Arts
From communities of Cornish painters to stories set in struggling mines, Devon and Cornwall have long had powerful cultural links.
St Ives headlines for visual arts, while Broomhill Sculpture Gardens features more than 200 works. Exeter’s Bill Douglas Cinema Museum has one of Britain’s largest moving image collections. You’ll find great art-house cinemas too.
You can explore crime writer Agatha Christie’s home, Greenway, and the places where the BBC’s Poldark series was filmed – around Charlestown, Porthcurno Beach and Levant Mine.
Plymouth’s TRP and the Minack Theatre take top billing for the stage. While summertime music festivals span sea shanties and big-name bands.