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Newquay
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Truro
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Penzance
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Bude
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Bude is a delightful and popular little town on the rugged North Cornwall coast, and is situated at the mouth of the River Neet.
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Padstow
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Originally named Petrocstow, after the Cornish saint, Padstow is a charming little fishing village at the mouth of the River Camel in Cornwall.
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Perranporth
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Perranporth’s name derives from the Cornish, meaning St Piran’s Cove (St Piran is the patron saint of Cornwall). It is a popular tourist destination, and an excellent spot for surfing.
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St Ives
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St Ives is a delightful little town on the Cornish coast. It used to rely heavily on the fishing industry for income, but today the town’s principal industry is tourism.
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Land’s End
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Land’s End is positioned at the far southwestern point of the British mainland, on the Penwith Peninsular. It is the furthest town away from the town of John O’Groats in the north east of Scotland, some 1000 miles away.
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Helston
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Helston is one of the southernmost towns in England. A former tin mining town, it stands on the banks of the River Cober in Cornwall.
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Falmouth
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Falmouth is a Cornish seaport, and its harbour is one of the largest natural harbours in the world. Now a popular tourist destination, Falmouth’s maritime heritage lives on, as the port is often used as the starting point for round-the-world sailing attempts.
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St Austell
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St Austell is the largest town in Cornwall, in terms of population, and became one of the UK’s most important centres for mining china clay. The Eden Project is situated just outside the town.
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Bodmin
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Bodmin is a popular town situated in the heart of Cornwall, on the western edge of Bodmin Moor, and was formerly the county town of Cornwall.
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Liskeard
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Liskeard is situated in the Looe Valley in Cornwall. A busy market town, once pivotal in the Cornish tin mining industry, Liskeard is today a popular tourist destination.
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Launceston
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Launceston is a small town in the north of Cornwall, and is often referred to as the gateway to the county. Situated on the main A30 road, Launceston is a popular stopping off point.
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Redruth
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Redruth is a small town in western Cornwall. It started life as a market town, but the demand for copper during the Industrial Revolution, and the abundance of copper ore in the area, saw a major upturn in Redruth’s fortunes.
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Camborne
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Camborne is part of the Camborne-Redruth-Pool conurbation that makes up the most densely populated part of Cornwall. The town was key in the county’s tin and copper mining industries, and was also the home of Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick.
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