Pendennis Castle Activities

Expect a wide range of family-friendly activities, educational workshops, live music, a WWII themed menu, and free entry to Pendennis Castle for the whole day! The Castle will be open to the public from 10am to 10pm, with stalls and workshops running from 11am to 4.30pm.

Educational stalls:
Dig for Victory – Find out how vital this campaign was to the war effort. The ‘Dig for Victory‘ campaign launched at the outbreak of the war encouraged the cultivation of gardens and allotments. Millions of instructional leaflets were issued and by 1943 over 1.4 million people had allotments and were producing over a million tons of vegetables a year.

Rationing – In January 1940, the British government introduced food rationing. The scheme was designed to ensure fair shares for all at a time of national shortage. Find out what life with a ration card was like during WWII.

Beauty is your duty – Through government messages and advertising, women in Britain were bombarded with the message that their beauty was their duty, and they should strive to look beautiful and keep morale high across the country and on the front lines.

Tell us your story
Do you have personal experiences or stories from close friends and family members of life during WWII? Falmouth University are coordinating this opportunity to record real stories via film, voice or scribe.

WWII photos from the Poly archives
Browse a gallery of images supplied by the Falmouth History Archive at The Poly of life during WWII.

Tours
Tours of the Half Moon Battery by WWII costumed volunteers.
Educational talk about the guns at Pendennis Castle.
Tours of the keep and educational talk on the Castle during WWII.

Vintage games
Take part in vintage children’s games such as hopscotch and egg & spoon!

Food & Drink
There will be plenty of tables set up ‘street party’ style for families to bring their own picnics or enjoy a WWII themed menu from the Castle cafe.