Lanhydrock

We visited Lanhydrock House near Bodmin in Cornwall on a rainy day while we were on holiday in August 2009. It is owned by the National Trust and the admission fee was a hefty £10.40 for adults. Luckily, we had a 2 for 1 voucher through M&S, plus under-fives go free, otherwise I'm not sure we would have been willing to pay the full £26 entry fee for just the three of us! I always feel these places are way overpriced, but that's just the way it is, I guess. We found the place quite easily with the help of our GPS (postcode: PL30 5AD). We had no problem with parking, although the car park filled up very quickly just after we arrived at around 11 am. ...  Read the complete review

Lanhydrock House. Follow the signs from the junction of the A30 and A38 near Bodmin, Cornwall. Open: March 19 – October 30, 11.00 – 17.30 except Mondays. Entrance £7.90, which gets you into the house and gardens. This is a property owned by the National Trust and includes a café, gift shop and small museum. For a quid each, you can get a ride to the house, along the entrance drive in an old 1930’s car. I’m sorry but I cannot remember the make. It was in tiptop condition though. A smashing piece of kit to see running. Very evocative. I won’t go into the history of the place, as it’s really not the purpose of this article. ...  Read the complete review

Situated close to the town of Bodmin in Cornwall, Lanhydrock is just one of the many National Trust properties in the Devon and Cornwall area. So, whats so special about this one, I here to you ask? Well not a lot really if we?re brutally honest, I have been to many of the NT country houses over the years and there is nothing at Lanhydrock which grabs your attention from others, well maybe, apart from one room! Okay, let me explain this, the house has many interesting rooms which are filled with a variety of period items as well as a large variety of stuffed dead animals. However there are a number of properties with are better. The gardens are ...  Read the complete review