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A popular tourism county with a population of around 480,000 located in the extreme
South West of England. The county seat is Bodmin. Geography
Cornwall is a long peninsula bordered by the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean
and by Devon. It extreme western promontory is known as Land's End, which is
the same name as the extreme west of Brittany, with which people, the Cornish share
many cultural and historic ties. The region is a low-lying plateau of old igneous
rocks, rising to its greatest height at Brown Willy (1,375 ft/419 m) on Bodmin Moor.
The major rivers are the Tamar, which forms most of the border with Devon, the Fowey,
the Fal, and the Camel. The popular towns include Padstow, Perranporth, St. Ives,
Truro, Penzance, Newquay, Wadebridge, Falmouth, Port Isaac, Helston, Polzeath, Redruth,
Mevagissey, Bodmin, Lizard, Bude, Looe and Boscastle. Industry
Dairy farms and vegetables are raised in the river valleys and Cornwall is famous
for its clotted cream. The highlands are mainly used for sheep and cattle pastures.
The climate is mild and moist, with subtropical vegetation along the southern coast.
Fishing is no longer a major industry but was once the major industry. Engineering,
ship repairing, rock quarrying, and tourism are major industries. Tin and copper
mines were exploited for centuries and were traded to the ancient Greek and Mediterranean
traders. Neither mineral is now found in sufficient quantities to make mining a
viable industry. Tourism is now the prime revenue source of the Cornish industry. History
Cornwall has a very long and ancient past. It was one of the last independent Celtic
Kingdoms of Britain and was finally conquered by the Saxon's just prior to the Norman
invasion. The Cornish language which is related to the Welsh and Breton tongues,
died out as a major language in the 18th cent but enough of the language was preserved
to allow it to be revived in the 20th century and there are now several thousand
Cornish speakers. In the 14th century, the county was made a duchy for the monarch's
eldest son and Prince Charles is the current Duke. Places of Interest
Barbara Hepworth Museum, Bodmin and Wenford Railway, Bodmin Moor, Cardinham Woods,
Carn Euny, Carrick Roads, Castle An Dinas, Cheesewring, Chun Castle, Chun Quoit,
Chysauster Ancient Village, Commando Ridge near Bosigran, Cotehele, Eden Project,
Geevor Tin Mine, Godrevy Island, Goonhilly Downs, The Hurlers, Kynance Cove, Land's
End, Lanhydrock House, Lanyon Quoit, Lappa Valley Steam Railway, Looe, Looe Island,
Leach Pottery, The Lizard, Loe Pool, Logan Rock, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Mên-an-Tol,
Mevagissey, Minack Theatre, Mousehole, Mullion Cove, Newlyn Art Gallery, National
Maritime Museum, Paradise Park, Pencarrow, Pendennis Castle, Penlee House, Poldhu,
Polperro, Museum of Submarine Telegraphy, Restormel Castle, River Fowey, River Looe,
Roseland Peninsula, Royal Cornwall Museum, National Seal Sanctuary at Gweek, South
Crofty, South West Coast Path, St Mawes Castle, St Michael's Mount, Tate St. Ives,
Tintagel Castle, Trevarno, Trelissick Garden, Trinity House National Lighthouse
Museum, Truro Cathedral. Cornwall County Flag
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