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Places of Interest - Cornwall


Cornwall is full of history and culture so you are sure to find something of interest and learn something new about Cornwall.

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Angarrack

Angarrack is a lovely little village near Hayle.
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Barnstaple

Barnstaple, the capital of North Devon, is the area’s main shopping destination with many well...
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Bodmin

Bodmin is the former county town of Cornwall, and the only Cornish town to be recorded in the Domesday...
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Boscastle

Boscastle, made famous made by the floods in 2004, is a little harbour village in a Designated Area...
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Cadgwith

Cadgwith is a quaint fishing village on the Lizard Peninsula, with thatched cottages perched on steep...
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Callington

Callington, a small ancient market town in southeast Cornwall, is famous for its Honey Fair and Mural...
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Camborne

Camborne is ideally located in central Cornwall and therefore provides an ideal base for exploring the...
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Camelford

Camelford was once named Cam Pol – meaning ‘curved river’ in Cornish.
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Cape Cornwall

Cape Cornwall is a small headland just four miles from Land’s End.
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Carbis Bay

Carbis Bay is a small seaside village just one mile along the coast from St Ives.
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Charlestown

The harbour village of Charlestown was a Georgian 'new town', developed by local landowner Charles Rashleigh...
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Connor Downs

Connor Downs is a small village situated 2 miles east of Hayle.
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Coverack

Coverack is a beautiful and lively fishing village on the east coast of the Lizard peninsula.
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Crantock

Crantock is a coastal civil parish and the quaint, well-equipped village lies approximately two miles...
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Devoran

The parish of Devoran is named after the Cornish word for water, Dowr, as two rivers meet here.
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Downderry

Downderry is a pretty little village on the south coast of Cornwall, just four miles from Looe.
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Feock

Feock, near Truro, is a small village situated on the Fal estuary.
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Flushing

Flushing, near Falmouth, was named so after a Dutch community from Vlissingen - also known as Flushing...
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Fowey

Fowey is a small but busy port and natural harbour.
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Godrevy and its surrounds

Godrevy is an area in the West of Cornwall situated on the eastern side of St Ives Bay.
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Gweek

Gweek is a little village set amongst woodland at the head of the Helford River.
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Gwithian

Gwithian is a coastal village situated three miles northeast of Hayle and four miles east of St Ives...
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Hayle

Found in the beautiful St Ives Bay in West Cornwall and just 6 miles from St Ives itself is the popular...
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Helford

Helford is a quiet but stunning village.
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Holywell

Holywell is a small village on the north coast, near Newquay.
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Ilfracombe

Situated on the north coast of Devon in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Ilfracombe is a pretty...
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Kennack Sands

Kennack Sands is a popular, sandy beach which is unmissable for families who love to explore rock pools...
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Kingsand and Cawsand

The little fishing villages of Kingsand and Cawsand have been unspoilt by time, their narrow streets...
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Kingsbridge

The market town of Kingsbridge in South Hams has a wide range of shops, restaurants and pubs.
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Launceston

Launceston, just off the A30 in southeast Cornwall, is known as the Gateway to Cornwall.
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Lelant

Lelant is a small village, formerly an ecclesiastical and civil parish on the west side of the River...
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Liskeard

Liskeard is an ancient stannary and market town.
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Lizard Village aka Landewednack

As England's most southerly village and point, Landwednack holds a certain charm.
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Looe

Looe, separated by Looe River into East and West Looe, is a major fishing port and has a busy fish market...
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Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel is centrally located between coast and moorland - just 6 miles east of the Eden Project...
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Manaccan

Manaccan is one of four parishes near the southern bank of the Helford River.
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Marazion

Marazion, near Penzance, is best known for overlooking St Michael's Mount.
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Mawgan Porth

The hamlet of Mawgan Porth is ideally located close to Newquay airport.
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Mawnan Smith

Mawnan Smith is a pretty little village near the mouth of the Helford River.
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Mevagissey

Mevagissey is a pretty little fishing village which was once the centre of Cornwall's pilchard fishing...
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Mousehole

Mousehole is a small fishing village in the Far West between Penzance and Land's End.
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Mullion

Mullion is the largest village on the Lizard.
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Newlyn

Newlyn is Cornwall's busiest fishing port.
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Noss Mayo

It has been said that Noss Mayo is one of the pretties villages in Devon.
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Padstow

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Paignton

Paignton is popular family resort on the south coast of Devon.
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Par

Par is located on the edge of a part of Cornwall known as Clay Country.
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Pendeen

Pendeen once played an important part in Cornwall's mining history due to its numerous tin and copper...
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Penryn

Penryn is one of Cornwall's oldest towns, and is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086.
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Pentewan

Pentewan Village is a typical, pretty little Cornish village.
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Perranporth

Perranporth - or ‘Porthpyran’ in Cornish which means Saint Piran’s cove - is a small...
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Perranuthnoe

Perranuthnoe is a picturesque little village on the south coast of Cornwall, just two miles from Marazion...
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Polperro

Polperro is a tiny but beautiful harbour just south of Looe.
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Port Isaac

This beautiful, unspoiled, little fishing village is over 700 years old.
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Porthallow

Porthallow is a small unspoilt fishing village, which was very busy in its heyday.
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Porthcurno

The name Porthcurno evolved from the earlier spelling 'Porth Kernow' or 'Porth Curnow' which in Cornish...
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Porthleven

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Porthtowan

Porthtowan is a small popular village on the Atlantic coast.
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Portloe

Portloe is a small village situated on the Roseland Peninsula east of Veryan.
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Portreath

The civil parish village and fishing port of Portreath is nestled in a stream valley between high cliffs...
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Portscatho

Portscatho is a former pilchard-fishing village about 5 miles from St Mawes.
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Redruth

Redruth dates back as far as the twelfth century, when it was developed around a ford.
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Rock

The town of Rock is situated across the Camel estuary from Padstow.
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Saltash

Located on the west bank of the River Tamar, Saltash is an ideal base for those wishing to explore both...
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Sennen

Sennen is a small fishing village near Land's End.
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South Molton

South Molton is a small market town in North Devon.
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St Agnes

St Agnes is a pretty little village which was once a very busy mining centre; there are many old engine...
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St Breward

St Breward is located in a part of Cornwall from where local granite was taken to build the Tower Bridge...
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St Buryan

St Buryan parish encompasses the villages of St.
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St Columb Major

St Columb Major is located in North Cornwall, approximately 8 miles inland from Newquay.
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St Just

St Just in West Cornwall is Britain’s most westerly town; steeped in history of tin and copper...
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St Just in Roseland

St Just in Roseland is located just north of St Mawes.
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St Keverne

St Keverne is the largest village in the Helford area and has a central square.
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St Martin

St Martin is a village located near the Helford River.
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St Mawes

St Mawes, at the south of the Roseland Peninsula, was an important port during medieval times.
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Tavistock

Tavistock, a former stannary town lies to the west of Dartmoor.
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Tintagel

Tintagel is known as King Arthur Country.
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Tiverton

Tiverton, situated on the River Exe, is the largest town in mid Devon.
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Torpoint

Torpoint is located on a peninsula, just across the River Tamar from Plymouth.
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Tregony

Tregony is a little village in between Truro and St Austell.
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Trewoon

Trewoon is a village just outside St Austell.
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Veryan

The little village of Veryan is best known for the five nineteenth century thatched round houses.
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Watergate Bay

Watergate Bay is famous for being the location of Jamie Oliver’s restaurant, Fifteen Cornwall.
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Zennor

Zennor is a civil parish village.
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