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Trencom Hill The hill overlooks the town with panoramic views of the area Click on image for a larger picture. |
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Godrevy Lighthouse Click on image for a larger picture. As featured in Virginia Woolf's 'To The Lighthouse', seals can be seen off Nevax Point. |
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Carbis Bay Click on image for a larger picture. Popular, safe, sheltered beach with soft, golden sands. Ideal beach for families and water-sports. |
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Gurnards Head Click on image for a larger picture of this iron age hut. |
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Carbis Bay Hotel Click on image for a larger picture. |
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Gwithian Click on image for a larger picture. Unspoilt ancient village with long stretches of golden sands and high dunes known as The Towans. |
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Hayle Click on image for a full screen enlargement of the old port. From this port Cornish mining engines were dispatched around the world. |
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The Hayle Ferry Click on image for a larger picture. A Centre of the tin mining industry Hayle was a busy seaport with a harbour in the sheltered estuary. |
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Lelant Hawkeshead Point - Click on image for a full screen enlargement of the view towards St Ives which can be seen in the background. |
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Ludgvan A pretty and unspoilt village midway between St Ives and Marazion. The village pub dates from the fourteenth century, and serves excellent food. There are riding stables nearby, and good inland and coastal walks. |
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Ludgvan Click on image for a larger picture. |
| Marazion Ancient 12th century town overlooking Mounts Bay - the largest bay in Britain - and the picturesque island of St. Michael's Mount with its' ancient monastery and castle. Marazion is Cornwall's oldest charter town with stretches of golden sands and a windsurfing and sailing centre. |
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Mousehole Traditional Cornish fishing village, also famous for its' Christmas lights. Pretty cottages, craft shops, pubs and restaurants in narrow lanes overlook a curved granite harbour, including probably the oldest pier in Cornwall, at the western end of Mounts Bay. Bird hospital cares for injured birds. |
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Newlyn Home of the famous Newlyn School of Artists, now with a respected contemporary art gallery. The largest fish landing port in England and Wales, narrow cobbled streets with traditional Cornish granite cottages lead down to the busy fish market and harbour. The Pilchard Works Heritage Museum recreates the pilchard packing industry. |
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Penzance Bustling town with shopping centre, craft and antique shops, art galleries, museums, cafés, restaurants and pubs. A daily ferry service to the Isles of Scilly operates from the busy harbour, filled with both leisure and working vessels. The art-deco Jubilee outdoor bathing pool is situated on Cornwall's only promenade, which stretches to Newlyn. |
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Philleigh Click on image for a larger picture. Pretty rural village on The Roseland Peninsula near the River Fal, close to Tolverne and Smugglers Cottage. |
Porthmeor Beach situated on the Atlantic side of St. Ives Island, with wide expanses of golden sand. St. Ives Tate, featuring works of Modern Art associated with St. Ives, is located by this popular surfing beach. Restaurant and café facilities. |
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Porthcurno This valley town's beautiful beach is nestled between dramatic granite cliffs, with white sands and clear turquoise water. The famous open-air Minack Theatre is cut into the cliffs, with stunning views out to sea and along the magnificent coastline. An underground museum in wartime protection tunnels tells the story of when Porthcurno was home to the largest submarine telegraph station in the world. |
Sennen Cove A shore village with a wide arc of golden sands, popular with both surfers and bathers. An important lifeboat station is situated at the end of the cove, near the Round House arts and craft gallery, which was converted from the former windlass house of the station. There are cliff walks to the remains of one of the country's earliest castles. |
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St Erth Click on image for a larger picture. Start of the scenic rail link to St Ives through the saltflats of the Hayle Estuary. |
St Just The most westerly town in mainland Britain, and one of the centres of the tin mining industry during the 19th century, reminders of which are dotted around the countryside. A town of granite cottages, with a 15th Century church containing early relics. The grassy arena of Plain an Gwarry, once the scene of medieval plays is now home to an annual carnival. |
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Zennor Click on image for a full screen enlargement Standing between moorland and cliffs, Zennor is an area steeped in history. There have been human settlements at Zennor since the Bronze Ages, much evidence of which still remains. |
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The Zennor Mermaid Click on image for a larger picture. A famous 15th Century bench end in St Senara church in Zennor depicts the mythical Mermaid of Zennor, who was said to have lured a sweet-voiced chorister, Matthew Trewhella, to his death in Pendour Cove below, with her beauty and bewitching singing. |
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