South of Bodmin, amid the Lanhydrock estate’s wooded acres and formal gardens, stands a massive Victorian manor House, rebuilt after a fire in 1881 but retaining some Jacobean features. The history and archaeology of the town and moor are covered by Bodmin Town Museum

The wilderness of Bodmin Moor is noted for its network of prehistoric field boundaries. The main attraction, however, is the 18^th-century Jamaica Inn, made famous by Daphne du Maurier’s tale of smuggling and romance. Daphne’s mystery romances period is inextricably linked with the wild Cornish landscape where she grew up, Jamaica Inn established her reputation in 1936, and with the publication of Rebecca  two years later she found herself one of the most popular authors of the day.

Today there is a museum telling the story of smuggling and a room devoted to the author.