The 10 Best Things to do in Penzance, England

This open-air theatre is dramatically situated on the cliffs at Porthcumo, near Land's End, and hosts a season of plays and musicals from March to November.

One of England's best-preserved and complete ancient stone circles consisting of 19 granite stones that form a perfect circle nearly 78 feet in diameter.

Penlee House Gallery & Museum is the only Cornish venue specialising in the Newlyn School and early St Ives artists (c.1880 - c.1940). This popular museum and art gallery is set in a building that was originally a Victorian family home, surrounded by a delightful sub-tropical park formed from the original garden. Changing exhibitions throughout the year celebrate the rich artistic heritage of West Cornwall.Winner of the South West Tourism Excellence Awards 2011-12 and of the Cornwall Tourism Awards 2009, 2010 and 2011 as Small Visitor Attraction of the Year. Open Monday to Saturday (Closed Sundays) throughout the year, including most Bank Holidays (closed Christmas and New Year), opening hours are 10am - 5pm during the summer (Easter to September) and 10.30 to 4.30 in the winter, with last admission half an hour before closing.

A 15 acre Cornish spring garden with an extensive collection of Camellias, magnificent champion magnolia trees and one of the finest stands of soft tree ferns in the Northern Hemisphere. There is an excellent tearoom that serves homemade lunches, delicious cakes and cream teas.

Polgoon Vineyard is set on sheltered slopes overlooking Mount’s Bay, where it’s protected from prevailing winds & able to benefit from a unique micro-climate that’s just perfect for growing grapes. Polgoon has been transformed by the owners into a thriving vineyard and orchard that produces a range of award-winning, artisan Cornish wines, ciders & soft drinks. Spring/Summer tours run from April to September. Autumn/Winter tours run in October/November. Tours provide an insight into the activities of a working vineyard. Offering an opportunity to learn about different fruit varieties, care & pruning regimes & giving a glimpse behind-the-scenes of the production processes that turns fruit into wine & cider. Tours are followed by a tasting of 5 award-winning wines.Visitors to Polgoon are invited to have lunch in the Vine House Kitchen which is open throughout summer. The Vineyard Shop stocks local products & is open year round. www.polgoon.com

Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens’ dramatic landscape, combined with large-scale exotic, sub-tropical planting, provides the backdrop to contemplative and inspiring art by internationally renowned artists. A major attraction near Penzance in West Cornwall, Tremenheere can be found in a beautiful sheltered valley, overlooking St Michael’s Mount, with woods and a stream, interwoven with an evolving programme of contemporary artwork. The creations of artists such as James Turrell, David Nash, Richard Long, Tim Shaw and Peter Randall-Page interact with the setting to create site-specific permanent work, which harmonises with the landscape. Within this breath-taking location, Tremenheere hosts its sculpture garden, gallery, shop, nursery and restaurant.

Cornwall's No 1 picnic garden, 9 acres woodland and ponds A magical place for all ages Open 10am until 5.30 pm every day (1st April until 31st October) Adults £5.00 Children over 5 years £2.00 Dogs welcome on leads.

Starting at Lamorna Cove, this 5.3 mile yomp on the South West Coast Path will blow away cobwebs, with plenty of ups and downs and some low-growing trees to duck under in the Kemyel Crease Nature Reserve. Travel through the remains of more than 100 Victorian market gardens known as 'quillets'. The walk ventures inland through fields and woodland on paths that may be muddy, so wear good footwear.