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Top 10 things to do in and around St Austell
I have to be honest, St Austell town isn't my favourite place in Cornwall. I'm guessing I'm not alone in this as I have heard the town referred to jokingly as "Saint Awful". -
Porthmeor Stone Circle
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Top 10 things to do in Perranporth
Situated on Cornwall's rugged north coast, a few miles west of Newquay is the bustling little seaside resort of Perranporth. This is everything a beach town should be, starting of course with a fantastic beach. -
Cornwall's Coastal Swimming Pools
Dotted around the Cornish coast are a number of seawater swimming pools. Many of these are well known, however there are quite a few that are easily missed and barely on the radar. -
12 Potential Poldark Film Locations
It isn't difficult to find a list of Poldark filming locations with some spots possibly receiving a little too much publicity. -
The Island - St Ives
Best of Cornwall
- 10 Best Clifftop Views in Cornwall
- 10 Best Secret Beaches in Cornwall
- 10 Loveliest Harbours
- 10 Most Iconic Cornish Foods
- 10 of the Best Museums in Cornwall
- Best Beach Towns
- Best Things to Do in Cornwall in the Spring
- The best things to do in Cornwall in the Autumn
- Top 10 Ancient Monuments
- Top 10 Beaches
- Top 10 Castles
- Top 10 Churches
- Top 10 Cornish Coves
- Top 10 dog friendly beaches in Cornwall
- Top 10 Events
- Top 10 Fishing Villages
- Top 10 Gardens
- Top 10 Haunted Places
- Top 10 National Trust
- Top 10 Pubs and Inns
- Top 10 Surf Spots
- Top 10 things to do in and around St Austell
- Top 10 things to do in Bodmin
- Top 10 things to do in Falmouth
- Top 10 things to do in Hayle
- Top 10 things to do in Padstow
- Top 10 things to do in Penzance
- Top 10 things to do in Perranporth
- Top 10 things to do in St Ives
- Top 10 Towns
- Top 10 Views
History
- Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - December 1981
- A History of Penzance
- A L Rowse - Cornish historian and Shakespearean scholar
- Alfred Wallis
- Ancient Sites of Cornwall
- Andrew Pears - The Inventor of Pears Soap
- Ballowall Barrow (Carn Gloose)
- Barbara Hepworth
- Ben Nicholson
- Bernard Leach - St Ives Potter
- Bob Fitzsimmons - World champion heavyweight boxer
- Bodmin Moor - Ancient Sites
- Bodrifty
- Boscawen Un
- Boscawen-Ros
- Bosigran Castle
- Boskednan Stone Circle
- Boswens Menhir
- Botallack Mine
- Brane - Entrance Grave
- Brenda Wootton - Cornish bard and singer
- Carfury
- Carn Euny Fogou & Village
- Cassandra Latham - White Witch
- Chapel Carn Brea
- Chapel of St Nicholas
- Charles Causley - Poet
- Charles Lee - Cornish based novelist
- Chun Castle
- Chun Quoit
- Chysauster
- Corineus - Founder of Cornwall
- D M Thomas - Novelist and Poet
- Daphne du Maurier
- Dolly Pentreath - The last native speaker of the Cornish Language
- Duloe
- Edward Boscawen
- Emily Hobhouse - Human rights campaigner
- General Gilbert
- George LLoyd - Composer
- Gorlois (Gorlais) - Mythical Duke of Cornwall
- Gun Rith
- Gurnard's Head
- Gwennap Pit
- Henry Bone - Potter and Painter
- Henry Jenner - Cornish language revivalist
- Henry Trengrouse - Engineer and Inventor
- Humphry Millet Grylls Monument, Coinagehall Street
- John Arnold - Creator of the first acurate, seaworthy chronometer
- John Betjeman - Writer and poet laureate
- John Carter - The King of Prussia - Cornish Smuggler
- John Couch Adams - Mathematician and Astronomer
- John Harris - Poet
- John Miller - Artist
- John Nettles - Actor
- John of Cornwall - Medieaval Scholar
- John Opie - Portrait Painter
- John Passmore Edwards - Chartist and philanthropist
- John Wesley and Methodism
- Jonathan Couch - Scientist and Natural Historian
- Judith Cook - Journalist and political campaigner
- Kenidjack Common Holed Stones
- King Arthur
- King Arthur's Hall
- King Doniert's Stone
- King Mark of Cornwall
- Lanyon Quoit
- Levant Mine
- Logan Rock - Treen
- Madron Well
- Maria Branwell - Mother of the Brontë sisters
- Mary Wesley - Author
- Men-An-Tol
- Michael Joseph An Gof
- Mulfra Quoit
- Nicholas Boson - Kernewek Speaker
- Nine Maidens
- Penzance History - Part 2
- Porthmeor Stone
- Porthmeor Stone Circle
- Richard Lander - Explorer
- Richard Lower - Inventor of Blood Transfusion
- Richard Trevithick - Engineer and Inventor
- Rick Stein
- Robert Morton Nance - Cornish language revivalist
- Rosamunde Pilcher - Novelist
- Rowena Cade - Creator of the Minack Theater
- Samuel Foote - Dramatist and actor
- Samuel Wallis - Explorer
- Sancreed Beacon
- Sancreed Well
- Selina Cooper - Sufragette
- Silas Hocking - Author
- Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (Q) - Author and literary critic
- Sir Goldsworthy Gurney - Inventor of the limelight
- Sir Humphry Davy - Scientist
- Sir John Arundell - Royalist Commander
- Sir Jonathan Trelawny - Anglican bishop
- South Wheal Frances Mine
- St Breock Downs Monolith
- St Petroc's Church
- Stanhope Forbes - Plein-air artist of the Newlyn School
- Stannary Towns - Cornwall
- Stripple Stones
- The Blind Fiddler
- The China Clay Industry
- The Drift Stones
- The Egyptian House
- The Huer's Hut
- The Hurlers
- The Knill
- The Merry Maidens of Boleigh
- The Pipers
- The Selus Stone
- The Tristan Stone
- Thomas Flamank - Leader of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497
- Tim Saunders - Bard and Cornish Language Poet
- Tregeseal East
- Tregiffian Barrow
- Trethevy Quoit
- Trevelgue Head
- Trippet Stones
- Wheal Coates Mine
- Wheal Prosper Mine
- Wheal Trewavas Mine
- William Bickford - Inventor
- William Bligh - Captain of The HMS Bounty
- William Cookworthy - Discoverer of china clay in Cornwall
- William Lovett - Chartist
- William Murdoch - Inventor and Engineer
- Winston Graham - Author of Poldark
- Zennor Quoit
Myths and Legends
- Charlotte Dymond
- Cornish Folklore, Myths and Legends
- Cornish Piskies (Pixies)
- Cornwall - Land of Saints
- Cornwall Myths, Legends and Folklore
- Ghosts and Legends of Porthcurno
- Ghosts and Legends of Portreath
- Ghosts of Newquay
- Ghosts of Padstow
- Ghosts of Penzance
- Ghosts of St Michael's Mount and Marazion
- Giants of Cornwall
- Legend of Jan Tregeagle
- The Beast of Bodmin
- The Mermaid of Zennor and other Cornish Mermaids
- Tristan and Iseult
Surfing
- Best Surfing Beaches - South Coast - Cornwall
- Constantine Surf Report
- Cornwall Surf Guide
- Crantock Surf Report
- Fistral Surf Report
- Godrevy Surf Report
- Harlyn Bay Surf Report
- North Coast Surf Beaches - Surfing in Cornwall
- North Cornwall Surf Beaches - Surfing in Cornwall
- Polzeath Surf Report
- Porthleven Surf Report
- Porthmeor Surf Report
- Porthtowan Surf Report
- Portreath Surf Report
- Praa Sands Surf Report
- Sennen Surf Report
- Surfing terms glossary
- Watergate Bay Surf Report
Walking
- Bodmin Moor - Walking The Copper Trail
- Cornwall Coast Path - Boscastle to Padstow
- Cornwall Coast Path - Bude to Boscastle
- Cornwall Coast Path - Falmouth to Mevagissey
- Cornwall Coast Path - Hartland Quay to Bude
- Cornwall Coast Path - Mevagissey to Polperro
- Cornwall Coast Path - Newquay to St Agnes
- Cornwall Coast Path - Padstow to Newquay
- Cornwall Coast Path - Penzance to Porthleven
- Cornwall Coast Path - Porthleven to St Keverne
- Cornwall Coast Path - Portreath to St Ives
- Cornwall Coast Path - St Agnes to Portreath
- Cornwall Coast Path - St Ives to St Just
- Cornwall Coast Path - St Just to Penzance
- Cornwall Coast Path - St Keverne to Falmouth
- Mineral Tramways Trails
- St Just Coast - Kenidjack to Nanquidno
- St Just Coast - Morvah to Botallack
- St Michaels Way
- The Saint's Way
- The Tinner's Way
Wildlife
- Bird watching in Cornwall
- Birdwatching - Hayle Estuary and Copperhouse Creek
- Birdwatching - Land's End
- Birdwatching - Loe Pool
- Birdwatching - Lye Rock
- Birdwatching - Maer Lake
- Birdwatching - Marazion Marshes
- Birdwatching - Mullion Island
- Birdwatching - Porthgwarra
- Birdwatching - St Ives Island
- Birdwatching - St Just Valleys
- Birdwatching - Stithians Reservoir
- Birdwatching - The Camel Estuary
- Birdwatching - The Carrick Roads
- Birdwatching - The Helford River and Estuary
- Birdwatching - The Isles of Scilly
- Birdwatching - The Lizard
- Birdwatching - The Rame Peninsula
- Rock Pools
- Seals, Whales and Dolphins
- Sharks of Cornwall