DESTINATION CORNWALL

Cornwall is noted for its wild moorland landscapes, its extensive and varied coastline and its mild climate. Also notable is Cornwall's stone age and industrial archaeologya. Tourism therefore forms a significant part of the local economy.

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DISCOVER CORNWALL: Bodmin Moor, Bude, Cornish Pilot Gig, Eden Project, Falmouth, Fowey, Men-an-Tol, Newquay, Portloe, St. Michael's Mount, Tintagel Castle, Truro,

BODMIN MOOR Bodmin Moor (Cornish: Goen Bren) is a granite moorland in northeastern Cornwall. It is 208 square kilometres (80 sq mi) in size, and originally dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history. Bodmin Moor is one of five granite plutons in Cornwall that make up part of the Cornubian batholith ...

DISCOVER BUDE Tourism is the main industry in the Bude area whilst some fishing is carried on. In the past, the staple trade was the export of sand, which, being highly charged with carbonate of lime, was much used for manure. There are also golf links in the town. There is some local debate as to the origins of the golf course ...

CORNISH PILOT GIG The Cornish pilot gig is a six-oared rowing boat, built of Cornish narrow leaf elm, 32 feet (9.8 m) long with a beam of four feet ten inches. It is recognised as one of the first shore-based lifeboats that went to vessels in distress, with recorded rescues going back as far as the late 17th century...

EDEN PROJECT The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, including the world's largest greenhouse. Inside the artificial biomes are plants that are collected from all around the world. The project is located in a reclaimed Kaolinite pit, 2 km from the town of St Blazey and 5 km from the larger town of St Austell, Cornwall ...

DISCOVER FALMOUTH The name Falmouth comes from the river Fal, which is a Norse/Danish Viking name, strongly suggesting that the Danes used the deep water harbour as a landing/resting place. During the Viking Age, the Danes did ally with the Britons of Cornwall, and the Vikings helped their Cornish allies ...

DISCOVER FOWEY Fowey has thrived as a port for hundreds of years, initially as a military town, then as the centre for china clay exports, and today is busy with trawlers and yachts, the Royal Fowey Yacht Club being on its front. A few miles away from the town is Golant's Sawmill Recording Studios ...

MEN-AN-TOL The Men-an-Tol is a small formation of standing stones near the Madron-Morvah road in Cornwall. It is about 3 miles north west of Madron. It is also known locally as the Crick Stone. It consists of a round stone with its middle holed out with two small standing stones to each side, in front of and behind the hole ...

DISCOVER NEWQUAY Newquay is a town, civil parish, seaside resort and fishing port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the north Atlantic coast of Cornwall approximately 20 miles west of Bodmin and 12 miles north of Truro. The town is bounded to the west by the River Gannel and its associated salt marsh, and to the east by the Porth Valley ...

DISCOVER PORTLOE Portloe is a small village in Cornwall, United Kingdom situated on the Roseland Peninsula east of Veryan. Portloe currently harbours two full time working fishing vessels, the Jasmine and Katy Lil, both of which fish for crab and lobster in Veryan and Gerrans Bay, along with a fleet of smaller leisure boats in summer ...

ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT St Michael's Mount is a lofty pyramidal tidal island, exhibiting a curious combination of slate and granite, rising 400 yards (366 m) from the shore of Mount's Bay, situated in Penwith in west Cornwall, England, in the extreme south western peninsula of the island of Britain ...

TINTAGEL CASTLE Tintagel Castle is located near Tintagel, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was built by Reginald, Earl of Cornwall on Tintagel Head, where according to Cornish legends the ancient Kings of Cornwall held their court. It is often speculated that it was a summer residence for the rulers of Dumnonia ...

DISCOVER TRURO Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, and is the centre for administration, leisure and retail. It is the only city in the county, and the most southerly city in Great Britain. People from Truro are known as Truronians. Truro initially grew as an important centre of trade from its port, and then as a stannary town for the mining industry ...

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