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Truro, Falmouth & surrounding areas
Truro, a cathedral city, is the busy commercial centre of the county
and the main shopping centre of Cornwall. West Cornwall's city offers
a huge variety of shops of all kinds, as well as the Hall for Cornwall's
major entertainment venue, rewarding restaurants and traditional
pubs.
Across the water from the Roseland Peninsula stands
Falmouth, Cornwall's largest port and one whose maritime heritage
is enshrined in its long waterfront and the newly opened National
Maritime Museum Cornwall, one of Cornwall's Landmark Attractions.
Falmouth is the gateway to that other great region
of West Cornwall the Helford and The Lizard. In an exquisite reprise
of the wooded tidal rivers and creeks between Truro and Falmouth,
the Helford Estuary offers a serene world of woods and water.
West Cornwall has excellent facilities for the ‘outdoor’
sports of golf, tennis and bowling. There are tennis courts and
bowling greens in all the sizeable towns and there are golf courses
of unique character at Cape Cornwall, Lelant, Helston, Falmouth,
Truro, Mullion, Perranporth, Praa Sands, and Tehidy Park.
Coastline
Featuring a fine series of sheltered, sun trap beaches along the
southern shores of Pendennis Point. Gyllyngvase, Swanpool, Castle
and Maenporth are all perfect family beaches.
Stand at the sea’s edge on any of West Cornwall’s
great beaches at St Ives, Hayle, Perranporth, or Sennen and the
air is intoxicating.
West Cornwall is the world you dream of; golden beaches,
spectacular cliffs, vast blue skies, a big blue ocean, picturesque
fishing villages, ancient churches, lively seaside resorts, peaceful
coastal and moorland walks.
Enjoy the famous surf beaches of Porthmeor at St
Ives or Gwenver at Sennen & Fistral at Newquay.
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