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Places listed on this page.
Free means general admission. Special exhibitions and events can be ticketed, some places ask you to book a free slot, and some suggest a donation. Check the venue before you go.
Every entry below is a ancient village, art gallery and castle in our Cornwall guide whose own website said, when we read it, that entry is free. We quote what the page said, link the page, and do not give opening hours, because they change. If a venue's page changes, we remove it at the next check.
Free museums, galleries and sites
- Official site for Chysauster Ancient Village (opens in new tab)
Chysauster Ancient Village
The English Heritage page says free entry.
- Official site for Falmouth Art Gallery (opens in new tab)
Falmouth Art Gallery
Its page says free entry.
- Official site for St Catherine's Castle (opens in new tab)
St Catherine's Castle
The English Heritage page says free entry, open at any reasonable time in daylight hours.
Free self-guided walks
Following a walk costs nothing, though places you pass may charge. Each walk page has a map, the route, stops and a GPX file.
- Camel Trail: Wadebridge to Padstow: A surfaced, virtually level former railway beside the Camel estuary, shared with cyclists.
- Penzance to Marazion: A wide, level coast path along Mount's Bay with St Michael's Mount ahead.
- Hayle to St Ives by the coast path: A one-way South West Coast Path walk round St Ives Bay by Carbis Bay, with a train back option.
Getting around Cornwall for less
Local transport: Transport for Cornwall. Transport for Cornwall lists adult, child (5 to 15 and 16 to 18) and young person (19 to 25) day tickets valid until the end of service (02:59) on the day of activation, multi-day tickets, Truro Park and Ride bundles, and family and group day tickets. Child and young person tickets need verification before use, which it says can take up to 48 hours. Tickets are bought in the Transport for Cornwall app.
Fares and tickets: Transport for Cornwall tickets (opens in new tab). Our getting around guide compares every destination.
Where next in Cornwall
Open the Cornwall guide for neighbourhoods, eating and getting there. For sights that need a timed ticket, see what to book ahead; for indoor ideas on a wet day, see the rainy-day guide.
Other destinations
- Free things in London
- Free things in Bath
- Free things in Bristol
- Free things in Cambridge
- Free things in Edinburgh
- Free things in Glasgow
- Free things in Liverpool
- Free things in Manchester
- Free things in Northern Ireland
- Free things in Oxford
- Free things in the Cotswolds
- Free things in the Jurassic Coast
- Free things in the Lake District
- Free things in the Scottish Highlands
- Free things in Wales
- Free things in York