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Cornwall has a relatively high retired population, with 22.9% of pensionable age, compared with 20.3% for the United Kingdom as a whole. [176] This may be due partly to Cornwall's rural and coastal geography increasing its popularity as a retirement location, and partly to outward migration of younger residents to more economically diverse areas.
This is a list of towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. In accordance with gazetteers, Cornish names are in the standard written form approved by the Maga signage panel. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Land's End [1] (Cornish Standard Written Form: Penn an Wlas or Pedn an Wlas) [2] is a headland and tourist and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the Penwith peninsula about eight miles (13 km) west-south-west of Penzance at the western end of the A30 road.
One of the oldest maps still in existence depicting Cornwall is the 1290 Hereford Mappa Mundi currently on display in Hereford Cathedral in the United Kingdom. Many maps of the British Isles prior to the 17th century showed Cornwall (Cornubia/Cornwallia/Kernow) as a nation on a par with Wales and examples include the maps of Sebastian Münster ...
Treen (Cornish: Tredhin) [1] (grid reference) is a small village in the parish of St Levan, in the far west of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) inland from Land's End on a short unclassified spur road from the B3315. [2]
View from Lizard Point Lizard Point seen from near the Youth Hostel. Lizard Point (Cornish: Penn Lysardh) in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula.It is situated half-a-mile (800 m) south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Helston.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:37, 26 September 2010: 1,224 × 1,187 (1.67 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Map of Cornwall, UK (excluding the Isles of Scilly) with the following information shown: *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WG
Cape Cornwall (Cornish: Kilgoodh, meaning "goose back") [1] is a small headland in West Cornwall, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Land's End near the town of St Just . [ 2 ] Until the first Ordnance Survey in the early 19th-century, Cape Cornwall was believed to be the most westerly point in Cornwall.