Porthleven has two picturesque harbours - the inner harbour is lined with dazzling white cottages, with the walls of the outer harbour giving shelter from the often tumultuous seas...
Gweek existed as a thriving port for several hundred years, this fact is evidenced by the Old quays...
Magnificent gorse covered acres form a superb back drop to a seemingly endless stretch of golden sands which continues to draw countless visitors to Praa Sands...
One glance around this attractive town tells you that Mullion has always been a prosperous little place...
The village is about two miles from the Helford estuary, this offers scope for sailing, watching the wildlife of the area, and lovely riverside and country walks...
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The picturesque village of Marazion with its quaint cottages, shops and pubs, is in a sublime position on the west Cornwall peninsula..
Three miles of golden sands backed by impressive sand dunes have made Hayle a perfect summer place for families to enjoy a holiday. It is an old town, made prosperous in the 18th-century when John Harvey opened his tin, copper and foundry business..
Pool is situated between Cambourne and Redruth in an area that was once the centre of Cornwall's prosperous tin mining industry...
Cadgwith, is in a truly beautiful area, it lies next to Ruan Minor and close to the overwhelming magnificence of Lizard Point...
The scenery surrounding Kynance Cove is as dramatic as it is beautiful...
The estuary on which the pretty holiday resort of Lelant stands is a paradise for bird watchers, it is also an old village with a long maritime history...
Redruth was formerly the capital of the largest and richest metal mining area in Britain. ..
Gwithian has a beautiful white sandy beach with frothy Atlantic rollers which act as a magnet for surfers, for this is one of Cornwall's top surfing spots. In medieval times.....
For an abiding memory of sheer grandeur the spectacular scenery surrounding the village of Lizard set in the heart of the Lizard Peninsular is hard to beat, for this artists.....
Think of Falmouth and you immediately think of the sparkling sea in a bay alive with busy colourful pleasure and sailing boats all jostling along in bright sunshine. You think.....
Carbis, is a deeply curving, sheltered bay of soft golden sand that makes it a haven for sea-bathing...
This pretty resort is beautifully situated close to a creek that was once a Royal dockyard, these days it is busy as a yacht anchorage, it is at its most attractive as the waters of high tide gently laps the quay...
Portreath lies on Cornwall's magnificent North-western coast, it occupies a picture-postcard valley setting of woods, streams and fine rural meadow-land, with its crowning glory being the beach lying beneath rugged cliffs topped with springy turf and heathers...
A jolly town with a year round holiday atmosphere, where everyone is made to feel welcome...
The Seal Sanctuary was set up in 1958 in the small village of St Agnes, in 1974 we moved to Gweek after we needed more space for.....
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These beautiful gardens are set on a rising landscape at the side of the Helford River. The gardens, mainly full of exotic trees.....
Trebah Garden occupys one of Cornwall's most dramatic landscapes, set into a beautiful wooded ravine descending towards a private.....
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The priory on St.Michael's mount is dedicated to the Archangel who is believed to have appeared to local fishermen in AD 495. The.....
This museum set on lonely cliffs far above the swirling Atlantic Ocean is where visitors to the area can learn all about.....
Built at the side of a naturally deep harbour Pendennis Castle forms one of Henry VIII's coastal defences, built to guard against.....
This hauntingly beautiful spot was initially made famous by centuries of shipwreck caused by perilous rocks scattered around its.....
Built by Henry VIII between 1540-45 due to the threat of invasion from Catholic France and Spain. Built as one of a pair, their.....
One of the world's largest natural harbours...
This is a classic prehistoric site, quite possibly a Celtic settlement occupied almost two thousand years ago. In its wild.....
In this moorland area thick with pre-historic remains, this is the most accessible and without doubt the most famous of all the.....
A former 16th-century parish church once stood on the site of this sumptuous cathedral, which was designed by John Loughborough.....
The Men-an-Tol is a massive round holed stone standing between two uprights. It quite probably dates from the Bronze-Age and may.....
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This is the smallest of the areas famous cromlech's, it is also the only one never to have been dislodged. It stands close to.....
The fact that we have a theatre in such a spectacular setting is solely due to one woman, Rowena Cade, and the story of the.....
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