Week of Events
Lerryn Art Group Spring Exhibition
Lerryn Art Group Spring Exhibition will be held at Lerryn Memorial Hall between Saturday 30th April to Monday 2nd May from 10 am- 5pm
Endelienta Summer 2016
Endelienta fosters the Arts & Spirituality in North Cornwall. The new Summer Programme runs from the beginning of May until the end of July 2016 and features music, poetry, opera, photography and more. For further details of Whats On, visit www.endelienta.org.uk
Padstow ‘Obby ‘Oss
May Day (or 'Obby 'Oss Day as it is known outside of Padstow) is the biggest day in Padstow's calendar. It is not unusual to see 30,000 people crammed into the little town. It is a day when Padstonians from all over the world return to their roots. The origins of this traditional celebration are lost in […]
Black Prince Flower Boat Procession
This colourful celebration is unique to the villages of Millbrook, Kingsand and Cawsand. Starting with a maypole dance, the Flower Boat Procession- with Town Criers, Morris Dancers, Green Men, Musicians and dancers- wend its way around the villages, stopping at a traditional fete on the way. For further information, contact: 01752 823635
Guided Walk on Looe Island Nature Reserve
Join the warden for a fascinating guided walk around the island. They will help you spot wildlife such as grey seals and great black-backed gulls as well as learning about the Trust’s work and the challenges of island life. Looe Island guided walks take around three and a half hours and cost £25 per person, […]
The Moscow State Circus
The Moscow State Circus presents Zhelaniy 7 at Plymouth Central Park from May 5th to May 15th. Performances vary so check website for daily times. Box office on site from 9am to 9pm from Tuesday 3rd May. Centrally heated Big Top/fully licensed Big Top Bar/Large Car Park Tickets from only £7 from the circus box […]
Liskerrett Community Cinema – Brooklyn (12A)
Liskerrett Community Cinema presents 'Brooklyn' (12A). The film stars Saoirse Ronan as an Irish immigrant who lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a new romance. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. The film will be screened twice, at […]
Fowey Festival of Arts and Literature
The Festival is inspired by the famed author Daphne du Maurier, who spent a large part of her life in and around Fowey, where she took inspiration from her surroundings and created a rich literary legacy of titles set in the Cornish landscape. The Festival continues to include a strand of du Maurier themed events […]
Helston Flora Day
This ancient festival is usually held on May 8th , unless that date falls on a Sunday or Monday, in which case the previous Saturday is taken. It is a Spring festival to celebrate the end of winter and mark the arrival of the new vitality and fertility with the trees and flowers bursting into […]
Port Eliot Dog Festival and Whippet Tea Party
Dog Festival & Whippet Tea Party is Back! Not long to wait now until the annual Port Eliot Dog Festival, featuring Roo’s Whippet Tea Party and Lark’s Jumble Sale, which is happening once again this year and will be supporting Children’s Hospice South West.The event will be taking place on Saturday 7th May from 11am […]
Part Time Courses- Everyday Botany
This weekend course aims to provide the techniques and knowledge required to gain awareness and pleasure in studying plant life and our connection with the flora around us. From micro to macro; learn how plants form and function in the ecosystem in their various habitats- ultimately for our benefit! Courses take place in an outdoor […]
Open Garden – Moyclare
Open Garden – Moyclare
Moyclare Garden in Lodge Hill, Liskeard will be open as part of the NGS garden scheme. Monday 2nd May, 2-5pm. There will be plant sales and Home-made teas available. Admission £3.50, children free. Gardened by one family for over 80 years; mature trees, shrubs and plants (many unusual, many variegated). Once most televised Cornish garden. […]
Oak Tree Surgery Walking for Health
Oak Tree Surgery Walking for Health
This week’s walk is Lanhydrock - Bluebell Walk. A walking group that meets in Oak Tree Surgery car park on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 10am. Using public footpaths, trails and tracks they will be exploring the countryside, enjoying the fresh air and the company of other walkers. Dogs on leads […]
Liskeard & District Flower Arrangement Society
Liskeard & District Flower Arrangement Society
Workshop- Floral demonstration by Joan Trewin from Bude and her subject is 'Essence of Summer.' We offer a warm welcome to anyone who would like to visit our Monthly Meeting. These are held on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm At most meetings an invited demonstrator entertains with a range of designs, talking […]
Liskeard Old Cornwall Society- St Cleer Well Dressing
Liskeard Old Cornwall Society- St Cleer Well Dressing
The annual St Cleer Well Dressing will take place at 11.30am and led by Dr Merv Davey Phd (Grand Bard of the Gorsedt Kernow) who will lead the school to the Well with his Celtic Pipes and later at the school with Cornish Dance, drums, harp and pipes. In the absence of an incumbent Priest […]
Liskeard Old Cornwall Society
Liskeard Old Cornwall Society
Annual Social with Buffet and Entertainment With Lowen Kesseny (Harmonic Voices)
West Looe May Fair
West Looe May Fair
The event will take place in and around West Looe Square with a procession beginning at the West Looe end of the bridge The Town crier will be on hand to broadcast the day’s events and entertain the crowds The focus for the day will be a maypole on the harbourside and anyone can join […]
Open Garden- Ken Caro
Open Garden- Ken Caro
The beautiful Ken Caro gardens will hold two Open Garden days on Sunday 7th and Sunday 15th May this year. They will be raising money for Cornwall Hospice Care. This five-acre connoisseurs' garden enjoys panoramic views and is brimming with year-round colour. Set high above Bicton Manor Woods, Ken-Caro has been carefully planted by Mrs […]
Eden Classic Sportif Cycling Event
Eden Classic Sportif Cycling Event
The Eden Classic sportive is a mass-participation cycle ride with three route options ranging from a short yet challenging ride of 35 miles, to a middle distance of 62 miles and a long ride for the experienced sportive rider of 100 miles. Riders have the unique chance to pedal past our world-famous Rainforest and Mediterranean Biomes as […]
Sea Journal- Talk and Book Signing with Lisa Woollett
Sea Journal- Talk and Book Signing with Lisa Woollett
'Filled with marvels from end to end' Caspar Henderson Lisa Woollett will give a talk and a book signing about 'Sea Journal' on Sunday 8th May at the Liskerrett Centre from 7pm followed by live music from The Bookshop Band. Tickets £10 on sale at the Liskerrett Centre and The Book Shop, Liskeard. Admission includes […]
Caradon Ramblers- Dartmoor – Yelverton
Caradon Ramblers- Dartmoor – Yelverton
Route: Dartmoor- Yelverton meeting at Yelverton free car park just over the cattle grid after 'Leg O Mutton' turning (PL20 6AD SX 517679) Length: 10 miles/16.12 km Difficulty: Moderate Our groups help local people enjoy walking and protect the places we all love to walk. Most groups organise regular walks led by local experts – […]