- The coastline around
the country's extreme south - western
tip is wonderful
- a mix of high jagged cliffs
and pretty inlets
sheltering little fishing villages.
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- In the 18C & 19C
Cornwall dominated the world's tin
and copper markets.
Most of the mines have now
closed , leaving
the ruins of engine houses on the
craggs and cliffs
overlooking the sea.
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- The "Riviera"
coast to the south is a gentle area of
farms, wooded inlets
and ancient, pretty fishing villages,
its milder climate
favouring many plants that thrive nowhere else in Britain.
There are several gardens worth visiting, with rhododendron
trees growing almost as tall as in their natural
Himalayan habitat.
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- The south western
tip of Cornwall has plenty to offer the visitor with Land's End,
St. Michael's Mount,
Penzance and St.
Ives.
- Some of Britain's best
beaches face the Atlantic along the north Cornwall coast.
- Newquay is the most
famous surfing beach and Tintagel Castle the legendary
birthplace of King Arthur, and Boscastle, a picturesque harbour
with 14C cottages clinging to the hillside.
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