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Porthleven (/ ˌ p ɔː θ ˈ l ɛ v ən /; Cornish: Porthlynn) is a town, civil parish and fishing port in Cornwall, England.The most southerly port in Great Britain, it was a harbour of refuge when this part of the Cornish coastline was infamous for wrecks in the days of sail. [1]
St Ives (Cornish: Porth Ia, [1] meaning "St Ia's cove") is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea.
Camborne (Cornish: Kammbronn, meaning crooked hill) [1] is a town in Cornwall, England. [2] [3] The population at the 2011 Census was 20,845.[4] [5] [6] The northern edge of the parish includes a section of the South West Coast Path, Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove.
Porthcurno (Cornish: Porthkornow, Porthcornow, meaning "pinnacle cove", see below) is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in a civil and an ecclesiastical parish , both named St Levan , which comprise Porthcurno, diminutive St Levan itself ...
The entrance to the cave is a famous swimming spot Nanjizal. Nanjizal (Cornish: Porth Nansusel, meaning "cove of the howling valley"), [note 1] also known as Mill Bay, is a beach and cove in the civil parish of St Levan, Cornwall, on the south-western coast of Great Britain.
Fistral Beach is best known for surfing.Its west-facing aspect exposes it to Atlantic swells ensuring consistent waves suitable for surfing. The beach is the venue for major international surfing competitions and a competition suite for judges and competitors has been built at North Fistral along with a surf museum.
Perranarworthal (Cornish: Peranarwodhel) [1] is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about four miles (6.5 km) northwest of Falmouth and five miles (8 km) southwest of Truro. [2] The parish population at the 2011 census was 1,496. [3]
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 ]