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The theatre was the brainchild of Rowena Cade, who moved to Cornwall after the First World War and built a house for herself and her mother on land at Minack Point for £100. [3] Her sister was the feminist dystopian author Katharine Burdekin , who lived with them from the 1920s. [ 4 ]
Situated on the waterfront setting of the Greenbank area in Falmouth, the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club (RCYC) was formed in 1871, and is the 15th oldest “Royal” yacht club in England. [ 1 ] History
The railways came much closer when the North Cornwall Railway opened the section from Delabole to Wadebridge in 1895, which included a station at Port Isaac Road 4 miles (6 km) from the village. [12] Produce from the area, including fish, flowers and fruit, was transported through the steep and narrow lanes to the station, with 150 tons of fish ...
Trevose Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast at grid reference lying to the WSW of Padstow [3] and was sited here as there was previously no light from Land's End to Lundy [4] and it would be visible from Cape Cornwall to Hartland Point.
The present building dates from the 17th or 18th century, [1] but the public house is dated to "circa 1312". [2] The inn is one of the oldest surviving in Cornwall, possibly in the United Kingdom, [3] and was popular with artists during the Victorian era, with one commentator stating that the artists and fisherman got on well together.
Readymoney Cove (Cornish: Porth Mundy, meaning mineral house cove) is a sandy beach to the south of the harbour town of Fowey, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is sheltered by cliffs close to the mouth of the River Fowey estuary and bounded, on one side, by the medieval part of the town of Fowey and, on the other, by St Catherine's Castle ...
Padstow (/ ˈ p æ d s t oʊ /; Cornish Standard Written Form: Lannwedhenek [2]) is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Wadebridge, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Bodmin and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Newquay. [3]
The Royal Albert Bridge is a railway bridge which spans the River Tamar in England between Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall.Its unique design consists of two 455-foot (138.7 m) lenticular iron trusses 100 feet (30.5 m) above the water, with conventional plate-girder approach spans.