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Towns in Cornwall
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Altarnun
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Antony
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Blisland
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Boconnoc
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Bodmin
Bodmin is situated on the western edge of Bodmin Moor, the county town of Cornwall for a century and a half, and mentioned in the Domesday Book. Bodmin is a busy market town, whose history goes back as far as the sixth century. |
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Boscastle
Boscastle is an entrancing beauty spot, lying between the rivers Jordan and Valency. The riverfront is bordered by pretty thatched and lime-washed houses giving on to the north coast harbour, with its 16th century quay. |
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Botallack
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Boyton
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Braddock
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Breage
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Bude
Bude was once notorious for its shipwrecks, between 1824 and1674 more than 80 ships were wrecked on this coast. Today however Bude is best known as a seaside resort with fine sandy beaches, rock pools and tidal swimming pool. |
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Budock Water
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Bugle
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Cadgwith
Cadgwith is a picturesque fishing village nestling on Cornwall's south coast near the Lizard peninsular (England's most southerly point.) It is loved by locals and tourists alike for it's peace, tranquillity and timelessness. |
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Callington
Callington is a market town nestling between the Tamar and Lynher rivers. The mural project on the walls of the town's buildings displays the area's heritage, landscape and industry. |
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Calstock
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Camborne
Camborne was once at the heart of the former copper and tin mining industry in Western Cornwall. Today Camborne is a busy town best known for its famous School of Metalliferous Mining, one of the most respected in the world. |
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Camelford
The historic town of Camelford, is situated between the Atlantic coast and Bodmin moor. The ancient Slaughter Bridge is the legendary site of King Arthur's last battle. |
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Carbis Bay
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Cardinham
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Carleen
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Carnbrea
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Chacewater
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Charlestown
Charlstown is the familiar TV location for Poldark and The Onedin Line. The village was built in 1801 for the import of coal and export of China Clay; it remains an unspoilt port and retains its Georgian character. |
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Constantine
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Coverack
Coverack is a tiny fishing village with its single, curved harbour wall, built in the early 1700's and now sheltering a couple of dozen small fishing and pleasure craft. |
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Crantock
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Creed
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Crowan
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Cubert
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Cury
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Davidstow
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Delabole
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Dobwalls
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Doublebois
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Duloe
Duloe is a small village about halfway between Liskeard and Looe. Perhaps its most interesting feature is in a field just across the road from the parish church of St. Cuby, a 5th century Cornish saint. |
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East Looe
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Egloshayle
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Egloskerry
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Falmouth
Falmouth is the leading south coast resort, and has the third largest natural harbour in the world. The setting is superb, with four bathing beaches and a bustling waterfront marina. |
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Feock
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Flushing
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Forrabury
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Fowey
Fowey (pronounced 'Foy') is a historic seafaring town, with a network of narrow streets climbing up the hills. Once home of the 'Fowey Gallants' the fierce Fowey seamen who raided the coast of France during the Hundred-Year War. |
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Germoe
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Gerrans
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Golant
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Gorran Churchtown
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Grade
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Grampound
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Gulval
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Gunwalloe
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Gweek
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Gwennap
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Gwinear
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Gwithian
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Hayle
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Helford
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Helland
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Helston
Helston is the 'quaint old Cornish town' of the Furry Dance, which is held each year, on Flora Day the 8th May. Dancers in costume, dance through the decorated streets, gardens and shops. |
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Henwood
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Illogan
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Jacobstow
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Kea
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Kenwyn
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Kilkhampton
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Ladock
Ladock is a small, unspolied and charming village in the very centre of Cornwall. It has an outstanding pub, several excellent guesthouses and a superb group accommodation at Woodland Valley Farm. |
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Land's End
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Landewednack
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Landrake
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Lanivet
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Lanlivery
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Lanreath
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Lansallos
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Lanteglos
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Lanteglos
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Launceston
Launceston was the capital of Cornwall until 1838. Situated in the north east of the county, built on a hill and dominated by the ruins of a Norman keep. This is thought to have been the inspiration for Chateau Terrible, in Malory's Morte d' Arthur. |
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Lawhitton
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Leedstown
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Lelant
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Lerryn
Lerryn is a place that one almost wants to keep secret so that it does not become a popular destination. A beautiful and unspoilt village in a steep sided valley, it lies at the tidal head of a tributary to the River Fowey. |
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Lewannick
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Lezant
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Linkinhorne
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Liskeard
Liskeard is a busy market town on a hill, once linked by canal to Looe. The part Norman Church of St. Martin is the second largest in Cornwall. |
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Little Petherick
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Lizard
This is England's most southerly point but it's less commercialised than Lands End. Whether visited on a bright, spring or summer day or in a mid winter mist there's an appealing quality of remoteness about the town. |
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Looe
East and West Looe are joined by a Victorian seven-arched bridge, a holiday resort of character, with several beaches, a bustling quayside with a unique Banjo Pier. Looe offers good bathing, yachting, river and sea trips and is a shark fishing. |
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Lostwithiel
Lostwithiel is today a quiet, charming market town, which was the capital of the Duchy of Cornwall in the 13th century. |
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Lower Boscaswell
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Ludgvan
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Luxulyan
The village of Luxulyan like so many in the West Country is often referred to as a "churchtown" in that it consists of houses clustered around the 15th century parish church. |
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Madron
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Manaccan
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Marazion
Marazion is Cornwall's oldest charter town, it has a cluster of cottages set among winding streets and palm trees, which overlooks Mounts Bay. |
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Marhamchurch
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Mawgan
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Mawnan
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Menheniot
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Merrymeet
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Mevagissey
Mevagissey is the largest working fishing port in St. Austell Bay. Cob cottages spill down to the harbour walls from the steep valley a picturesque village and one of Cornwall's most popular tourist resorts. |
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Michaelstow
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Middlehill
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Millbrook
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Mitchell
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Morvah
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Morval
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Morwenstow
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Mousehole
Moushole (pronounced 'Mouzle') the name is thought to derive from a smuggler's cave south of the village. The village was once a major pilchard landing port and retains considerable character. |
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Mullion
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Mylor
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Nancekuke
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Newlyn
Newlyn is the largest fishing port in England and Wales and lies south of Penzance. The colony of artists who gathered to paint in Newlyn, became known as The Newlyn School. |
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Newlyn East
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Newquay
Newquay is Cornwall's most popular and liveliest resort, with magnificent beaches and a major centre for surfing. Climbing up behind the beaches are high cliffs with exciting caves, the best is at Porth Island, Newquay's original settlement. |
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North Hill
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North Petherwin
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North Tamerton
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Otterham
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Padstow
Padstow is built on a hillside overlooking the Camel Estuary. Padstow was once considered the ecclesiastical capital of Cornwall, from the time St. Petroc arrived here from Ireland in the 6th century, and founded a monastery. |
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Par
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Paul
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Pelynt
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Pendeen
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Penryn
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Pentewan
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Penzance
Penzance is situated at the northwest corner of mount's Bay facing St. Michael's Mount. Penzance is a bustling town and harbour and has Cornwall's only promenade; the climate here is so mild that palm trees and tropical plants thrive. |
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Perranporth
Perranporth was a tin mining village in the 19th century; it is now a family resort with a 3-mile long beach, a popular place for surfing and sand yachting. Perranporth also has a golf course and boating lake and there are fine cliff walks. |
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Perranuthnoe
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Perranwell
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Perranzabuloe
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Phillack
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Philleigh
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Pillaton
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Polperro
Polperro is a showpiece harbour village. Picturesque and tightly packed cottages tumble down to fish quay on the inner harbour, once packed with pilchard luggers. |
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Polzeath
Polzeath could be called Betjeman country; Polzeath was a favourite place of the poet the late Sir John Betjeman and extolled in his verse. The poet is buried at the Church of St. Enodoc on the sand dunes. |
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Pool
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Porkellis
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Port Isaac
Port Isaac has been a fishing port since the Middle Ages. Cottages line the steep narrow twisting streets and geranium filled alleys ('drangs') which run down to the harbour. |
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Porthallow
Porthallow, situated on the south coast near the Helford river and Helston is a small village with a nice pub, a café and a few shops. |
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Porthcurno
The name Porthcurno, means 'Port Cornwall'. Porthcurno has an exquisite beach strewn with tiny white shells. |
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Porthleven
Porthleven is a holiday centre and working fishing harbour, with storm booms, a granite pier and small beach. There are waterfront inns, restaurants, and fish centre, galleries and craft shops. |
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Porthscatho
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Portreath
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Poughill
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Poundstock
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Praze an Beeble
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Probus
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Quethiock
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Redruth
Redruth's architecture bears testament to its rich mining history, celebrated each June with Murdoch Day festival. The town centre has a cinema and range of shops. |
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Roche
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Ruan Lanihorne
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Ruan Major
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Ruan Minor
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Saltash
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Sancreed
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Sandplace
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Scorrier
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Sennen
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Sennen Cove
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Sheviock
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South Hill
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South Petherwin
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St. Agnes
The charming village of St. Agnes lies inland north of Truro. A mining village retaining links with its industrial past. Famous for the row of Stippy Stappy sea captain's cottages and surrounded by mine engine houses. |
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St. Allen
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St. Anthony
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St. Austell
St. Austell is a bustling market town, situated at the centre of the Cornish china-clay industry. With the opening of the pits to mine the clay, St. Austel's population and prosperity soon began to grow. |
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St. Blazey
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St. Breward
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St. Buryan
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St. Cleer
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St. Clement
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St. Clether
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St. Columb Major
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St. Columb Minor
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St. Columb Road
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St. Day
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St. Dennis
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St. Dominick
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St. Endellion
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St. Enoder
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St. Erme
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St. Erth
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St. Ervan
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St. Eval
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St. Ewe
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St. Gennys
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St. Germans
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St. Hilary
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St. Issey
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St. Ive
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St. Ives
St. Ives is magnificently situated, overlooking a spectacular crescent of beaches. St Ives grew up around a small chapel built by St. Ia in the sixth century. The productive waters around St. Ives made it an important fishing port. |
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St. Just in Penwith
St. Just in Penwith is the mainland's most westerly town, situated next to Cape Cornwall. The town was once a centre for tin and copper mining, and is rich in antiquities. |
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St. Just in Roseland
St. Just In Roseland has an exquisite 13th century Church set above the tidal creek of the Percuil River. The beautiful Churchyard, which slopes down steeply from the road, is luxuriantly planted like a sub-tropical garden. |
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St. Keverne
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St. Kew
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St. Keyne
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St. Levan
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St. Mabyn
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St. Martin
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St. Martin
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St. Mawes
St. Mawes is a fashionable yachting resort beautifully situated, it lies in a sheltered spot on the Roseland Peninsula overlooking Falmouth. The lovely houses, some of them thatched, that lie along the waterfront look east to the bay. |
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St. Mawgan
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St. Mellion
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St. Merryn
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St. Minver
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St. Neot
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St. Stephen
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St. Teath
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St. Tudy
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St. Veep
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St. Winnow
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Stenalees
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Stithians
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Stoke Climsland
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Stratton
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Temple
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Tintagel
Tintagel, is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur. An Iron Age castle and settlement preceded the 13th century castle whose ruins can still be seen. |
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Torpoint
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Towednack
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Treen
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Tregoney
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Tremaine
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Treneglos
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Tresmeer
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Trewen
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Troon
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Truro
Truro is Cornwall's commercial and administrative centre. Truro became fashionable during the 1800's with rich merchants whose wealth came from tin mining, at the same time it was the hub of county society. |
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Tuckingmill
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Tywardreath
Tywardreath is in mid Cornwall on the south coast, not far from St Austell and 3 miles south of Fowey. It has magnificent footpaths along the coast and is only a five minute walk from the beach at Par. The city of Truro is 12 miles to the |
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Upton
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Veryan
Veryan is best known for the five 19th century round thatched houses, each with a cross on top; they stand two at either end of the village and one in the centre. |
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Wadebridge
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Warbstow
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Warleggan
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Week St. Mary
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Wendron
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Werrington
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Withiel
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Zelah
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Zennor
Zennor is an enchanting moorland village west of St Ives. The twelfth century church has the famed bench end carving of 'the mermaid of Zennor'. |
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