More to see in Cornwall...........
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| Tintagel | St Michaels Mount | The Minack Theatre | Charlestown |
In a vast china clay pit in Cornwall, the Eden Project is building a living theatre to tell the stories of plants and people.
The stage is nearing completion. The visitor centre, on the lip the crater, looks down onto a secret landscape heaving with activity. Two giant conservatories are being constructed to nurture plants from the steamy rain forests and from the warm temperate regions of the world. These covered biomes will create a majestic backdrop to the ‘roofless’ biome, home to the plants of the temperate regions, from Britain to Chile and beyond…
Beautiful, Dramatic, Exciting - enjoy an unforgettable day out at Britain's most famous Land mark. Lands End is a unique magical place. A place of legend and mystery, with stunning natural beauty.
Over the last 37 years the satellite dishes at Goonhilly have probably transmitted and received more notable events than any other around the world - form pictures of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 to pictures from the Olympic games in Atlanta, USA in 1996. Covering m,ore than two thirds of the Globe, the Earth Station simultaneously handles hundreds of thousands of international phone, fax, data, and video calls.
These islands lie just 28 miles south west of Lands End and are famed for their serenity and beauty. Visit for the day or longer travelling this short distance by helicopter.
The award winning Lost Gardens of Heligan extend to some eighty acres of superb pleasure grounds together with a magnificent complex of walled gardens and a huge, productive vegetable garden, all fast returning to their former glory. Lying at the heart of one of the most mysterious estates in England, the former seat of the Tremayne family since the sixteenth century, Heligan is now the site of the largest garden restoration in Europe. This extraordinary plant collection together with a range of exotic glass houses, working buildings, romantic structures and designed landscapes reflects the past passions and interests of the family. The combination of these and the mild Cornish climate has resulted in a garden (or in truth a series of gardens within a garden) which is unique and the most visited in Great Britain.
Legendary birthplace of King Arthur. Tintagel Castle is set on the rugged and awe inspiring North Cornwall Atlantic Coast and carries with it an air of mystery...............
St Michaels Mount is a former Benedictine Priory, Castle, and home of the St Aubyn family for 300 years. It is separated from the town of Marazion and the mainland by a 500 yard long granite causeway and is only reachable by boat when the tide is in. This is one of the most visited National Trust properties in Cornwall, and open to visitors daily during the season . It has beautiful gardens and every room is full of history.
The Minack Theatre - Britains Only Cliff Top Theatre
Many a visitor arrives imagining that the
Minack Theatre was built by invading Romans. If Caesar's legions
had come this far they might have been beguiled by the beauty
of the place, but the truth is as remarkable as this enduring
fiction.
"Minack" in Cornish means a rocky place and the black
headed crag below the Theatre has always drawn local fishermen.
Until the 1930s they had this gorse filled gully to themselves
and the cliffs echoed to the cries of gulls not actors.
From 1931 until she died in 1983 the Minack
Theatre was planned, built and financed by one determined woman
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Rowena Cade.
15 Minutes drive from Pentewan this little
village is home to the Shipwreck, Rescue and Heritage Centre.
This centre offers visitors a fascinating insight into the history
of Charlestown and shipwrecks. it includes animated scenes of
village life, photographs, prints and artifacts from shipwrecks
including diving equipment from as long ago as 1740. There is
a scale model of the Royal Yacht Britannia and the fantastic new
Titanic exhibition. Charlestown is also the home to the Tall Ships
and there will usually be at least one in the harbour to admire!