Welcome to Bodmin Town and the Moor

Bodmin Visitor Centre Scoops top Cornwall Information Centre Award

Bodmin Visitor Centre is top of the pops - and that's official. The centre and staff have scooped the top tourism oscar for Visitor Centre of the Year at the annual Cornwall Tourism Awards. Beating off competition from across the County Bodmin proved they are the best at giving visitors what they want - good information and exceptional levels of customer care.

The Cornwall Tourism Awards are no stranger to the team at Bodmin, they have either won or been runner up in the tourism industries quality accolades for five of the six years the awards have been running. This latest straight win completes a hat trick of top spots for Wendy Wright and the team!!

More information 01208 76616 e-mail bodmintic@visit.org.uk

Fascinating Bodmin is ideal for a great family holiday, short break or a day visit. It is North Cornwall's largest and most flourishing town and Cornwall's Capital. It is a town that thrives on its past but also provides today's visitors with an interesting and varied experience..

Two central car parks deliver you straight onto Fore Street where you can browse at your leisure in the locally owned craft and food shops as well as the more familiar High Street names. Set within the heart of the town is the 83-acre Beacon Nature Reserve with breath-taking views to moor and coast; a Leisure Centre where you can swim, keep-fit or relax with a steam bath or sauna and nearby Lanhydrock golf course.

Within easy walking distance of Bodmin's centre, Mount Folly, there seven fascinating attractions - the Shire Hall, Courtroom Experience; Bodmin and Wenford Railway. The DCLI Military Museum; Town Museum; Bodmin Jail, the largest parish church in Cornwall, St Petroc's and the Camel Trail.

So a stay in, or visit to Bodmin means you can leave the car behind on your days out. Winding out of Bodmin there are walking and cycling trails leading to the South Coast,taking in Lanhydrock, Lostwithiel, Fowey and, what has been described as the 'eighth wonder of the world' - the famous Eden Project.

Head north and you are on the famous Camel Trail- 18 miles of traffic-free walking,cycling and horse riding along the River Camel - where you can make for the edge of enigmatic Bodmin Moor or coastwards, along the lovely Camel Estuary to the market town of Wadebridge and the charming harbour at Padstow.

Within a two miles radius of the town you can take a day out and discover the grand Georgian Houses of Pencarrow and Lanhydrock,- both set in lush gardens and woods as good as any you will see, visit the famous Camel Valley Vineyard and taste the award-winning wines; or just wander through the beautiful Cardinham Woods.

As well as boot, bike and saddle, Bodmin is at the centre of Cornwall's bus routes - steam trains link the town to the Paddington to Penzance main line which passes our door. If that's not enough you can experience the romance of steam with the sooty smells and soporific sounds of a trip on one of the Bodmin & Wenford's steam engines.

Click on the pictures on the right of this page to find out what you can discover in and around the town - then use this site to book your stay with one of our top quality accommodation providers.

This website is run by the Official Bodmin Visitor Information Centre.in the Shire Hall. If you require further help or information please do not hesitate to contact us on bodmintic@visit.org.uk telephone 01208 76616.