Heritage Expo 2025
EXPO Ertach Kernow |Cornish Heritage EXPO 2025 at Pendennis Castle, Falmouth,
Friday 3 & Saturday 4 October 2025
Pendennis Castle
This year, EXPO Ertach Kernow 2025 | Cornish Heritage EXPO 2025 will be at Pendennis Castle in Falmouth with free parking and access to the EXPO, tours and demonstrations.
The theme this year is ‘Conservation in Action’ and the EXPO is a great opportunity to meet a range a organisations and heritage practitioners, from basket-makers to architects, and find out more about the work they do, services they provide and how to get more involved.
Friday 3 October, 10am to 4pm – Careers in Heritage Day
The first day of the Cornish Heritage EXPO 2025 is focused on careers in heritage and the historic environment, including landscape conservation, traditional crafts, museums and archives, building restoration and architecture.
This is a great opportunity for young people, or those considering a change of career, to find out more about opportunities within the heritage sector as well as information on work experience, apprenticeships, training and volunteering.
The day is aimed at secondary schools, colleges and universities, but we also welcome members of the public.
Saturday 4 October, 10am to 3pm – Conservation in Action Day
The second day of the Heritage EXPO 2025 is focused on conservation in action across the heritage and historic environment, offering opportunities to meet organisations and find out more about their work, as well as take part in a range of hands-on activities for people of all ages.
There will be demonstrations of basket-making, stone carving, Cornish hedging, primitive firefighting using Prehistoric methods, pottery, withy pot making, corn dolly making, archaeology and equipment used in carrying out surveys, including a robot dog, drones and 3D laser scanners.
English Heritage will be providing tours of Pendennis Castle and their Conservation in Action van will be providing creative hands-on activities about how historic buildings and objects are looked after and information on their conservation plans.
Come and meet:
The National Trust * Cornwall & West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site * University of Exeter * Federation of Old Cornwall Societies * Gorsedh Kernow * Cornwall Council’s Strategic Historic Environment Service * Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust * Cornwall Gold * Bojorrow Baskets * Nature Room Cornwall * Mining Minerals and Memorabilia * St Aubyn Estates * Silverlake Design * Cornwall Buildings Preservation Trust * JW Engineering * Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery * Ocean Conservation Trust * Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek * The Leach Pottery * Carclew * Penlee House Gallery & Museum * Cornwall National Landscape * Poynton Bradbury Architects * Museum of Cornish Life * Rowett Architecture * Cornwall Heritage Trust * Kresen Kernow * Wheal Martyn * PK Porthcurno * Bodmin Keep: Cornwall’s Army Museum * Jon Bedford * Cornish Metals * Jonathan Rhind Architects * Devon and Cornwall Police * Cornwall Archaeological Society * Natural England
Both days will be open to the public and will be free of charge for both exhibitors and visitors.