Visit Looe

Monthly Market - Dave's Sheds
2026-04-12 11:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Dave’s Sheds, PL12 5BL
Food, drink, crafts, produce and more. Come along and stock up.

Local Produce and Craft Market in Polperro
2026-04-16 10:30 - 14:30, 2026-04-23 10:30 - 14:30, 2026-04-30 10:30 - 14:30, 2026-05-07 10:30 - 14:30 | 62 Fore Street, Polperro, Cornwall, PL13 2QR, United Kingdom
Local produce & craft market + cafe
Local butchers meats, Seasonal fruit & veg, Cornish honey, Handmade jam, marmalade & chutneys plus unique crafted gifts.
Cafe run by Church volunteers for bacon & sausage baps, Cake, Tea & coffee
Market & cafe is helping raise money for the Polperro Methodist Church roof repair appeal

Miner Quay Sea Shanty Evenings
2026-04-16 20:30, 2026-04-23 20:30, 2026-04-30 20:30 | Jolly Sailor Inn, West Looe, Cornwall, PL132EP, United Kingdom
Never been to a Cornish Shanty night! Well now is your chance, we shall be back in The Jolly Sailor, West Looe, on Thursday night with our fantastic and unique mix of shanties and songs. It’s the best night in town, don’t go home without joining in. See you there . . .

Trevina House - National Open Garden Scheme
2026-04-17 10:30 - 17:00 | Trevina House, St Neot, Liskeard, PL14 6NR, United Kingdom
The gardens at Trevina are both old and new. From a Victorian cottage garden with original cobbled paths to rewilded woodland. A stream fed trout pond occupies the site of a medieval fish pond and the site of a Cornish Round. The gardens have colour and interest year-round, from the first snowdrops, bluebells, apple blossom and ripe apples in October.

Rockpool Ramble - Looe Marine Conservation Group
2026-04-17 12:00 - 13:30 | Hannafore Beach, Hannafore, Looe, PL13 2DB, United Kingdom
A rockpool ramble guided by Matt Nott a LMCG volunteer

Gigspanner Big Band - A Folk Music Concert
2026-04-17 19:30 | St Germans Priory Church, Church Street, Saltash, PL12 5NP, United Kingdom
The legendary Peter Knight of Steeleye Span, and John Spiers of Bellowhead, return to Cornwall with The Gigspanner Big Band
“Their collective elan has a forceful presence unmatched in British folk. A faultless cavalcade” 4⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian
“Turnstone is enthralling. It’s a serious piece of work which will leave your head and critical conscience in a spin” 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spiral Earth
“The kind of re-enchantment which only comes from top-class musicians with a deep understanding of their material. Simply remarkable” 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ R2 Magazine
The Gigspanner Big Band are a unique force in British folk music…
Their high-energy, virtuosic performances appeal equally to traditionalists and to those looking for something more experimental, and they have garnered praise from publications as varied as fRoots, The Telegraph and The Wire, where they were described as ‘melodically folk-rooted yet open and innovative beyond the constraints of genre’
Beginning life as a trio – with legendary Steeleye Span fiddle player Peter Knight being joined by percussionist Sacha Trochet and guitarist Roger Flack – the line-up has been expanded to form the Gigspanner Big Band, with acclaimed multi-instrumental duo Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin – BBC Folk Awards ‘Best Duo‘) and Bellowhead co-founder and melodeon player extraordinaire, John Spiers, joining the fray.
While Peter Knight, as part of Steeleye Span’s classic 1970s line-up, helped invent a brand of folk rock that is still influential today, John Spiers, has had an equally profound impact on the landscape of traditional music over the last two decades.
2025 has been a highlight year for the Band, marked by the release of their album Turnstone, which has been nominated for Folk Album of the Year 2025, and has featured in several ‘Album of the Year’ lists
Characterised by riotous inventiveness, technically gifted individual playing and subtle collaborative interaction, this coming together of several of the biggest names on the folk-roots scene, combines a deep knowledge of roots traditions with a ceaselessly boundary pushing approach.
Acclaimed New Album ‘Turnstone’
🌟 Songlines chosen Folk Album of the Year
🌟 Winner of the Bright Young Folk Reader’s Choice Folk Album of the Year
🌟 Shortlisted for the Fatea Magazine’s Album of the Year
🌟 Winner of the Folkscene’s Album of the Year
There’s no better way to embrace the spring than with a great evening of incredible music…
“Peter Knight can spin the world on his bow” – the late great Terry Pratchett

Spring
2026-04-18 19:00 | St Cuby’s Church, The Green, Duloe, PL14 4PW, United Kingdom
A program of beautiful choral music celebrating spring and nature.
Featuring work by Chilcott, Finzi, Lauridsen, Gjello and Vaughan Williams with Chris Smirthwaite (bass) and vocal quartet LK4

West Looe Market
2026-04-19 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-05-03 10:00 - 16:00 | PL132AW, West Looe, Looe, Cornwall, Pl13 2AW, United Kingdom
Come along to West Looe’s regular market. Lots of unique items for sale by a range of local crafters and artists. Always worth the visit if you are looking for a special gift for someone.

The Old School House - National Open Garden Scheme
2026-04-19 11:00 - 17:00 | The Old School House, Averys Green, Cardinham, PL30 4EA, United Kingdom
Cottage garden created in the grounds of a Victorian school by a passionate and enthusiastic gardener over 40 yrs. Not so much by design, but led by a love of plants and trying anything: herbaceous, annuals, bulbs, shrubs, trees, fruit cage, espalier apples, cut flower patch and some veg. Wildflower area, wildlife ponds, bird feeding stations, jungle corner, quirky containers. Plenty of seating.

Pinsla Garden - National Open Garden Scheme
2026-04-19 11:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-28 11:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-29 11:00 - 17:00 | Pinsla Garden, Glynn, Cardinham, PL30 4AY, United Kingdom
Surround yourself with deep nature. Pinsla is a tranquil cottage garden buzzing with insects enjoying the sheltered sunny edge of a wild wood. Lose yourself in an experimental tapestry of naturalistic growing and self seeding. There are lots of unusual planting combinations, cloud pruning, intricate paths, garden art and a stone circle. Sorry, no teas, but do bring a picnic, or use cafe close by.

Meanders - National Open Garden Scheme
2026-04-19 11:00 - 2026-05-17 16:00 | Meanders, St Nicholas Park, Lostwithiel, PL22 0BA, United Kingdom
Over an acre on a south facing slope with far-reaching views. Predominantly a spring garden with maximum flowering during opening dates. Additional interest in trees and tender shrubs plus a 30ft cool glasshouse containing vireya rhododendrons and other southern hemisphere exotics. Apart from the driveway all access is via mown sloping grass with steps to half the garden.
This garden opens for By Arrangement.

Higher Locrenton - National Open Garden Scheme
2026-04-19 14:00 - 17:00 | Higher Locrenton, St Keynes, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 4RN, United Kingdom
The garden is set in 2 acres on a hillside. It has been developed over the past 30 yrs and is part parkland, part ‘plantsman’ in style, featuring a wide variety of trees, shrubs and perennials. It is informally divided into a number of themed beds. A key aim has been to provide year-round interest in terms of atmosphere, form, colour and scent.

Talk & Meeting - Looe Marine Conservation Group
2026-04-21 18:15 - 19:15 | Hannafore Point Hotel, Marine Drive, Looe, Cornwall, PL13 2DG, United Kingdom
“Campaigning for an end to sewage” with Surfers Against Sewage Marcus Kern, Regional Rep for South East Cornwall.

Pamela Vass - Author Event
2026-04-28 10:30 - 11:30 | Looe Library and Community Hub, Millpool, West Looe, Cornwall, PL13 2AF, United Kingdom
Join Pamela at our event for National Year of Reading celebration

Polventon - National Open Garden Scheme
2026-04-29 11:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-06 11:00 - 17:00 | Polventon, Fletchers Bridge, Bodmin, PL30 4AN, United Kingdom
Interesting 1¼ acres bordered by woodland. A working garden with mixed and cut flower borders, hydrangea walk, stream and waterfall, bog garden fed by natural springs, mature rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas, bluebells, adolescent Japanese acers, ornamental and specimen shrubs, a peaceful woodland glade. Sloping areas, narrow paths, stout shoes recommended.

Nomansland Producers Market
2026-05-02 09:30 - 12:30 | Nomansland Memorial Hall, Looe, Cornwall, PL13 1QP, United Kingdom
Nomansland Produce Market the first Saturday every month for your fresh fruit and veg along with other local produce.

The Lodge - National Open Garden Scheme
2026-05-03 12:00 - 17:00 | The Lodge, Fletchersbridge, Bodmin, PL30 4AN, United Kingdom
3 acre riverside garden created since 1998, specialising in trees and shrubs chosen for their flowers, foliage and form, and embracing a Gothic lodge remodelled in 2016, once part of the Glynn estate. Water garden with ponds, waterfalls and abstract sculptures. Magnolias, camellias, prunus, davidias, paulownias, rhododendrons, azaleas, wisterias and bluebells abundant in early May.

East Down Barn - National Open Garden Scheme
2026-05-03 13:00 - 16:30 | PL14 3QU, East Down Barn, Menheniot, PL14 3QU, United Kingdom
Garden laid down between 1986-1991 with the conversion of the barn into a home and covers almost ½ acre of east sloping land with stream running north-south acting as the easterly boundary. 3 terraces before garden starts to level out at the stream. Garden won awards in the early years under the stewardship of the original owners.

Boconnoc - National Open Garden Scheme
2026-05-04 14:00 - 17:00 | Boconnoc Estate, Lostwithiel, PL22 0RG, United Kingdom
20 acres surrounded by parkland and woods with magnificent trees, flowering shrubs and stunning views. The gardens are set amongst mature trees which provide the backcloth for exotic spring flowering shrubs, woodland plants, with newly planted magnolias and a fine collection of hydrangeas.

The Lost Lakes of Lanjeth - National Open Garden Scheme
2026-05-06 14:00 - 17:00 | Lanjeth Nursery & Water Gardens, Lanjeth, St Austell, PL26 7TL, United Kingdom
Private Guided Talk and Tour, welcome drinks and Cream Tea £18
A limited number of tickets are available for an exclusive talk and guided tour by one of the owners.
Designated as a County Wildlife Site stretching to 13.5 acres, the Nursery and Water Gardens include 130 ponds and lakes set within heathland full of significant wildlife. Following purchase in 2022, restoration has uncovered water plants and marginals which thrive in the boggy site. The stars of the show are undoubtedly the water lilies in the main lake, the size of diner plates!
The nursery’s core values of Community, Accessibility, Sustainability and Tranquillity will be fully explored as the tour progresses and wanders round ponds and through ancient woodland.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Sally Hubbard - Author Event
2026-05-07 10:30 - 11:30 | Looe Library and Community Hub, Millpool, West Looe, Cornwall, PL13 2AF, United Kingdom
Join Sally at this event for our National Year of Reading celebration
