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Nature Attractions In Falmouth

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Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,797 .
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  • 4. Glendurgan Garden Falmouth
    Glendurgan Garden is a National Trust garden situated above the hamlet of Durgan on the Helford River and near Mawnan Smith, in the civil parish of Mawnan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Glendurgan Garden was laid out by Alfred Fox in the 1820s and 1830s. In 1962 Glendurgan Garden was given to the National Trust by Cuthbert and Philip Fox. The garden is notable for a cherry laurel maze, created in 1833.
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  • 5. Swanpool Beach Falmouth
    Swanpool is a small coastal saline lagoon with a shingle bar, separating it from the beach of the same name. The South West Coast Path crosses the bar. The pool is near the town of Falmouth, on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK, between Maenporth and Gyllyngvase. A notable building in the area is Swanpool House, a 19th-century building which was occupied by American forces during the Second World War but is now in use as holiday apartments. There was formerly a mine extending beneath the lagoon.
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  • 6. Gyllyngvase Beach Falmouth
    Gyllyngvase is one of the four beaches associated with Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, south of Pendennis Castle. It is to the south of Falmouth town centre, but was an essentially rural area as recently as the late 19th century. However, the growth of tourism in the town at around the turn of the 20th century saw the area become more built-up and the seafront on Cliff Road became home to several major hotels. The Bay Hotel opened in 1909 halfway along Cliff Road, but closed due to a fire in 1990 and was demolished three years later. Bay Court, a four-storey block of private apartments, was built on the site. Queen Mary Gardens were opened next to Gyllngvase Beach in 1910. Palm Beach Hotel, built in the 1930s, was demolished in 2007. It overlooked Queen Mary Gardens and had closed seve...
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  • 8. Durgan Beach Falmouth
    Durgan is a hamlet in the parish of Mawnan, south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated beside the Helford River four miles south of Falmouth. The hamlet consists of 17 properties, many owned by the National Trust, and has a permanent population of just 10 . The majority of the properties are second homes or holiday lets. Durgan has a beach popular with boaters, swimmers and holiday makers. Only vehicles belonging to residents or those staying in holiday lets are permitted in the village as the roads are narrow and parking is unavailable. Glendurgan Garden, a National Trust property, is located in Durgan.Durgan is known for boating on the Helford River and the Fal estuary and was the home port of Captain George Vancouver. Durgan hosts its own regatta on the last Sunday in Augus...
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  • 9. Flushing Beach Falmouth
    Flushing is a coastal village in west Cornwall, England, UK, in the civil parish of Mylor. It is 3 miles east of Penryn and 10 miles south of Truro. It faces Falmouth across the Penryn River, an arm of the Carrick Roads. The village is known for its yearly Regatta week in July. Flushing lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty . Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
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  • 10. Queen Mary Gardens Falmouth
    Queen Mary University of London is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It dates back to the foundation of London Hospital Medical College in 1785. Queen Mary College, named after Mary of Teck, was admitted to the University of London in 1915 and in 1989 merged with Westfield College to form Queen Mary and Westfield College. In 1995 Queen Mary and Westfield College merged with St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College to form the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Queen Mary's main campus is in the Mile End area of Tower Hamlets, with other campuses in Holborn, Smithfield and Whitechapel. In 2015/16 it had 17,140 students and 4,000 staff. Queen Mary is organised into three facu...
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  • 13. Penjerrick Garden Falmouth
    Penjerrick Garden, often referred to as Cornwall's true jungle garden, lies between Budock Water and Mawnan Smith, near Falmouth, United Kingdom. This 15-acre , sub-tropical, spring-flowering garden has views of the sea and a considerable historical and botanical interest. Penjerrick Garden was developed in the early 19th century by Robert Were Fox F.R.S. and his children, Anna Maria, Barclay and Caroline . They planted the upper garden with specimens collected abroad including rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias, azaleas, tree ferns and bamboos. The garden is also the home of the Penjerrick and Barclayi hybrid rhododendrons. There is also a brain coral thought to have been introduced to Penjerrick by Captain FitzRoy of the Beagle, which was Charles Darwin's expedition ship. The lower part...
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  • 14. Fistral Beach Bar Newquay
    Fistral Beach is in Fistral Bay on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated half-a-mile west of Newquay at grid reference SW 797 620.Fistral Bay is bounded by two promontories, Towan Head to the north and Pentire Point East to the south.The straight sandy beach faces west-northwest onto the Atlantic and is approximately 750 metres long. It is backed by steep sand dunes and is overlooked by the Headland Hotel. The name Fistral is recorded as Fistal in 1813, coming from the Cornish bystel meaning foul water probably in reference to the waves making it an unsuitable landing site.
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  • 15. Paignton Zoo Environmental Park Paignton
    Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, is a zoo in Paignton, Devon, England. The zoo is part of South West Environmental Parks Ltd which is owned by the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust . It is a combined zoo and botanic garden that welcomes over half a million visitors a year. WWCT also runs Living Coasts in Torquay, Devon and Newquay Zoo in Newquay, Cornwall. All three are registered charities. Paignton Zoo has a collection of about 2,000 animals representing nearly 300 species. It also cultivates about 1,600 different species of plant. It currently employs over 100 permanent staff and an additional 120 seasonally. A registered educational and scientific charity, Paignton Zoo is committed to the highest standards of animal husbandry and welfare, to scientific research, education and the bre...
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