Point of interest
Bodmin Beacon
3 locals recommend
Tips from locals
Colin
October 25, 2017
Local nature reserve with lots of paths and varying scenery around Cornwall as far as the eye can see. Home to the 144ft tall monument to Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert
Guy & Liz
July 19, 2019
Towering over Bodmin’s southern reaches there’s a 162-metre granite hill at the heart of a nature reserve. Presiding over the town from the top is the Beacon (1856), an obelisk 44 metres tall, commemorating the British Army officer Sir Walter Gilbert who spent nearly all of his career in India. After scaling the hill and gazing over Bodmin, you can ramble through the reserve’s meadows and newly planted community woodland.
Towering over Bodmin’s southern reaches there’s a 162-metre granite hill at the heart of a nature reserve. Presiding over the town from the top is the Beacon (1856), an obelisk 44 metres tall, commemorating the British Army officer Sir Walter Gilbert who spent nearly all of his career in India. Afte…
Niki
April 14, 2019
Bodmin Town is mostly urban in character and has a very limited selection of shops. It has a few points of historical interest with St. Petroc's Church and Bodmin Beacon on the outskirts and the famous Bodmin Jail which is well worth a visit has been newly renovated. If it's shopping you're after you are better of heading for Truro or St. Austell.
Location
Bodmin, England