Cove View
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Porthcurno (Excellent water quality)
Porthcurno, South West England
Sleeps 3
£493 per break
Check availabilityMuseums & Galleries · Penzance
Porthcurno Telegraph Museum
📍 TR19 6JX
Photo: pkporthcurno.com
- WWII bunker hosting a Halloween haunted experience
- New exhibition exploring misinformation and propaganda
- Going Mobile exhibition on the history of mobile phones
- Site of the first undersea telegraph cable from 1870
- Explore science behind fibre optics and digital communications
PK Porthcurno Museum of Global Communications tells the story of how the world's communications networks developed, from the first undersea telegraph cable that arrived here from India in 1870 to today's fibre optic networks. Inside the museum's white building above the beach you can explore exhibitions including 'Going Mobile', charting the history of the mobile phone, and 'FAKE NEWS?', examining misinformation through the ages, as well as a WWII bunker, which hosts a special haunted Halloween experience in late October. It suits anyone curious about science, history and technology. The museum sits in St. Levan, Cornwall, close to Porthcurno beach, just 0.3 miles away, with Penzance station 7.6 miles distant, and there are 46 bookable places to stay within 5 miles for those planning an overnight visit.
Practical details
- Booking
- Halloween bunker event runs 24 October to 2 November
- Best for
- Visitors interested in the history and science of global communications
From the attraction's own website on 27 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ Pet Friendly
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🚆 Or come by train
- Penzance 7.6 miles
- St Erth 12.7 miles
- Lelant Saltings 13.1 miles
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