Family Pride - Glendurgan Gardens

Free entry in to the National Trust site for all attending with Family Pride!

Event details

Join us in exploring Glendurgan Gardens - with various horticultural specimens, wildflower meadows and a pebbly sheltered beach on the banks of the Helford River. For more details about Glendurgan Gardens, please see: Glendurgan Garden | Cornwall | National Trust

Our Family Pride events are simply about finding each other, having some fun, and boosting parent and child confidence. Parents and carers can have time together as well as children and young people can have time together or you can just have a cuppa and soak up the atmosphere.

The site only allows assistance dogs.

For anyone who struggles with walking distances or has limited mobility of any kind, there is a tramper vehicle that can be hired in advance, please see more details at: Tramper hire at Glendurgan Garden | National Trust

LGBT+ Families

An LGBT+ family may contain one or more parents who identify as LGBT+ and/or one or more children who identify as LGBT+.

Activity

We will be joined by a walking group to show us around the gardens, stopping off at the Apple Shed for some nature-based activities, then down to the beach where there will be some hot drinks and biscuits to relax with, and an opportunity to try and figure out the maze which was planted in 1833.

Transport

By car:

There is a car park on site which will be free for vistors with Family Pride.

From Truro/East Take the A39 to Falmouth as far as junction with A394 at Treliever Cross Roundabout, and then follow brown and white tourism signs to Glendurgan Garden.

From Helston/West Take the A394 to Falmouth as far as junction with A39 at Treliever Cross Roundabout. Turn right and follow brown and white tourism signs to Glendurgan Garden.

Sat nav postcode: TR11 5JZ

By train:

The nearest stations are Penmere and Falmouth Town on the Maritime Branch Line from Truro. Trains run every 30 minutes on weekdays, the journey from Truro taking about 20 minutes. Buses 35 and 63 run from Falmouth Moor to Glendurgan Garden. Together, the bus routes provide an hourly service Monday to Saturday.

For more details, please see: Falmouth Town Station | National Rail

By bus:

Buses 35 and 63 run from Falmouth Moor to Glendurgan Garden. Together, the bus routes provide an hourly service Monday to Saturday, with some variations to the timetable on school days. Sorry, no buses on Sundays or Bank Holidays. Buses stop at Glendurgan Garden's entrance.

For more details, please see: Timetables & Maps - Go Cornwall Bus

If you need any support with transport costs to attend, please contact us in advance via our helpline (details below).

Contact us

If you have any questions, please call our Helpline on 0800 612 3010 (Mon-Fri 9am – 4pm), or email [email protected]

Please book one ticket per person in your family attending. People under 18 must attend with a responsible adult.

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