Cornwall Attractions
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Cornwall (pop. 450,000; area: 1,370sq.mi/3,547sq.km), in the extreme southwest corner of the country, is a much favored holiday location. Its attraction lies in its many sites of great and often bizarre natural beauty, its cliffs and moors, subtropical parks and gardens, delightful sandy beaches, picturesque fishing villages and old mining communities, together with the myriad of myths and legends which surround them.
The first settlement of the region was from Brittany, by folk of the megalithic culture. From the Bronze Age onwards tin mining led to the establishment of vigorous and far flung trading links.
The first settlement of the region was from Brittany, by folk of the megalithic culture. From the Bronze Age onwards tin mining led to the establishment of vigorous and far flung trading links.
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Penzance, England
(Near Cornwall)
This year round resort town, perhaps best known from Gilbert and Sullivan's production "The Pirates of Penzance", contains shops, historic buildings, and offers ferry service to the Scilly Isles.
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Tresco Island
Tresco Island has numerous tourist attractions but is most well known for the terraced subtropical park with plants from South Africa, Mexico and Madeira.
Lamorna, England
(Near Cornwall)
Mousehole, England
(Near Cornwall)
Porthcurno, England
(Near Cornwall)
Zennor, England
(Near Cornwall)