Bodmin Holidays

UK holidays in Bodmin put you on the edge of Bodmin Moor. It's a gorgeous setting amid a busy market town with a 1500-year history. Around the town on your cheap UK holidays in Bodmin, you'll find the 15th-century church of St Petroc; Cornwall's largest. There's an elaborate Norman font and 12th century ivory casket. A slightly ghoulish day out can be enjoyed at Bodmin Gaol, once the site of public executions, where you can visit the condemned cell and hear about prisoners' lives. Also in Bodmin is one of the best military museums outside London. It depicts the history of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry through arms, medals, badges and uniforms. For a change of pace, try the Bodmin and Wenford Railway, a steam train that heads along the River Fowey Valley. History fans will love Lanhydrock, set in 450 acres of woods and parkland and featuring 50 Victorian rooms open to the public.

 

Worth a trip on your cheap UK holidays in Bodmin, Cornwall is the Old Mill Herbary by the River Camel, with its mini-arboretum, camomile lawn and unusual herbs and shrubs. On a similar theme, Oak Lodge Woodland Garden and Nursery has a bluebell walk and meadow and wildlife pond. Walkers, mountain bikers and horse riders on activity holidays in the UK will love Bodmin Moor. This is British scenery at its best, with Cornwall's highest peak, Brown Willy, and Roughtor looking on. Remains from the Neolithic and Bronze Age abound here, too, such as at the site of Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn at Bolventor. More famously, at Dozmary Pool on Bodmin Moor, you can see the place where the hand emerged from the water to receive Excalibur in the King Arthur tales.

UK holidays in Cornwall are just about the ultimate British holiday. There's loads to do, with great days out to see historical and family-friendly attractions. But this is the English Riviera – visit in summer and you've a great chance of some fine weather. When the sun does break out, you'll find some lovely beaches – so get your bucket and spade out. Book your cheap family UK holidays in Bodmin in Cornwall online or by phone with directline-ukholidays.