Tintagel Castle
Tintagel Castle is perched on the rocky cliffs of the Cornish coast. One story suggests that the legendary King Arthur was born here. It certainly brings up a sense of mystery. Visitors have voted Tintagel Castle as one of the top ten English Heritage family attractions.
Our Review
We visited Tintagel Castle while camping near Bude. It was a glorious sunny day with blue sea and blue sky.
Beautiful blue sea and blue sky on the Cornish coast
Tintagel village is quite small and gets quite congested during the summer school holidays. There's a pay and display carpark in the village, where you can then walk down to the castle.
The castle ruins are quite stunning, with a footbridge that takes you over to 'Tintagel Island'. There are also a lot of steps and plenty of walking to wear the kids out! ;-)
I took this photo looking back at Tintagel. You can see there are a lot of steps to climb.
You can also get down to the beach where there's a waterfall.
Here's the waterfall we visited at the beach
We enjoyed our visit to Tintagel Castle. When the weather is good, it's an ideal place to take a picnic and enjoy the whole day there.
It get's the thumbs up from us.
Facilities
Facilities Details
You can use pushchairs up to the main entrance and shop, but due to the rough terrain and steps, Tintagel Castle is not pushchair friendly. Similarly, the site cannot be made wheelchair friendly and also lacks handrails.Prices
Typical Family Range: £25 - £28
A family ticket covers 2 adults and up to three children. Members can visit for free.
On The Map
Address
Tintagel CastleCastle Road, Tintagel
Cornwall
Cornwall
PL34 0HE
England
Longitude: -4.758505
Latitude: 50.667281