October Half Term in Liskeard With Kids

Short answer: Liskeard in half-term week: do the outdoor banker in the morning, keep the indoor fallback ready, and check winter opening hours before driving anywhere. Half term runs 26–30 October for most schools.

Why Liskeard works this week

Liskeard's half-term trick is the branch line: a real train to the seaside at Looe, with Bodmin Moor's wildest walking in the other direction.

The dates: half term for most Cornish schools is Monday 26 to Friday 30 October 2026 (a few academy trusts take the week before as well), and most English counties share the same week — so expect other families about, but nothing remotely like summer.

The bankers

• the Looe branch line — one of Britain's loveliest little railways — train there, crabbing and chips, train back. The complete half-term day.
• Golitha Falls and the moor — the waterfalls are at their thundering best after autumn rain, and the walk in is short and wooded.
• the flat walks — the buggy-and-scooter-friendly options when the moor is too much.

When the weather turns

Have the wet plan ready before you need it — Liskeard's rainy-day guide is the one to bookmark, and the pasty stop covers the refuelling.

Half-term honesty

Two things catch families out this week: winter opening hours (many attractions and cafés drop days or shorten hours from late October — check before you drive) and the 5pm-ish sunset, which means the beach or walk goes in the morning and the cosy thing goes after lunch. The compensation is space: car parks that are war zones in August are half empty now. Halloween events pop up everywhere this week — worth checking individual attractions' pages.

The rest of the town

Everything else — filtered by who's with you — is in the Liskeard guide, and the county-wide Bonfire Night guide covers what the week rolls into next.