Cornwall in May: The Sunniest Month, Obby Oss and Flora Day
May is the sunniest and driest month of the Cornish year, and in 2027 it carries Obby Oss on Saturday 1 May and Helston Flora Day the Saturday after.
May is the sunniest and driest month of the Cornish year, and in 2027 it carries Obby Oss on Saturday 1 May and Helston Flora Day the Saturday after.
April brings the biggest jump in sunshine of the Cornish year and the end of frost. Easter is in March in 2027, leaving 12-30 April quiet and bluebells out.
What Eden actually costs, and the thing nobody mentions: your ticket is an annual pass. Prices, the locals' discount, booking, dogs and how long you need.
An Atlantic storm is one of the best things you can see in Cornwall, and the wrong place kills people. Where to go, how to read the swell, what to avoid.
March is the first month warmer, drier and sunnier than the last: peak magnolias and daffodils, seabirds back on the cliffs, and Easter early on 26 March.
What's actually open in Cornwall between November and March: the attractions and gardens that run all year, the ones that shut, and what to check first.
Cornwall's best winter pubs by area, with every open fire confirmed by the pub itself or by CAMRA, plus which have rooms and which take dogs.
February is Cornwall's coldest month and the point winter starts losing: drier and brighter than January, the first snowdrops, half term 15-19 February 2027.
Hundreds of Cornish cottages advertise a hot tub. The buyer's guide: private or shared, water changed between guests, heated in winter, extra charge.
Cornwall has two accredited dark-sky areas. Where to go on Bodmin Moor and in West Penwith, what to see through winter, and how to stay safe on the moor.