Cornwall Tourist Information

Duchy of Cornwall (Kernow) Tourist and Visitor Information with links to heritage, nature and tourist attractions, many with brief details of disabled access

Cornwall - a romantic land of Tin mines and piskies (pixies), of smugglers and artists, writers and folklore. The Cornish people have a history of their own, with their own language and today you will see the Cornish Flag (St. Piran's Flag, the Patron Saint of Cornwall) being flown more than the Union Flag. Tourism is a major part of the economy of Cornwall and therefore effort is made to provide everything the visitor needs from adventure activities to quiet relaxation and of course there is Surfing.

 

Official Tourist Websites

Visit Cornwall www.visitcornwall.com

Visit Boscastle & Tintagel visitboscastle.com

Visit Bude www.visitbude.info

Falmouth www.falmouth.co.uk

Fowey www.fowey.co.uk

Discover Launceston www.visitlaunceston.co.uk

Looe /www.visitlooe.co.uk

Visit Newquay www.visitnewquay.org

Padstow padstowlive.com

Perranporth www.perranporthinfo.co.uk

Redruth discoverredruth.co.uk

St. Agnes visitstagnes.com

St Austell www.staustellbay.co.uk

Visit St Ives www.stives-cornwall.co.uk

St Mawes and the Roseland Peninsula www.stmawesandtheroseland.co.uk

Tamar Valley visittamarvalley.co.uk

 

Other Tourist information websites

www.secta.org.uk South East Cornwall Tourism Association

www.mevagissey.co.uk

 

Tourism Videos

 

Cornwall, The Coast: A Destination Guide from Visit Cornwall

Poldark film locations in Cornwall from Visit Cornwall

The South Coast of Cornwall, a video guide from Visit Cornwall

The North Coast of Cornwall, a video guide from Visit Cornwall

The Roseland Peninsula, South Cornwall, a video guide from Visit Cornwall

Introducing the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site from www.cornish-mining.org.uk

 

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape www.cornishmining.org.uk

 

AONB’s


Cornwall AONB – this consists of 12 areas
1. Hartland
2. Pentire Point to Widemouth
3. 3 Camel Estuary
4. Trevose Head to Stepper Point
5. St Agnes
6. Godrevy to Portreath
7. West Penwith
8. South Coast - Western
9. South Coast - Central
10. South Coast - Eastern
11. Rame Head
12. Bodmin Moor
- see www.cornwall-aonb.gov.uk

Wildlife Trust & Nature - www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk

 

For Attractions and Historic or architectural important Properties

(Castles, Abbeys, Churches, Houses, Estates and Gardens) (English Heritage / National Trust / other) - please see the other pages in this section

 

Outdoor Activities and Adventure

Cornwall with its coastline, rugged landscape and flowing rivers offers much for those seeking outdoor fun and excitement - such as Surfing, Walking, Cycling, Watersports, Kitesurfing and Paddleboarding - see www.visitcornwall.com/things-to-do/...

 

For Wheelchair accessible beaches see www.accessiblecountryside.org.uk/cornwall-beaches

 

 

Literary connections

Daphne du Maurier's - (Jamaica Inn) - Bodmin Moor www.jamaicainn.co.uk
(My Cousin Rachel, Rebecca) - Menabilly

Du Maurier Literary Centre (and Fowey TIC) - Du Maurier Literary Centre (and Fowey TIC)

D H Lawrence (Kangaroo) - Zennor

Rosamund Pilcher (The Shell Seekers) - St. Ives

Mary Wesley (Camomile Lawn) - Roseland Peninsular

Virginia Woolf (The Lighthouse) - Godrevy Lighthouse

also - Wilkie Collins, Paul Theroux, Thomas Hardy, John Le Carre, EV Thompson, Winston Graham

 

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