Festive events are taking place all around Cornwall and nearby Devon, throughout November and December. Look through this wonderful list of festive events, and plan your winter stay at Kernock Cottages over the next few weeks; we’ve discounted our prices up to Christmas.
It’s time for the kick-off to your festive season and get your Christmas shopping off to a great start. Guests are booking for these seasonal events. The lead photo is from the Lost Gardens of Heligan.
6 – 17 November Christmas at Cotehele: Creating the Garland 1030 to 1600 daily
16 November Plymouth Christmas Lights Switch On
17 Nov to 2 Jan Lost Gardens of Heligan: Heligan Night Garden seasonal night walk
18 Nov to 7 Jan Christmas at Cotehele: Christmas Garland in the Great Hall
18 November Lobster Lollop 2.5k, 5k, 10k Camel Trail runs Padstow
18 – 19 November Christmas Artisan Fair Pencarrow House, Bodmin
25 November Polperro Fisherman’s Choir – Charity Concert at Pensilva, Liskeard
25-26 November Truro Big Christmas Market
30 Nov to 17 Dec Plymouth Christmas market
1 to 30 December Eden Project Music and Lights experience, ice skating, Father Christmas
1 December Looe Lantern parade & Christmas Lights switch on
2, 9, 10, 16 Dec Looe Christmas Market
2 – 3 December Polperro Christmas Fayre and Lights Switch On
2 – 31 December Buckland Abbey Tudor Frost Fair
7 – 10 December Padstow Christmas Festival
8 – 10 December Fowey Christmas Market
8 Dec to 1 Jan Zooluminate Dartmoor Zoo
10 December Tavistock Christmas Festival
13 December Polperro Fisherman’s Choir – Choir at Scholars restaurant, St Germans
17 December Polperro Fishermen’s Choir – Christmas on the Quay at Looe
20 December Polperro Fishermen’s Choir – St Keyne at Christmas
Open all winter season:
If in Padstow do visit The National Lobster Hatchery, perhaps adopt a lobster this Christmas
Theatre what’s on? Theatre Royal Plymouth including Christmas Pantomime
National Trust
We are fortunate to have several superb National Trust properties within a few miles of Kernock. All look spectacular at Christmas:
The magnificent Christmas Garland. Festive lights along the stream to Cotehele Mill decorated in traditional Victorian style and discover how families who lived at Cotehele Mill, celebrated Christmas in those times. Toys to play with, costumes to adorn and craft activities to complete.
NT Saltram, Plymouth – Book your tickets
24 November – 2 January. Bookings required. Christmas in bloom, Christmas family trails in the garden and house, songs and stories with Father Christmas, Christmas food and drink.
NT Buckland Abbey 2 – 31 December
From Saturday 2nd December 2023. You are invited to step back in time to the Tudor era and immerse yourself in our ‘Frost Fair’. Find out about the history of these events, and wander through the frosty trees and icy décor used to recreate this magical time. The barn will be filled with trees and twinkling lights to create a beautiful display. The Abbey will also be dressed for a very frosty Christmas for all to see.
