Falmouth is a fascinating town renowned for its maritime heritage and features the world’s third largest natural harbour standing at the mouth of the River Fal Estuary.
You can enjoy sailing, diving and most water sports, visit the fabulous Cornish gardens including Trebah and Glendurgain or use Falmouth as a central base to reach the many pretty towns including St Ives, Penzance, Truro and Helston. Climb aboard one of the many pleasure boats and passenger ferries and discover the waters of St Mawes, Flushing and Mylor, Truro and the Helford Passage. Explore the nearby Pendennis Castle with its stories of smugglers and pirates or simply relax on one of the four fabulous beaches.
Events
Falmouth
Week - 11th -
19th August 2012
Henri-Lloyd
Falmouth Week
has developed
into the largest
regatta in the
South West,
rivalled only by
Cowes Week. It
provides a
racing schedule
to challenge the
most competitive
sailors, yet
retains a 'fun
and friendly'
feel which also
attracts
families and the
less
experienced.
Falmouth Week
starts with the
Falmouth
Classics event,
providing a
special
atmosphere and
superb spectacle
to kick off the
week. Then
follows six days
of competitive
racing for
keelboats,
traditional
craft and
dinghies in the
waters of
Falmouth Bay,
the Carrick
Roads and the
Harbour, with a
Champagne Day on
Wednesday.
Activity on the
water is matched
by a lively
Shoreside
programme of
daytime and
evening
entertainment,
culminating in a
magnificent
firework display
over the
Harbour. With a
Grand Prize
Giving party in
the Royal
Cornwall Yacht
Club at the end
of the Week.
Oyster
Festival - 13th
- 16th October
2011
Falmouth Oyster
Festival has
become
acknowledged as
a must travel to
event by many
visitors and
holiday makers
from all over
the country.
Timed to
coincide with
the start of the
oyster
harvesting
season in
October, the
festival
celebrates the
quality of
Cornish seafood
and one of the
last remaining
oyster fisheries
still dredging
under sail and
oar.
As well as the
evening
highlights, a
programme of
music will run
throughout the
four-day
festival at
Events Square in
Falmouth. Genres
range from
Celtic harmonies
and Cornish folk
bands to jazz
and shanty
singing with
Falmouth Shout,
now a regular
feature of
Falmouth Oyster
Festival,
bringing the
event to a
suitable
crescendo!
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