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Cornwall’s Lighthouses

The history of Cornwall’s nine lighthouses reflects the county’s enduring relationship with the sea and features a cast of men who have attempted to control it, make money from it or simply survive it. Trevose Head West of Padstow, perched…

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Poldark’s Cornwall

Discovering the real Cornwall of Ross Poldark can be a complicated business. Much of the action featured in Winston Graham’s hugely popular series of novels takes place in real Cornish locations, but book onto one of the many organised Poldark…

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Shell House, Polperro

Polperro has to be one of the most beautiful old fishing ports in Cornwall. Its atmospheric tangle of narrow streets, rows of fishermen’s cottages and picturesque harbour rightly conjure up images of smugglers and wily old sea-dogs. It is an…

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