This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Landmark Attractions In Cornwall

x
Cornwall is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom. The county is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar which forms most of the border between them. Cornwall forms the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The furthest southwestern point of the island is Land's End; the southernmost point is Lizard Point. Cornwall has a population of 563,600 and covers an area of 3,563 km2 . The county has been administered since 2009 by the unitary authority, Cornwall Council. The ceremonial county of Cornwa...
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

Landmark Attractions In Cornwall

  • 2. Truro Cathedral Truro
    The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Truro is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Truro, Cornwall. It was built between 1880 and 1910 to a Gothic Revival design by John Loughborough Pearson on the site of the parish church of St Mary. It is one of only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom with three spires.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 3. Bodmin Jail Bodmin
    Bodmin Jail is an historic former prison situated in Bodmin, on the edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. Built in 1779 and closed in 1927, the large range of buildings is now largely in ruins, although parts of the prison have been turned into a tourist attraction.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 4. Carwynnen Quoit Camborne
    Carwynnen is a hamlet in Cornwall, England. It is located between the villages of Troon and Praze-an-Beeble, and is situated 2 miles south of Camborne . Carwynnen consists of only 7 dwellings. Carwynnen was part of the Pendarves Estate which lay between Troon and the Camborne parish boundary with Crowan, at the River Connor that runs through Carwynnen. Nearby is Carwynnen Quoit.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 5. Bodmin Moor Bodmin
    The Beast of Bodmin Moor, also known as the Beast of Bodmin is a phantom wild cat purported to live in Cornwall, England. Bodmin Moor became a centre of purported sightings after 1978, with occasional reports of mutilated slain livestock; the alleged panther-like cats of the same region came to be popularly known as the Beast of Bodmin Moor. In general, scientists reject such claims because of the improbably large numbers necessary to maintain a breeding population and because climate and food supply issues would make such purported creatures' survival in reported habitats unlikely.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 8. The Lizard RNLI Lifeboat Station Lizard
    The Lizard is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at grid reference SW 701115. Lizard village is the most southerly on the British mainland, and is in the civil parish of Landewednack, the most southerly parish. The valleys of the River Helford and Loe Pool form the northern boundary, with the rest of the peninsula surrounded by sea. The area measures about 14 by 14 miles . The Lizard is one of England's natural regions and has been designated as national character area 157 by Natural England. The peninsula is known for its geology and for its rare plants and lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty . Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and prote...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 9. Cotehele Mill Saltash
    Cotehele is a medieval house with Tudor additions, situated in the parish of Calstock in the east of Cornwall, England. It is a rambling granite and slate-stone manor house on the banks of the River Tamar that has been little changed over five centuries.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 11. Launceston Town Hall and Guildhall Launceston
    Launceston ( LAHN-stən or LAWN-stən, locally LAN-sən or LAHN-sən, (Cornish: Lannstevan; is a town, ancient borough, and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is one mile west of the middle stage of the River Tamar, which constitutes almost the entire border between Cornwall and Devon. The landscape of the town is generally steep particularly at a sharp south-western knoll topped by Launceston Castle. These gradients fall down to the River Kensey and smaller tributaries. The town centre itself is bypassed and is no longer physically a main thoroughfare. The A388 still runs through the town close to the centre. The town remains figuratively the gateway to Cornwall, due to having the A30, one of the two dual carriageways into the county pass directly next to the town. The ...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 13. Looe Island Looe
    Looe is a small coastal town, fishing port and civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, with a population of 5,280 at the 2011 census.Looe is 20 miles west of Plymouth and seven miles south of Liskeard, divided in two by the River Looe, East Looe and West Looe being connected by a bridge. Looe developed as two separate towns each with MPs and its own mayor. The town centres around a small harbour and along the steep-sided valley of the River Looe which flows between East and West Looe to the sea beside a sandy beach. Offshore to the west, opposite the stonier Hannafore Beach, lies Looe Island.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Cornwall Videos

Shares

x

Places in Cornwall

x

Regions in Cornwall

x

Near By Places

Menu