How to get here
For more information about how to get to Lostwithiel by car, train, bus and plane, please see How to get here.
Annual Events
There are events which take place every year in Lostwithiel - some have been running for many years while others are newer, but they are all firm favourites in the town's calendar.
Lostwithiel Beer Festival
The Rotary Club of Lostwithiel has held a Beer Festival in Lostwithiel since 2004.
Although the festival helps to raise money for both local and overseas charities (around £15,000 in the first five years), the organisers still aim to offer exceptional value for money, with good ale throughout the day, international rugby on the telly in the afternoon and great music and lively dancing in the evening.
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LostFest
LostFest is the Lostwithiel festival of arts, crafts, antiques, music and dance for all the family held during May, at the end of the Du Maurier festival of Arts and Literature.
The festival is a one day event which takes place at venues all over town from 10am to 10pm. There are hundreds of arts, crafts and antique stalls, musicians and entertainers plus activities, workshops and demonstrations for all ages.
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Lostwithiel Carnival week
Running from Sunday to Saturday for week in mid-July with a different event happens on each night, the Lostwithiel Carnival is organised by the Rotary Club of Lostwithiel.
It comprises a Charity Fayre, Cricket competition, Rounders competiton, Five-A-Side Football competition, a Street Party with the ever popular Duck Race, the hugely anticipated Pram Race and culminating with a Parade and fireworks.
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Dickensian Night
On Dickensian Night you'll find an old fashioned Victorian Style evening in Lostwithiel's Christmas Tree lined streets. All the local shops are open and the shopkeepers dress up in period costume. There's entertainment from the town band, choirs singing carols, bell ringers, buskers, street entertainers and an old fashioned childrens roundabout. Some of the town's historic buildings are open to the public and the Town Mayor is in attendance.
There's plenty of food available including a Soup Kitchen, Christmas Sausages with the trimmings, Turkey and cranberry pasties, hot chestnuts and other festive foods and drinks. You'll also find stalls indoor and out selling antiques, books and christmas crafts, many of which are run by local charities so you can feel good about buying those extra stocking fillers.
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Christmas Pageant
This annual colourful event was introduced to the town of Lostwithiel back in the early 1980's by Cornish Bard Rachel John.
Taking place during the second Saturday in December, up to thirty local residents dress up as various nativity characters and Cornish saints to form the pageant tableau.
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Advent Window Trail
During the Advent period, homes and businesses around the town with windows overlooking the road set up special window displays with a numbered window, which are illuminated each evening like an Advent calendar.
The windows light up consecutively each evening from 1st to 24th of December; by Christmas Eve there are 24 different windows to see and enjoy as you walk through the town - a great way to get into the Christmas spirit.
The Advent Window Trail has become an instrisic part of Christmas in Lostwithiel, enjoyed by both towns people and visitors.
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