What's on? West Cornwall

26th of January - 1st of February

Dick Whittington  

Details: Helston Theatre Company presents a whimsical retelling of the well-known tale 'Dick Whittington'. This timeless story unfolds with a delightful blend of laughter, romance and rats...

The story follows the journey of a young clueless country boy from Cornwall – Richard (Dick) Whittington – and his adventure from to fulfil his destiny and become Lord Mayor of London.

But will the wicked and dastardly King Rat along with his nephew, Lester, foil Dick’s ambition and finally conquer London? Will they turn London into a dirty, rotten town that they and their fellow rats can rule once and for all? Or will Dick find confidence, hope and bravery in the Bells of London who convince him to turn around and defeat King Rat as foretold in their prophecy?

Dick is helped along on his journey through the support of Alice Fitzwarren the local Alderman’s daughter and the most friendly and welcoming person in all of London. Alongside her father, Idle Jane and chef Betty Bassett, they welcome Dick – and his new found friend Mowzer the Cat – to their Sweet Shop. But with the sweet times behind them and the cruel and bitter attacks of King Rat and his Rat Army, they must go on a journey to distant lands with the drunken Captain Hogwash and the motley crew of the ‘SS Dreckly’. Will they find the help they seek? Or will King Rat cause them to never see the promised lands of a rat-free London?

Join us for an unforgettable adventure of merriment and wonder as we celebrate the inspiring tale of courage and prophecy in ‘Dick Whittington’ this January.

Address: Epworth Hall

Date: Tues 27th Jan - Sun 1st Feb

Website: Dick Whittington | Cornwall 365


Hayle Family Hub Supports Neurodiversity - Autism Café - Let's Connect     

Details: If you are a parent of a neurodiverse child, a neurodiverse or a neurotypical adult at any stage of your journey and you are looking to meet others who may share a similar experience, this is the place for you!

We all need support and acceptance in order to help ourselves and those we love. Whether this is to simply talk and be heard or you need help and advice about filling in forms, or even just a safe space to be able to say: ‘this is hard!’, this is the place for you!

If you’d like to join Polly, a mum of two, who is passionate about moving forward and positively helping parents and carers of neurodivergent children, she invites you to join her every last Friday of the month for a relaxed get together to chat, share and explore.

Address: Hayle Family Hub, Bodriggy Street, Hayle, TR27 4ND

Date: 30th Jan 

Day of the week/time: 9:30 - 11:30

Contact: misspollyives@hotmail.co.uk


Family Fun at Penlee House      

Details: Be inspired by the collection of Newlyn School portraits in the exhibition here at Penlee House. Imagine yourself in the shoes of the people in the portraits and draw yourself into one of the famous Newlyn School paintings.

Address: Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Morrab Road, Penzance, TR18 4HE

Date: 31st January  

Day of the week/time: 14:30 - 15:30 

Website: Arty Afternoons: Paper Portrait Collage | Penlee House


ND Café      

Details: Julia of wildfire solutions will be here at WAC offering support and advocacy for neurodivergent families and their friend, both adults and children. 

Address: The Treneere Community Hub, Colinsey Road, Penzance, TR18 3NZ

Date: Fri 30th Jan 

Day of the week/time: 10am - 12pm  


Felted Landscape Stories      

Details: Inspired by stroytelling make your own wet felt landscape scene. Discover the magiv of felting which is adaptable for all age groups from babies to adults. 

Address: Kresen Kernow, Little Vauxhall, Redruth

Date: Sat 31st Jan

Facebook: Felted Landscape Stories


Storytale Studio - Monthly Family Crafts      

Details: Did you know Kresen Kernow is home to the largest collection of books about Cornwall?

From history books to picture books and folk tales we have thousands of books that tell us about Cornwall in the past and the present.

Inspired by stories about Cornwall we are running 12 free family craft sessions, happening once a month during 2026. Explore our library through trails, book displays and family activities. The craft sessions will explore different themes and art techniques, such as puppets and book-making. Before each session we will advertise the different themes for each workshop on here and on our social media. All the sessions will be run by artist and workshop facilitator, Sophie Stanley-Butcher from Pop Up Paint Pot.

All sessions are free, drop-in and for all ages. Crafts will be accessible to babies, children and adults.  

Address: Kresen Kernow, Little Vauxhall, Redruth

Date: Sat 31st Jan

Day of the week/time: 10am - 12pm

Website: Events | Kresen Kernow

2nd - 8th of February

Family Fun at Penlee House 

Details: Many of the portraits in the current exhibition were painted during or around the Victorian Era. Try making your own Victorian-style silhouette artwork. You could base it on one of the portraits in the gallery or imagine a scene from Newlyn about 100 years ago — perhaps fishwives selling their catch or fishermen setting out to sea.

Address: Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Morrab Road, Penzance, TR18 4HE

Date: 7th February 

Day of the week/time: 14:30 15:30 

Website: Arty Afternoons: Victorian Silhouettes | Penlee House


Carn Brea Roller Disco      

Details: We’re excited to launch a brand new event for 2026 at Carn Brea Leisure Centre, working in partnership with Whiz Kids. Join us for a fun-filled Roller Disco, bringing neon lights, great music and lots of family fun to our sports hall!

Address: Carn Brea Leisure Centre, Station Road, Pool, Redruth, TR15 3QS

Date: 7th February 

Day of the week/time: 14:00–15:30 (earlier, lighter session with quieter music) and 16:00–17:30  

Facebook: Carn Brea Roller Disco


Junglebarn Play      

Details: NEW ALL DAY JUNGLEBARN PLAY from 10am to 5:30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays up to 13th February 2026. Plus the Late Afternoon JungleBarn Play session from 3pm to 5:30pm which is available from Wednesday to Sunday each week.

Free parking and WIFI and fabulous fun whatever the weather. With giant slides, challenging soft play and toddlers’ zone with ball fountain. Plus the JungleBarn has a great snack bar with tasty hot dogs and cheeseburgers, or snack on hot crunchy crisps and treat yourself to a hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows.

Adults & Seniors = £6.25 each

Children Aged 3- 15 years = £9.50 each

Under 3s FREE – (Please ensure you book tickets for your under 3s as well.)

Address: Paradise Park, 16 Trelissick Road, Hayle, TR27 4HB 

Date: Wed 4th, Thurs 5th, Fri 6th

Day of the week/time: 10am - 5:30 

Website: Paradise Park


Home Education Workshop    

Details: Join us at Redruth Library for a free 2 hour workshop of wonder as we explore the moon and become cosmic explorers. Aimed at children aged 7-11. 

Address: Redruth Library

Date: 6th Feb

Day of the week/time: 2pm

Facebook: Redruth Library & Information Service

9 - 15th of February

Family Fun at Penlee House 

Details: Discover the historical photographs in the Harry Penhaul exhibition. These were taken before colour photography, but can you make them modern by adding colour? Use different materials to colourise the brilliant photos of local life in West Cornwall in the 1940s and 50s.

Address: Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Morrab Road, Penzance, TR18 4HE

Date: 14th February 

Day of the week/time: 14:30 - 15:30 

Website: Arty Afternoons: Colourise Black and White photos | Penlee House


Model Railway Show      

Details: Come and join us for a very special model railway exhibition in support of Portreath Pre-school! You can expect:

A number of interesting layouts covering a variety of scales and eras. Local trade support to cover all of your hobby needs!

Entry is £3.00 and children under 5 go free! All proceeds are going towards the running of the Pre-school.

Refreshments available!

Address: Millennium Hall, 3 Penberthy Road, Portreath, Redruth, TR16 4LP

Date: Sun 15th Feb

Day of the week/time: 10am - 4pm  

Website: Model Railway Show


Camborne Library - Friendship February    

Details: Valentine's Card Craft

Address: Cambrone Library, The Passmore Edwards Building, The Cross, Cross Street, Camborne, TR14 8HA

Date: Sat 14th Feb

Day of the week/time: 9:30 - 12:30  

Facebook: Camborne Library


Open Event - Camborne College      

Details: Our Open Event is the first step to finding the perfect apprenticeship, college or university course for you. You can hear from our tutors, view our incredible facilities and get your first taste of the career goals we can help you reach.

You’ll be able to ask our expert teams any questions you may have to make sure you find out everything you need to know about studying at Cornwall College Camborne.

Address: Cornwall College, Camborne

Date: Thur 12th Feb

Day of the week/time: 5pm - 7pm

Website: Open Event at Camborne Campus


Junglebarn Play      

Details: NEW ALL DAY JUNGLEBARN PLAY from 10am to 5:30pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays up to 13th February 2026. Plus the Late Afternoon JungleBarn Play session from 3pm to 5:30pm which is available from Wednesday to Sunday each week.

Free parking and WIFI and fabulous fun whatever the weather. With giant slides, challenging soft play and toddlers’ zone with ball fountain. Plus the JungleBarn has a great snack bar with tasty hot dogs and cheeseburgers, or snack on hot crunchy crisps and treat yourself to a hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows.

Adults & Seniors = £6.25 each

Children Aged 3- 15 years = £9.50 each

Under 3s FREE – (Please ensure you book tickets for your under 3s as well.)

Address: Paradise Park, 16 Trelissick Road, Hayle, TR27 4HB 

Date: Wed 11th, Thurs 12th, Fri 13th

Day of the week/time: 10am - 5:30 

Website: Paradise Park


Time2Move Programme  

Details: The Time2Move Holiday Programme will offer fun physical activities, games and wider activities plus a hot meal for all children at lunchtime.

Children aged 7 to 16 are welcome to attend. Places are limited to 80 per day so booking is essential.

During the sessions, children will be able to take part in a variety of activities such as:

- Football

- Basketball

- Soft Archery & Nerf Guns

- Badminton

- Netball

- Dodgeball

- Karaoke

- Crossbow & Laser Tag

Sessions run from 10am to 2pm.

The fantastic team in the Humphry Davy School Kitchen will be providing lunch and fruit for all children that attend.

Please make sure you write on the registration forms if your child has any special dietary requirements and we will liaise with the team to make sure they can still enjoy a hot meal. If you would prefer to send your child with a packed lunch that is absolutely fine.

Each day please send your child/children wearing comfortable clothes and shoes to be able to run around in, a refillable water bottle, any medication they may need clearly marked and a coat in case the weather allows us to go outside for activities.

Address: Humphry Davy School, Penznace

Date: Mon 16th, Tues 17th Feb

Day of the week/time: 10am to 2pm 

Website: Activity Finder | Active Cornwall


February with Coast Activity Programme  

Details: Coast Community CIC partners with Coast Activity Programme, a sports and activities holiday programme, to run their holiday programmes.

Children will be having fun, being active, whilst learning and developing skills in a variety of sports and activities whilst making friends.

What Three Words:

AGES: This is for all children from Reception to Year 11 and some activities will be split into: KS1 (reception - year 2) KS 2 (Year 3 - year 6) KS3/4 (All secondary children) KS3 children will have the option to become a Sports Leader and complete an award and/or a qualification.

ACTIVITIES: An example of some of the activities we run are; rugby, cricket, dodgeball, Silent disco, nerf wars, tennis, basketball, football, arts and crafts and many more fun games.

LUNCH: Children have the option to bring a packed lunch or you can pre-order a lunch when you make your booking. Lunch includes a meal and a pudding.

What to bring: ✅ Water bottle, Trainers (outdoor shoes), jumpers and coats. Please ensure your child/children are suitably dressed for sports activities.

DISCOUNT: 10% discount will be applied for every 4 days booked.

Address: Fair Fld, Penzance, TR20 8ES

Date: Monday 16th - Friday 20th 

Day of the week/time: 10am to 2pm 

Website: Activity Finder | Active Cornwall


Health and Wellbeing Event  

Details: Drop in session. Shape health plans for your neighbourhood by joining a workshop. Share you ideas and views, hear about local health and wellbeing services 

For parents from Carn to Coast, Godolphin Health, Harris Memorial, Leatside Health Centre and Veor Surgery tha form part of the North Kerrier Neighbourhood Health Area.

Address: Camborne Weslet Church and Centre

Date: Wed 11th  

Day of the week/time: 11am - 4pm

16 - 22nd February

Family Fun at Penlee House 

Details: Many of the portraits and photographs in the current exhibition show people from past times. Bring history into the present and update the people in the images by dressing them in modern clothes and giving them more modern accessories. You could swap a mirror for a mobile phone or a traditional Victorian outfit for a football kit!

Address: Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Morrab Road, Penzance, TR18 4HE

Date: 21st February

Day of the week/time: 14:30 - 15:30 

Website: Arty Afternoons: Dress a Portrait


Word Art - Fun Foaming Printing      

Details: Inspired by letterpresses, make your own design to print from using foam letters and shapes. You could write your name, a Cornish word or an inspirational quote. Make lots of prints from your design using coloured paints and take it home to hang up. This simple but effective activity will help you discover how printed books were made using a letterpress.

This activity is inspired by our exhibition ‘Cornwall in Print’ – have a go at the exhibition trail to learn more about how books and newspapers were printed in Cornwall and see original letterpress pieces.

Free, drop-in and for all ages – no need to book!

Address: Kresen Kernow, Little Vauxhall, Redruth

Date: 17th Feb

Day of the week/time: 10am - 12pm

Website: Kresen Kernow


Camborne Library - Friendship February

Details: Friendship bracelet making.

Address: Camborne Library

Date: Mon 16th 

Day of the week/time: All Day

Facebook: Camborne Library


Camborne Library - Friendship February

Details: Leach pottery workshop - please book

Address: Camborne Library

Date: Tues 17th Feb

Day of the week/time: Bookable

Facebook: Camborne Library


Story Adventurers

Details: Creative Half Term Workshops for ages 6-8 years. Calling all story adventurers looking for a fun February half term outing. We’ll be exploring the tasty book 'The Incredible Eating Boy' by Oliver Jeffers with a range of word games, drama, drawing, writing, making and doing. 

Address: The Writers Block, TR16 6RZ

Date: Tues 17th Feb

Day of the week/time: 10am -2:30

Website: The Writers' Block


Camborne Library - Friendship February

Details: Hamma bead hearts craft - please book

Address: Camborne Library

Date: Wed 18th Feb

Day of the week/time: Bookable

Facebook: Camborne Library


Camborne Library - Friendship February

Details: Learn to knit a miniature scarf - hosted by our knit and natter group for ages 5+

Address: Camborne Library

Date: Fri 20th

Day of the week/time: Bookable

Facebook: Camborne Library


Paradise Park - Pirates and fairies treasure hunt 

Details: Treat the whole family to a swashbuckling visit as you chart the course on the Pirates and Fairies Quiz trail, meeting parrots at their feeding times and picking from the dressing up chests in the JungleBarn. Complete the quiz and claim your reward!

Address: Paradise Park, 16 Trelissick Road, Hayle, TR27 4HB 

Date: 14th - 22nd February

Website: February Half Term and Pirates and Fairies Quiz 


The Dinosaur Timewarp 

Details: Are you ready for the journey of a lifetime?

Then join our palaeontologist friends, as they embark on an exciting adventure through the jungle to meet Babsy the Mad Scientist and use her new time machine to take them back in time to meet their favourite dinosaurs in person. After a visit from Leo the Lion, Molly the cheeky Monkey and the evil Dr Nasty the time machine goes wrong and opens a doorway from the past transporting Terry the T Tex into present day. Oh no it didn’t! Oh yes it did! They quickly devise a plan to defeat Dr Nasty, find the dinosaur and send him back to the past.

Join us on this exciting, unmissable, and fully interactive Jurassic Panto style adventure filled with music, fun and laughter along the way. An unforgettable dinosaur themed stage show for all the family. Can you roar like a dinosaur and help us return Terry The T Rex to the past? Would you like to meet a baby T Rex in person? Then why not join Babsy and the team after the show and have a photo with our friendly Baby Dino Rex. It’s going to be Roar…some!

Address: St Ives Theatre, St Ives

Date: Tues 17th Feb

Day of the week/time: 1pm and 3:30pm 

Website: Kidz R US: The Dinosaur Timewarp | St Ives Theatre


Coast activity Programme 

Details: Fun sports and activitiy sessions throughout the day for children in Reception to Year 11. £20 per child and you can add lunch for an extra £5. Please book this in advance. 

Address: Ludgvan Community Centre, Ludgvan

Date: Mon 16th - Fri 20th

Day of the week/time: 10am - 2pm

Facebook: Camborne Library