The Fort at the end of the road
Join us on a tour to discover what goes on behind closed doors.
At the very tip of the peninsula, St Anthony Head is a perfect place to have a walk, a place to sit and stare at the blue yonder, or to stop off for a picnic. Hidden underground, in strange looking buildings and behind locked doors are decades of military history.
On selected dates each year we invite you to come along and find out how this quiet corner of Cornwall helped to protect our shores. From the late eighteenth century up to World War Two, this headland has played its part.
Tour dates to book in 2026 (two tours each day from 11:00 – 12:30 and 13:30 – 15:00):
• Thursday 4 June
• Wednesday 8 July
• Sunday 2 August
• Sunday 13 September (as part of the Heritage Open Days)
£5.00 per person (excluding 13 September, which is free to all)
Please click to book your spaces.
Please note:
- Meet in the National Trust car park at St Anthony Head.
- Check the weather forecast and come prepared to be outside.
- Accessibility is limited with unavoidable steps to the lower battery building and uneven footpaths in parts.
- Accompanied children very welcome.
- Members park for free in the National Trust car park on site.
- Get here by foot from St Mawes via the foot passenger ferry and then following the coast path along to the headland.
- Walking also possible from nearby Bohortha and Porth along the coast path.
- £5 per person.
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Join us on a tour to discover what goes on behind closed doors.
At the very tip of the peninsula, St Anthony Head is a perfect place to have a walk, a place to sit and stare at the blue yonder, or to stop off for a picnic. Hidden underground, in strange looking buildings and behind locked doors are decades of military history.
On selected dates each year we invite you to come along and find out how this quiet corner of Cornwall helped to protect our shores. From the late eighteenth century up to World War Two, this headland has played its part.
Tour dates to book in 2026 (two tours each day from 11:00 – 12:30 and 13:30 – 15:00):
• Thursday 4 June
• Wednesday 8 July
• Sunday 2 August
• Sunday 13 September (as part of the Heritage Open Days)
£5.00 per person (excluding 13 September, which is free to all)
Please click to book your spaces.
Please note:
- Meet in the National Trust car park at St Anthony Head.
- Check the weather forecast and come prepared to be outside.
- Accessibility is limited with unavoidable steps to the lower battery building and uneven footpaths in parts.
- Accompanied children very welcome.
- Members park for free in the National Trust car park on site.
- Get here by foot from St Mawes via the foot passenger ferry and then following the coast path along to the headland.
- Walking also possible from nearby Bohortha and Porth along the coast path.
- £5 per person.
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