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Tales of Kalan Gwav: storytelling with Dark Cornwall

Join Dark Cornwall’s droll teller in the stables as they tell some well-known and some not-so-well-known stories of Cornish folklore as part of the Kalan Gwav celebrations taking place this October half term at Trelissick. Storytelling will...

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  • Free event (admission applies)

Join Dark Cornwall’s droll teller in the stables as they tell some well-known and some not-so-well-known stories of Cornish folklore as part of the Kalan Gwav celebrations taking place this October half term at Trelissick.

Storytelling will take place daily between 24 October and Sunday 1 November at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.

Admission to Trelissick applies, free for National Trust members.

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