Future World @ Goonhilly

Our Destiny in Your Hands!

No visit to Cornwall would be complete without visiting Cornwall's latest, most unique interactive attraction, where you get to help predict what the future may be like.

Situated on the site of what was the World's largest satellite earth station at Goonhilly, on the magnificent Lizard peninsular, Future World takes you on a journey of discovery, using some of the latest high-tech displays and holographic film shows.

Enter a world of historic predictions, past inventions & ideas and famous quotes from the time of Leonardo Da Vinci to the amazing Apple iPhone. Gaze at artefacts from jet packs and space helmets to the Sinclair C5 and the first mobile telephones complete with "brick" size batteries.

Watch in awe at the fantastic high definition holographic stage show, as the experience takes you from past predictions to the next one hundred years and beyond. Feel the excitement and optimistic atmosphere as you journey into a zone of interactive displays, where you get to record your visions of the future on video and in drawings that could appear on the official web site. Take part in the amazing "Future Project", as your thoughts are collated and analysed with other visitors to show how we may affect the planet and all of its inhabitants.

Take a short shuttle bus from Future World to the main visitors centre, where you discover the history and heritage behind Goonhilly and how international communications has developed over the past 200 years.

Check you emails in the FREE to use internet café, play in the Xbox play zone, make a FREE world-wide telephone call and even email an alien. Watch other informative film shows in the dedicated auditorium and relax in the popular licensed coffee shop, serving a wide selection of fresh, local dishes both hot & cold.

Then, to finish your exciting visit to Future World, book a tour to delve deep into the heart of "Arthur", the grade 2 listed iconic dish and then reserve your space on a fabulous fun and thrilling Segway tour of the operational site, exclusive to Future World.

Future World really is a great place to spend the morning or afternoon and some of the exhibits and displays cannot be found anywhere else in the South West, it's the perfect place for all ages.

Future World is just 10 minutes from Helston, just follow the brown direction signs and it is recommended that length of stay is between 2-4 hours. For full details pick up a leaflet or call: 0800 679593.