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| The Bodmin
Wenford Railway
Bodmin's top tourist attraction with lots of events throughout the
year including Murder Mysteries, Dining Trains, family events and
enthusiast events.
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| The Duke of
Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, DCLI -
Situated opposite the
Bodmin & Wenford Railway near the town centre
The original
barracks in Bodmin houses the regimental museum, founded in 1925. It
includes the history of the regiment from 1702, plus a military
library. There is a fine collection of small arms and machine guns,
plus maps, uniforms and paintings on display. Included in the display
are the medals of Harry Patch, the last British survivor of the First
World War and the VC awarded to Herbert Augustine Carter for gallantry
in Somaliland in 1903.
Half price entry for Bodmin & Wenford Railway ticket holders.
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Lanhydrock House - National Trust
A pleasant walk along the
carriage drive from the Bodmin & Wenford Railway at Bodmin Parkway
station
Lanhydrock is
the perfect country house and estate, with the feel of a wealthy but
unpretentious family home. Follow in the footsteps of generations of
the Robartes family, walking in the 17th-century Long Gallery among
the rare book collection under the remarkable plasterwork ceiling.
After a devastating fire in 1881 the house was refurbished in the
high-Victorian style, with the latest mod cons.
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Pencarrow House
For nearly 500 years,
Pencarrow has been the much-loved home of the Molesworth-St Aubyns,
ever since John Molesworth arrived from Northamptonshire to become the
Auditor for the Duchy of Cornwall and Queen Elizabeth I.
Still owned by his descendants, Pencarrow is anything but a museum.
Family photos, children’s toys, hats on classical busts and pet dogs
Oscar and Sambo bring this Cornish mansion alive and allow you a
glimpse of what it’s like to live surrounded by so much history. And
please don’t be too surprised at the odd cobweb here or there – after
all, this really is a family home.
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Bodmin Jail
An all weather, family attraction, that includes a licensed bar and
restaurant, covered courtyard, with a Civil and Naval Prison housing a
museum within its walls split over three levels. It was the last
County Jail in Cornwall, eventually closing in 1927. The Jail now sits
at the start of the famous Camel Trail and is the perfect alternative
day out.
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The predecessor to the
Bodmin & Wenford Railway, the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway of 1836
ran special trains to Bodmin Jail so that the public could view
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Court Room Experience
In 1844 on the wind swept
slopes of Rough Tor, Bodmin Moor, the body of a local girl was found.
Charlotte Dymond's murder has intrigued ever since.
Matthew Weeks was accused of her murder. But was he guilty or innocent
of this heinous crime? The courtroom drama is played out and you
become one of the jurors. Cast your vote and decide his fate.
Now you can witness the trial and act as a member of the jury in this
unique interpretation of the court room as it would have been at that
time.
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The Camel Trail
The Camel Trail is
arguably the most successful recreational trail in the UK, providing
access to the beautiful Cornish countryside along a disused railway
line between Bodmin, Wadebridge and Padstow. As the final leg of the
Atlantic Coast Express journey from Waterloo, winding alongside the
spectacular Camel Estuary, the line was immortalised in 'Betjeman's
Cornwall' as "the most beautiful train journey I know"
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The Camel Trail leaflet
The Bodmin & Wenford
Railway provide a rail journey from the national network at Bodmin
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The Bodmin & Wenford Railway -
a great family “attracktion”
- is at the heart of Bodmin's Tourist Attractions
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