About FIS
Including Camborne, Hayle, Helston, Penzance, Pool, Redruth, St Just, St Ives, and surrounding areas.
Open Sundays. Bring the whole family to meet resident horses and donkeys, plus a small collection of other animals that live on the farm. Learn about how the team help rescue and rehabilitate horses. Please be aware the Farm is closed during Winter months and reopens in Spring. Find out more about the sanctuary here.
A great place for the whole family to spend a relaxing afternoon, the park includes a boating lake, a play park for children, a skate park and you can feed the ducks in the lake. Find out more about the park here.
Trevaskis Farm welcomes visitors for free exploration, featuring friendly animals to meet and sprawling orchards to roam. Find out more about Trevaskis Farm here.
A private butterfly house in west Cornwall now open to the public.
A place to learn about these amazing insects from egg to butterfly.
They have many species ranging from South America, Asia & Africa. *Please be aware the butterfly house is closed during Winter up until Easter. Find out more about the butterfly house here.
Penlee House is a Gallery, Museum, Cafe and Shop. Situated within Penlee Park, a space to reflect and great for family visits and fantastic programme of regular events. Find out more about Penlee house here.
Enter text Every Friday Carn Brea Leisure Centre offers family £3 swim sessions which means everyone aged 3+ will be able to swim for just £3. Find out more here: Carn Brea Leisure Centre
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. For more information see here.
Tanglewood Wild Garden is a natural garden and woodland boasting four ponds across its 9 acres. £ 3.00 for children 5 and over, under 5's are free and adults are only £6.00. Open daily except Wednesday. Find out more about Tanglewood here.
Libraries offer many free activities to choose from. Find out more information about what your local library offers by clicking on your town:
For ages 7 to 11 at The Centre Newlyn. Just turn up! Mondays at 16:00 Find out more about activities at The Centre here: Events | The Centre Newlyn
The Corubian Arts & Science Trust hosts regular creative activies for young people including a free art club on saturdays. Find out more about CAST here: CAST Homepage
Workshops for young artists. They offer free scholarship places for families on a low income. To find out more about the programme here: St Ives School of Painting Youth Programme.
My Chance to Dance CIC is an exciting new opportunity in Camborne for children to be involved in a range of affordable dance classes. Disco Dance, Street Dance, Dance and Sing and Guardian and Child Class. In addition there is Everyone’s Chance to Dance Class for under 5’s with SEND. Find out more here: My Chance to Dance Facebook page
A working farm that opens up every Saturday and Sunday for visitors to meet the animals - cows, pigs, llamas, goats, chickens, horses and peacocks. Free entry and free parking. The Brunch barn will also be open serving a variety of brunch items from Full Cornish Breakfasts to pancakes and ice cream. You can find Farmer Shaun's on Facebook.
An award-winning ice cream-making farm near St Keverne on the Lizard peninsula near Helston. Visit free of charge and meet the animals, stroll around the meadows and sample ice cream. Daily milking starts at 4pm. Find out more about Roskilly’s here.
Displaying artefacts and objects, it’s a great way to learn about the region’s recent history. The museum houses one of the largest social history collections in England, has a play area for Under-5s, and is free to visit. Find out more about the museum here.
Cornwall has a proud history in mining, and gold is still to be found! At Cornwall Gold, you and your children can pan the Tolgus Stream to reveal gems and hidden treasures. Find out more about Cornwall Gold here.
Charity based in Redruth that offers free, accessible, challenging and adventurous play opportunities for local children. The playground is a large area with structures, wild areas and lots of space to roam, explore, experiment and create. Find out more about Gwealan Tops here.
Hidden away but easy to reach tidal pool. Great for kids to play in. Find out more about Tidal Porthtowan Tidal Pool here: Explore Cornwall | Porthtowan Tidal Pool
Free monthly tech and coding club for kids! Find out more here: Cornwall Tech Jam
The Blue Peter Badge enables children 5 - 15 to get free entry at venues across the UK . Blue badges are awarded to fans of the show who send interesting letters, stories, makes, pictures, poems and good ideas to show on the programme. In West Cornwall there is free entry to Cornish Seal Sanctuary, PK Porthcurno, Geever Tin Mine Museum, East Pool Mine, Levant Mine and Beam Engine. Find out more about the Blue Peter Badge here.
The UK’s largest seawater pool, holding approximately 5 million litres of water. It is filled on a high tide allowing you to enjoy cold water swimming in a sheltered, lifeguarded pool with freshwater showers and facilities. The pool temperature usually sits a couple of degrees warmer than the surrounding seawater. The children’s pool is also saltwater, has a depth of 0.6m and is not heated (except by the sun)!
Entry to our top terrace is free. All entry income helps us operate and maintain the pool so it remains here for years to come. Children 3-15 enter the Sea Pool for £4.95. Find out more about Jubilee Pool here.
