep moat and perched on a high mound, the huge circular keep of this castle, built at the turn of the 14th century, survives in good condition.
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St Catherine's Castle was built, as one of several fortifications running along the south coast in 1536, to protect Fowey harbour from French Invasion and is now managed by English Heritage
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One of a pair of defensive structures, the other being on the far side of the river mouth in Fowey.
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Cornwall's best known attraction. The site consists of 2 vast landscaped space age greenhouses, or biomes, containing a variety of temperate and tropical plants.
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Dramatic 20ha woodland garden created over the last 200 years by the Carlyon family, forming an exotic green gene bank of known source plants in a temperate rainforest
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Impressive late Victorian country house near Bodmin with extensive servants' quarters, church, gardens and wooded estate
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Superb country mansion set in extensive grounds and gardens
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Bodmin Jail, which was built as the County Prison in 1778 and was notorious for its cramped conditions and public hangings, is now a fascinating museum
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A Victorian murder mystery set in the original county courtrooms of Bodmin's Shire Hall.
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Regarded as amongst the finest military museums in the South West, Cornwall's Regimental Museum is located in the Keep, close to Bodmin town centre.