Experience Bodmin!

Come to Bodmin and experience all the delights of this enthralling town. Steeped in history, [the only Cornish town mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book], the attractions in and around the town have made it their aim to explain the town's rich and varied past.

Start on Mount Folly, the town's centre, with a visit to the impressive Shire Hall. The building was formerly the home of Cornwall's Crown Court. Now a multi-purpose building with Bodmin's Visitor Information Centre inside. Here you'll find all the information you need, plus hints and tips on how to make the most of your stay or day. The Shire Hall boasts a light and airy gallery offering local arts and crafts and is also home to the fascinating Courtroom Experience.
Here, you can watch a re-enactment of Cornwall's most intriguing murder trial - that of Matthew Weekes for the murder of Charlotte Dymond on Bodmin Moor. The original trial was held in this very Court in 1844. At the end of trial you get the opportunity to decide for yourself if Mathew was innocent or guilty!!.

After you have delivered your verdict why not keep on the trail of Justice with a visit to spooky Bodmin Jail and have a look around the creepy cells at the punishments dealt out to prisoners. Away from the cells and the Jail now houses a restaurant using local produce. You can relax in the beer garden or be tempted by a cream tea in the covered courtyard. The Jail is at the start of the Camel Trail and if you want to hire a bike you can do so from here.

Then it's back into town, calling in to magnificent St Petroc's, voted one of the Nation's favourite churches. The parish church, the largest in Cornwall, has set into its walls a unique Medieval casket that once held the bones of St Petroc, patron saint of Cornwall. Whilst at the Church be sure to check out the events. This magnificent building regularly hosts musical events from jazz to classical - choirs to recitals - a great way to spend an evening.

Back on the "Bodmin experience" and its time to hit the rails! The Bodmin and Wenford Railway runs full-size steam trains from Bodmin General Station. Hark back to the golden age of steam, the sounds and smells, rekindling any memories you may have and for the younger ones it's a chance to experience train travel before the Diesel. Hop off the train and you are just metres away from the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum. Opened in 1877, these impressive Victorian Barracks with a grass drill square house one the finest Military Museums outside of London and telling the story of the Duke of Cornwall's Light infantry from its origins through to the present.

If your thirst for history is still running high then round off the day at the Town Museum adjacent to the Shire Hall - where your journey began. Here you will learn about Bodmin's fascinating history and its pivotal place in shaping the Cornwall you are visiting today.