Posts by management@budockvean.co.uk
Tony Grace Memorial Golf Trophy
Tuesday 10th August saw the first Tony Grace Memorial Trophy take place at Budock Vean Golf Club, in memory of the club’s President, who sadly passed away last year. As a reflection of Tony’s popularity at Budock Vean, there was a fantastic turn out of 32 senior players, on a day with perfect weather, who competed…
Read MoreWork Retreats
Re-group | Re-focus | Re-charge | Re-Treat Sometimes working together needs to be just that, being in the same space to fuel discussion and spark ideas. To take stock and adapt your plans for the future, then grab one of our Work Re-Treats. Designed for teams of up to 10, we’re offering the chance…
Read MoreWildlife Project
Who’s that living in our gardens? With just our grounds teams on site during the various lockdowns, we had a few visitors sneaking into our gorgeous valley garden. Lured out by the calm and silence, or possibly attracted to Phil’s packed lunches, we had visits from deer, hedgehogs, kingfishers and a buzzard that took up…
Read MoreHoliday Retreat Roots
This month, as live events slowly come back to life in the UK, we turn our attention to life at Budock Vean in the 1930’s and how the hotel became a holiday retreat for 20th century film makers and artists. In 1930, after a visit to the deserted manor house, Harry Parkinson and Eddie Pilgrim…
Read MoreCornwall Wildlife Trust
Our commitment to helping protect and support our environment is more important now than ever before. As well as our ongoing drive to run our hotel as sustainability as possible, we are delighted to have renewed our annual support for Cornwall Wildlife Trust. As part of their Wilder Business Network we will continue to help care for…
Read MoreCyber Essentials
Cyber Essentials (from the National Cyber Security Centre) is a simple but effective, Government backed scheme that will help protect our organisation against a wide range of the most common cyber attacks. Cyber attacks come in many shapes and sizes, but the vast majority are very basic in nature, carried out by relatively unskilled individuals.…
Read MoreThe Ancient Woods of the Helford River
The Helford River is a place of wonder and delight: one of the very few places in England where ancient woodland meets the sea. This is oak country, and the oaks have the surprising variety of size and shape that only Cornwall and Devon oaks can offer. Smooth wooded hillsides, subtly mottled with the different…
Read MoreVirginia Woolf
With its sprawling sub-tropical gardens and woodland views, its unique position beside the Helford River and its peaceful seclusion from urban life, Budock Vean has long been an admired beauty spot. But, it is also home to a rich and varied history which spans the worship of medieval saints to the popular holiday retreat of…
Read MoreInternational Museums Day
What cracking timing for International Museum Day – we hope all our friends in museums across Cornwall had a wonderful day yesterday welcoming guests back inside to see their treasures and enjoy their stories. We’re very lucky down here, in Cornwall you’re never more than 8 miles from a museum. They come in all shapes…
Read MoreSouth West Tourism Awards
The team at Budock Vean Hotel are stacking up their reasons to celebrate when the time is right after winning ANOTHER award. On Thursday 22nd April the hotel, which sits on the Helford River in South Cornwall, won Silver in the ‘Large Hotel of the Year’ category at the South West Tourism Awards. With stiff…
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