Saint Michael's Mount
Saint Michael's Mount is based in Marazion, Cornwall, and offers a professional and friendly team to help you have a great time and enjoy the experiences available.
Open the doors to an ancient castle and a much loved family home. Together, the St Aubyn family and the National Trust care for the Mount's rich historic legacy and ensure it is safeguarded for future generations to enjoy.
In 1954, Francis St Aubyn, 3rd Lord St Levan, gave a large part of the island and a significant endowment fund for its upkeep to the National Trust. The St Aubyn family retain a 999 year lease to live in the castle as well as running the visitor business under licence from the NT, welcoming you to discover their extraordinary family home.
This unique partnership supports the Mount's vibrant island community, continuing a remarkable legacy of life and activity, which has existed since prehistoric times.
Activities at Saint Michael's Mount include:
- Castle and Gardens
We have also included their opening times and contact details. If you have any questions, you can contact the venue directly.
Facilities
Activities available in this location
Open Times
Contact
Marazion
Cornwall
TR17 OHS
Gallery
Castle and Gardens
Age Appropriate
- Children
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
- Indoor
An ancient castle fortress, sloping subtropical gardens, sweeping lawns, and a harbour village. What will you discover first?
Our gardens, castle, lawns and village all provide perfect scope for the imagination – shaped and weathered over centuries, this extraordinary place is waiting to be explored.
The Castle
With shades of the past in each room and new discoveries waiting around every corner, dig deep into the Mount’s history.
Stoop through ancient doorways and glimpse the building’s changing faces – from priory to fortified castle and, since the mid-1600s, home to the St Aubyn family, who still live here today. As you wander centuries-old corridors and unpeel layers of history, these are some of the things you will find..
The Garden
The garden on St Michael’s Mount will open on selected dates from Monday 18th April 2022.
This beautiful, fragile, terraced garden was designed in 1878 for Sir John St Aubyn, (later the 1st Lord St Levan ) and would have delighted his family of eleven people.
​Aloes and Agave rear out of the bedrock, Tulbaghia's wave their delicate heads, and binding threads of rosemary, lavender and Lampranthus tumble down the terraces. Come and experience life beyond the castle walls..
Stroll among the steep, sloping terraces and you’ll spot all manner of unlikely plants, which thrive in this curiously mild microclimate. Despite the gales and salty winds that you’d expect here, frosts are a rarity and the rock acts as a gigantic radiator – absorbing the heat by day and releasing it at night.