Best Things to See & Do in The-Lizard

  • The Lizard Lighthouse

    Lizard Lighthouse

    The waters around the Lizard, the most southerly point in Britain, have always been a hazardous shipping zone and, long before the first tower was built here, there had been demands for a lighthouse to guide and warn...

  • Birdwatching - The Lizard

    View across Housel Bay

    The Lizard Peninsula, with the sea on three sides and the Helford River to the north, is an ecological microcosm and home to one of Britain's rarest breeding birds, the Cornish Chough. A species of crow with distinctive red...

  • Bonython Manor // The Lizard

    Bonython Manor - First Lake

    Country estate located on The Lizard Peninsula comprising of 20-acre garden, farm and woodlands.

  • Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station // The Lizard

    Goonhilly Earth Station

    Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is the largest satellite earth receiving station in the world with over 60 dishes in total

  • Dry Tree, Goonhilly

    Lizard Peninsula - Ancient and Modern

    Set on the southern edge of the Goonhilly Satellite Tracking Station is the Dry Tree menhir. This 3 metre tall standing stone forms a peculiar juxtaposition with the huge satellite dishes of Goonhilly beyond, reflecting the...