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Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...
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and unitary authority area of
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within the
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. Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea,International Hydrographic Organization to the south by the
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, and to the east by the county of
Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...
, over the
River Tamar The Tamar (; ) is a river in south west England that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west). A large part of the valley of the Tamar is protected as the Tamar Valley National Landscape (an Area of Outsta ...
. Cornwall is also a royal duchy of the United Kingdom. It has an estimated population of half a million and it has its own distinctive history and culture.


General reference

* Etymology of "Cornwall" * Common English name(s):
Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...
* Common
endonym An endonym (also known as autonym ) is a common, name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language, or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate them ...
(s): Kernow * Adjectival(s): Cornish *
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(s): Cornish


Geography of Cornwall

Geography of Cornwall *
Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...
is a mainland county of
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and part of the
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. It reaches from the south-westernmost point into the
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and
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. It is in
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(but not on the mainland) in the
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.


Environment of Cornwall

* Climate of Cornwall – ''see climate of England'' ** Brown Willy effect * Geology of Cornwall ** Geology of Lizard, Cornwall * List of Special Areas of Conservation in Cornwall *
List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall __NOTOC__ There are 167 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly). Cornwall, in the south-west of England, UK, has a population of () across an area of , making it one of the least densely popula ...


Natural geographic features of Cornwall


= Extreme points

= * Lands End * Lizard Point


= Beaches of Cornwall

= * Beaches of Penwith * Carbis Bay * Crackington Haven * Downderry * Fistral Beach * Gwithian * Harlyn * Maenporth * Marazion * Mawgan Porth * Newquay * Perranporth * Polzeath * Porthcothan * Porthcurno * Porthleven * Porthtowan *
Portreath Portreath ( or ) is a civil parishes in England, civil parish, village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about three miles (5 km) west-north-west of Redruth. The village extends along ...
* Praa Sands * Rame Peninsula * Rock, Cornwall * Sennen * St Mawes * Widemouth Bay * Whitsand Bay


= Bodies of water of Cornwall

= * Rivers of Cornwall ** River Truro ** River Camel **
River Fal The River Fal () flows through Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordere ...
** River Fowey ** River Gannel ** Hamoaze ** Helford River ** River Looe ** River Lynher ** St Austell River **
River Tamar The Tamar (; ) is a river in south west England that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west). A large part of the valley of the Tamar is protected as the Tamar Valley National Landscape (an Area of Outsta ...
* Bays of Cornwall ** Carbis Bay ** Widemouth Bay ** Whitsand Bay * Coastal waters adjacent to Cornwall *
Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...
** Celtic Sea **
English Channel The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busi ...


= Islands of Cornwall

= * It has several islands, the largest archipelago being the
Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly ( ; ) are a small archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England. One of the islands, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, St Agnes, is over farther south than the most southerly point of the Great Britain, British mainla ...
. ** West Cornwall Steam Ship Company (a company operating the ferry service to the Isles of Scilly between 1870 and 1917) ** History of the Isles of Scilly ** Islands in the Isles of Scilly ** Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly: category,
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** Transport in the Isles of Scilly ** Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Isles of Scilly


Wildlife of Cornwall

* Flora and fauna of Cornwall ** Cornish symbols


= Flora of Cornwall

= * Cornish eyebright * Cornish Gilliflower * Cornish heath


= Fauna of Cornwall

= * Birds of Cornwall ** Red-billed chough ** Cornish game hen * Mammals of Cornwall ** Large Black (pig)


= Wildlife conservation

= * Cornwall Wildlife Trust * Frederick Hamilton Davey * The Guild of Cornish Hedgers * National Lobster Hatchery * Westcountry Rivers Trust


Places in Cornwall

* Population of Cornwall: 536,000 (2014 estimate) Places in Cornwall * List of places in Penwith * Places of interest in Cornwall ** List of public art in Cornwall


Towns and settlements in Cornwall

* Cornish and Breton twin towns * List of civil parishes in Cornwall * List of places in Cornwall *
Villages in Cornwall A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
* Albaston *
Bodmin Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor. The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordered ...
* Boscastle *
Bude Bude (, locally or ; Cornish language, Cornish ) is a seaside town in north Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet (also known locally as the River Strat). It was sometimes formerly known as ...
* Callington *
Calstock Calstock () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and a large village in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the border with Devon. The village is situated on the River Tamar south west of Tavistock, Devon, Tavistock and no ...
* Camborne * Camelford * Falmouth * Fowey * Gunnislake *
Hayle Hayle (, "estuary") is a port town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the mouth of the Hayle River (which discharges into St Ives Bay) and is approximately northeast of ...
* Helston * Launceston *
Liskeard Liskeard ( ; ) is an ancient stannary and market town in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth, west of the Devon border, and 12 miles (20 km) east of Bodmin. Th ...
* Looe *
Lostwithiel Lostwithiel (; ) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739, increasing to 2,899 at the 2011 census. The Lostwi ...
* Newquay * Padstow * Penryn *
Penzance Penzance ( ; ) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the westernmost major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated in the ...
* Polperro *
Redruth Redruth ( , ) is a town and civil parishes in Cornwall, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. According to the 2011 census, the population of Redruth was 14,018 In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, ...
* Saltash *
St Austell Saint Austell (, ; ) is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon. At the 2021 Census in the United Kingdom, census it had a population of 20,900. History St Austell was a village centred ...
* St Columb Major * St Ives * St Just in Penwith * St Mabyn *
Tintagel Tintagel () or Trevena (, meaning ''Village on a Mountain'') is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village and nearby Tintagel Castle ...
* Torpoint * Truro * Wadebridge


Further places of interest

''indicates Access Land'' * Aire Point to Carrick Du SSSI * Ballowall Barrow * Bodmin and Wenford Railway * Bodmin Gaol *
Bodmin Moor Bodmin Moor () is a granite moorland in north-eastern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in size, and dates from the Carboniferous period of geology, geological history. It includes Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall, and Rough To ...
* Bolventor * Brown Willy * Camborne-Redruth * Carn Brea * Carn Euny * Carn Marth * Carrick Roads * Castle An Dinas * Castle Dore * Chacewater * Chûn Castle * Chûn Quoit * Chysauster Ancient Village * Commando Ridge, Bosigran * Cornish Seal Sanctuary * Cotehele * Dozmary Pool * Drift Reservoir * Dupath Well * Eden Project * Fistral Beach * Glendurgan Garden * Godrevy Island *
Goonhilly Downs Goonhilly Downs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) that forms a raised plateau in the central western area of the The Lizard, Lizard peninsula in southern Cornwall, England. It is one of 229 English national nature reserves designat ...
* Goss Moor NNR * Halliggye Fogou * Helford * Helford River * Helford Passage * Helston Railway * The Hurlers * King Doniert's Stone * King Edward Mine * Kit Hill Country Park * Kynance Cove * Land's End * Lanhydrock House * Lanyon Quoit * Lappa Valley Steam Railway * Launceston Castle * The Lizard * Lizard Point, Cornwall * Loe Pool * Lost Gardens of Heligan * Mên-an-Tol * Mevagissey * Minack Theatre * Mount Edgcumbe Country Park * Mount's Bay * Mullion Cove * Mylor Bridge * Pencarrow * Pendennis Castle * Penhallam * Penjerrick Garden * Penlee House * Penwith * Penwith Peninsula * Poldhu * Polperro * Porthcurno Museum of Submarine Telegraphy *
Restormel Castle Restormel Castle () lies by the River Fowey near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England, UK. It is one of the four chief Normans, Norman castles of Cornwall, the others being Launceston Castle, Launceston, Tintagel Castle, Tintagel and Trematon Castl ...
* River Fowey * River Looe *
River Tamar The Tamar (; ) is a river in south west England that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west). A large part of the valley of the Tamar is protected as the Tamar Valley National Landscape (an Area of Outsta ...
* Roseland Peninsula * Royal Cornwall Museum * Sancreed * Seaton Valley Countryside Park * Sennen * Scorrier * South West Coast Path * St Breock Downs Monolith * St Catherine's Castle * St Mawes Castle * St Michael's Mount * Tate St Ives * Tehidy Country Park * The Towans *
Tintagel Castle Tintagel Castle () is a England in the Middle Ages, medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel (Trevena), North Cornwall in the United Kingdom. The site was possibly occupied in the Ro ...
* Trebah * Tregiffian Burial Chamber * Tregothnan * Trelissick Garden * Trengwainton Garden * Trerice * Trethevy Quoit * Truro Cathedral


Demography of Cornwall

* Demographics of Cornwall


Politics of Cornwall

Politics of Cornwall * Cornish nationalism *
Celtic League (political organisation) The Celtic League is a pan-Celtic organization, founded in 1961, that aims to promote Celts (modern), modern Celtic identity and culture in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man – referred to as the Celtic nations ...
* Cornish Nationalist Party * Cornish Solidarity * Cornwall 2000 * Cornish rotten and pocket boroughs *
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) is a multilateral treaty of the Council of Europe aimed at protecting the minority rights, rights of minorities. It came into effect in 1998 and by 2009 it had been ratif ...


Elections in Cornwall

* 2005 United Kingdom general election result in Cornwall * Local elections ** Cornwall local elections ** Caradon local elections ** Carrick local elections ** Kerrier local elections ** North Cornwall local elections ** Penwith local elections ** Restormel local elections ** 2007 Penwith District Council election ** 2004 Penwith District Council election ** 2003 Restormel Borough Council election ** 1987 Truro by-election ** 2005 Cornwall County Council election ** 2009 Cornwall Council election ** 2013 Cornwall Council election ** 2017 Cornwall Council election ** 2021 Cornwall Council election


Government of Cornwall

* Cornish Assembly *
Cornwall Council Cornwall Council ( ), known between 1889 and 2009 as Cornwall County Council (), is the local authority which governs the non-metropolitan county of Cornwall in South West England. Since 2009 it has been a Unitary authorities of England, unitary ...
** Cornwall Record Office * Parliamentary representation from Cornwall * Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament * Shadow Minister for Cornwall * South West Regional Assembly


Local government districts in Cornwall

:* Penwith :* Kerrier :* Carrick, Cornwall :* Restormel :* North Cornwall :* Caradon


Constituencies

* European Parliament constituencies ** Cornwall and Plymouth (European Parliament constituency) ** Cornwall and West Plymouth (European Parliament constituency) ** South West England (European Parliament constituency) * UK Parliament constituencies **
St Ives (UK Parliament constituency) St Ives is a parliamentary constituency covering the western end of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The constituency has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Andrew George, a Liberal Democrat; George ...
** Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency) ** Truro and St Austell (UK Parliament constituency) ** North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency) **
South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency) South East Cornwall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Anna Gelderd, a Labour politician. Boundaries 1983–2010: The District of Caradon, the Borough of Restormel wards of Fowey, Los ...
** Camborne and Redruth (UK Parliament constituency) ** St Austell and Newquay (UK Parliament constituency) ** Truro and Falmouth (UK Parliament constituency) ** Truro (UK Parliament constituency) ** Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency) **
Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency) Bossiney was a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, one of a number of Cornish rotten boroughs. It returned two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), members of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1552 until it was abolished by t ...
** Callington (UK Parliament constituency) ** Camelford (UK Parliament constituency) **
Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency) Cornwall is a former county constituency covering the county of Cornwall, in the South West of England. It was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 17 ...
**
East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency) East Cornwall was a county constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) by the Plurality-a ...
** West Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency) ** East Looe (UK Parliament constituency) **
Fowey (UK Parliament constituency) Fowey was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons, House of Commons in the Parliament of England, English and later British Parliament from 1571 to 1832, when it was abolished by the ...
**
Grampound (UK Parliament constituency) Grampound in Cornwall was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of England, House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 ...
** Helston (UK Parliament constituency) **
Launceston (UK Parliament constituency) Launceston, also known at some periods as Dunheved, was a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and one member from 1832 until 1918. It was a parl ...
** Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency) ** Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency) **
Mitchell (UK Parliament constituency) Mitchell, or St Michael (sometimes also called St Michael's Borough or Michaelborough), was a rotten borough consisting of the town (or village) of Mitchell, Cornwall. From the first Parliament of Edward VI of England, Edward VI, in 1547, it el ...
** Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency) ** Penryn (UK Parliament constituency) ** Penryn and Falmouth (UK Parliament constituency) ** St Austell (UK Parliament constituency) ** St Germans (UK Parliament constituency) ** St Mawes (UK Parliament constituency) **
Saltash (UK Parliament constituency) Saltash, sometimes called Essa, was a "rotten borough" in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons, House of Commons in the Parliament of England, English and later British Parliament from 1552 to 1832, w ...
** Tregony (UK Parliament constituency) ** West Looe (UK Parliament constituency)


Cornish politicians

;Current MPs *
Anna Gelderd Anna Preston Gelderd is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for South East Cornwall since 2024. Early life and career Gelderd was educated at the University of Bristol and a masters degree from Murray E ...
, Labour MP for South East Cornwall (2024–Present) * Andrew George, Liberal Democrat MP for St. Ives (1997–2015; 2024–Present) * Jayne Kirkham, Labour MP for Truro and Falmouth (2024–Present) * Noah Law, Labour MP for St. Austell and Newquay (2024–Present) * Ben Maguire, Liberal Democrat MP for Cornwall North (2024–Present) * Perran Moon, Labour MP for Camborne and Redruth (2024–Present) ;Past MPs * Colin Breed, Liberal Democrat MP for South East Cornwall (1997–2010) * Steve Double,
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MP for St. Austell and Newquay (2015–2024) * George Eustice, Conservative MP for Camborne and Redruth (2010–2024) * Steve Gilbert, Liberal Democrat MP for St. Austell and Newquay (2010–2015) * Julia Goldsworthy, Liberal Democrat MP for Falmouth & Camborne (2005–2010) * Cherilyn Mackrory, Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth (2019–2024) * Scott Mann, Conservative MP for Cornwall North (2015–2024) *
Sheryll Murray Sheryll Murray (; 4 February 1956) is a British Conservative Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Cornwall from 2010 to 2024. Early life and career Sheryll Hickman was born in Millbrook, Cornwall, on 4 F ...
, Conservative MP for South East Cornwall (2010–2024) * Sarah Newton, Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth (2010–2019) * Matthew Taylor, Liberal Democrat MP for Truro and St Austell from 1987 to 2010 (now a
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as Baron Taylor of Goss Moor) * Derek Thomas, Conservative MP for St. Ives (2015–2024) * Dan Rogerson, Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall (2005–2015) ;Other politicians * Mark Prisk, Shadow Minister for Cornwall from 2007 to 2010 * Mebyon Kernow, the main nationalist party in Cornwall ** Dick Cole, the leader of Mebyon Kernow


Law and order in Cornwall

* Constitutional status of Cornwall


= Law enforcement in Cornwall

= * Cornwall Police Force * Falmouth Docks Police


Royal titles

* Duchy of Cornwall * Duke of Cornwall * Duchess of Cornwall * High Sheriff of Cornwall * Lord-lieutenant of Cornwall


Military in Cornwall

* :Military of the United Kingdom in Cornwall * Vice-Admiral of Cornwall * HMS Fisgard * HMS Raleigh * HMS St Austell Bay (K634) * The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry * Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry * GCHQ Bude * RNAS Culdrose * RNAS Predannack * RRH Portreath * RAF Davidstow Moor * RAF St Eval * RAF St. Mawgan


History of Cornwall

History of Cornwall * Timeline of Cornish history * List of Cornish historians * Battle of Deorham *
Celtic nations The Celtic nations or Celtic countries are a cultural area and collection of geographical regions in Northwestern Europe where the Celtic languages and cultural traits have survived. The term ''nation'' is used in its original sense to mean a ...
* Clyst Heath * Clyst St Mary * Cornish saints * Cornovii (Cornish) * Cornwall (territorial duchy) * Duchies in the United Kingdom * Dumnonia * Dumnonii * Fowey Gallants * Glasney College * Keskerdh Kernow 500 * Lew Trenchard * List of windmills in Cornwall * Maps of Cornwall * Perkin Warbeck * Robert, Count of Mortain * Royal charters applying to Cornwall * Stannary Courts and Parliaments *
Stannary A stannary was an administrative division established under stannary law in the English counties of Cornwall and Devon to manage the collection of tin coinage, which was the duty payable on the metal tin smelted from cassiterite ore Mining in Co ...
town * Stateless nation * Torrey Canyon * Woodbury Common, Devon


History of Cornwall by period

* Cornish Uprising of 1497 * Cornish Uprising of 1497 - An Gof * Cornish Uprising of 1497 - Thomas Flamank * Second Cornish Uprising of 1497 * Act of Uniformity 1549 * Cornish Uprising of 1549 * Battle of Sampford Courtenay * Jacobite uprising in Cornwall of 1715 * Cornwall in the English Civil War * Battle of Cornwall * Battle of Lostwithiel * The Gear Rout * Cornish Foreshore Case * Penlee lifeboat disaster * Newlyn riots * POW Camp 115, Whitecross, St. Columb Major * Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament


History of Cornwall by subject

* List of former administrative divisions in Cornwall * Bishop of Cornwall * Cornish currency * Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall * History of the Duchy of Cornwall *
Earl of Cornwall The title of Earl of Cornwall was created several times in the Peerage of England before 1337, when it was superseded by the title Duke of Cornwall, which became attached to heirs-apparent to the throne. Condor of Cornwall *Condor of Cornwall, ...
* Cornish emigration * Hundreds of Cornwall ** Penwith (hundred) ** Kerrier (hundred) ** Triggshire (hundred) * Kiddlywink * List of legendary rulers of Cornwall * Old Cornish units of measurement * History of mining in Cornwall and Devon * Early Cornish Texts


Disasters

* Boscastle flood of 2004 * Penlee lifeboat disaster (1981) * Sikorsky S-61 disaster 1983 * Torrey Canyon oil spill * List of shipwrecks of Cornwall ** List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (19th century) ** List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (20th century)


Culture of Cornwall

Culture of Cornwall * Celtic culture ** Celts (modern) ** Celtic Congress ** Pan-Celticism ** Anglo-Celtic * Cornish clothes ** Cornish tartans * Festivals and events ** Royal Cornwall Show * Cornish heritage organisations ** Federation of Old Cornwall Societies ** The Cornish Gorseth (Gorseth Kernow) (bards) ** Royal Institution of Cornwall ** Cornwall Record Office * Museums in Cornwall ** Royal Cornwall Museum


The arts in Cornwall

* Dance of Cornwall ** Cornish dance * List of public art in Cornwall * Theatre in Cornwall ** Kneehigh Theatre


Architecture in Cornwall

* Bodmin Parish Church * Cornwall Railway viaducts * Eden Project * Jamaica Inn * Grade I listed buildings in Cornwall * Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall ** Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall (A–G) ** Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall (H–P) ** Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall (Q–Z) * List of museums in Cornwall * Railway stations in Cornwall * Royal Albert Bridge * St German's Priory * Tamar Bridge * Tate St Ives * Truro Cathedral * List of windmills in Cornwall


= Castles and houses in Cornwall

= * Launceston Castle * Pendennis Castle *
Restormel Castle Restormel Castle () lies by the River Fowey near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England, UK. It is one of the four chief Normans, Norman castles of Cornwall, the others being Launceston Castle, Launceston, Tintagel Castle, Tintagel and Trematon Castl ...
* Trematon Castle *
Tintagel Castle Tintagel Castle () is a England in the Middle Ages, medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel (Trevena), North Cornwall in the United Kingdom. The site was possibly occupied in the Ro ...
* Lanhydrock House * Cotehele House * Country houses in Cornwall * Historic houses in Cornwall


= Lighthouses in Cornwall

= * Bishop Rock Lighthouse * Eddystone Lighthouse * Godrevy Lighthouse * Lizard Lighthouse * Longships Lighthouse * Pendeen Lighthouse * Round Island Light, Isles of Scilly * St. Anthony's Lighthouse * Tater Du Lighthouse * Trevose Head Lighthouse * Wolf Rock Lighthouse


Literature of Cornwall

Literature in Cornish * Cornish novels ** The Camomile Lawn ** Frenchman's Creek ** Jamaica Inn (novel) ** Proper Job, Charlie Curnow (novel) ** The Poldark Novels ** Rebecca (novel) * Cornish writers


= Cornish folklore

= Cornish folklore * Allantide * Beast of Bodmin * Chewidden Thursday * Golowan * Guise dancing * Guldize * Helston Furry Dance * Kernewek Lowender * Knocker (folklore) * Mermaid of Zennor * Nickanan Night * Owlman * Peter and the Piskies: Cornish Folk and Fairy Tales * Picrous Day * Pixie (folklore) * St Piran's Day * Tom Bawcock's Eve * West Cornwall May Day celebrations


Media in Cornwall

Media in Cornwall * Doc Martin * Jamaica Inn *
Rebecca Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban (Bi ...
* Straw Dogs * Wild West (sitcom) * Wycliffe (TV series)


Music of Cornwall

Cornish music * The Cornish National Anthem * Genres **
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** Celtic music * Bands ** Thirteen Senses ** The Onyx ** Kubb * Instruments ** Cornish bagpipes * Musical works ** '' The Pirates of Penzance'' ** ''
Tintagel Tintagel () or Trevena (, meaning ''Village on a Mountain'') is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village and nearby Tintagel Castle ...
'' – symphonic poem composed by Arnold Bax in 1919; it is perhaps his best-known orchestral work. ** ''Four Cornish Dances'' by Malcolm Arnold * Cornish musicians ** Al Hodge ** Dudley Savage **
Aphex Twin Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), known professionally as Aphex Twin, is a British musician, composer and DJ active in electronic music since 1988. His idiosyncratic work has drawn on many styles, including techno, ambient music, ambi ...
** Luke Vibert ** Brenda Wootton


Cuisine of Cornwall

Cuisine of Cornwall * Food ** List of Cornish cheeses ** Cornish pasty ** Clotted cream ** Cornish fairings ** Cornish Gilliflower ** Heavy cake ** Hog's pudding ** Saffron bun ** Stargazy pie ** Cornish Yarg * Drink ** Cyder ** Meadery ** Sharp's Brewery ** Skinner's Brewery ** St Austell Brewery


Icons of Cornwall

* List of Cornish flags * Cornish symbols * Saint Piran's Flag * The Song of the Western Men * Bro Goth Agan Tasow


Language in Cornwall

* Languages of Cornwall **
Cornish language Cornish (Standard Written Form: or , ) is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. Along with Welsh language, Welsh and Breton language, Breton, Cornish descends from Common Brittonic, ...
*** Modern Cornish ***
Unified Cornish Unified Cornish (UC) (''Kernewek Uny '', ''KU'') is a variety of the Cornish language Cornish (Standard Written Form: or , ) is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. Along with We ...
*** Anglo-Cornish *** List of linguists and writers in Cornish *** List of Cornish dialect words *** Cornish surnames *** Oggy Oggy Oggy ** Kernowek Standard ** Kernewek Kemmyn


Cornish words and names

* List of Cornish dialect words * Emmet (Cornish) * Penna (surname) * Cornish surnames * Treffry * Baragwanath


Linguistics organizations

* Agan Tavas * Akademi Kernewek * Cornish Language Council (Cussel an Tavas Kernuak) * Cornish Language Partnership * Dalleth * Kesva an Taves Kernewek * Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek * Movyans Skolyow Meythrin ** Skol Veythrin Karenza


Linguists

* Vanessa Beeman * John Boson (writer) * Nicholas Boson * Bernard Deacon * Richard Gendall * Ken George * E. G. Retallack Hooper * Henry Jenner * Rod Lyon * Robert Morton Nance * Nicholas Williams


People of Cornwall

*
Celts The Celts ( , see Names of the Celts#Pronunciation, pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( ) were a collection of Indo-European languages, Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient Indo-European people, reached the apoge ...
* List of people from Cornwall * Cornish people ** Cornish diaspora ** Cornish people ** Cornish saints ** Cornish wrestling champions ** Cornish writers ** List of Cornish Christians ** List of Cornish engineers and inventors ** List of Cornish geologists and explorers ** List of Cornish historians ** List of Cornish musicians ** List of Cornish scientists and inventors ** List of Cornish sportsmen and sportswomen ** List of Cornish writers ** List of notable residents of Cornwall


Noble and notable families

*
Earl of Cornwall The title of Earl of Cornwall was created several times in the Peerage of England before 1337, when it was superseded by the title Duke of Cornwall, which became attached to heirs-apparent to the throne. Condor of Cornwall *Condor of Cornwall, ...
* Duke of Cornwall * Duchess of Cornwall * '' Great Cornish Families'' * Arundell of Lanherne


Religion in Cornwall

* Religion in Cornwall ** Christianity in Cornwall *** Archdeacon of Cornwall *** List of Cornish saints *** Bishop of Truro ***
Celtic Christianity Celtic Christianity is a form of Christianity that was common, or held to be common, across the Celtic languages, Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages. The term Celtic Church is deprecated by many historians as it implies a unifi ...
*** Diocese of Exeter *** Diocese of Truro *** List of notable Cornish Christians *** Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth *** Truro Cathedral


Sport in Cornwall

* Sport in Cornwall * Cornish wrestling *
Cornish hurling Hurling () is an outdoor team game played only in Cornwall, England, played with a small silver ball. While the sport shares its name with the Irish game of hurling, the two sports are completely different. Once played widely in Cornwall, the ...
*
Rugby union in Cornwall Rugby union in Cornwall is Cornwall's most popular spectator sport with a large following. The followers of the national side are dubbed Trelawny's Army. In 1991 and 1999 Cornwall won the County Championship (rugby union), County Championship f ...
** Cornish Pirates ** Camborne RFC ** Falmouth RFC ** Helston RFC ** Launceston RUFC ** Mounts Bay RFC ** Redruth R.F.C. ** Wadebridge Camels * Cornwall Combination * Cornish pilot gig * Surfers Against Sewage * Royal Fowey Yacht Club * Quay Sailing Club * Trelawny Pitbulls * Trelawny Tigers * Cornwall County Cricket Club * Falmouth Town A.F.C. * Frederick Stanley Jackson * Launceston F.C. * Liskeard Athletic F.C. * Millbrook A.F.C. * Newquay A.F.C. * Penryn Athletic F.C. * Penzance A.F.C. * Porthleven F.C. * A.F.C. St Austell * Saltash United F.C. * Torpoint Athletic F.C. * Truro City F.C. * Wadebridge Town F.C.


Economy and infrastructure of Cornwall

Economy of Cornwall * Agriculture of Cornwall ** List of farms in Cornwall ** Fishing in Cornwall ** Royal Cornwall Show * Communications in Cornwall ** Media in Cornwall * Companies based in Cornwall * Economic development ** South West Regional Assembly ** South West of England Regional Development Agency


Mining in Cornwall

Mining in Cornwall * Bal maiden * Camborne School of Mines * Crown Mines * Dolcoath mine * South Crofty * Wheal Jane * Geevor Tin Mine * Mount Wellington Tin Mine * King Edward Mine * Levant Mine & Beam Engine * Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape * CSM Association *
Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (commonly known as The Poly) is an educational, cultural and scientific Charitable organization#United Kingdom, charity, as well as a local arts and cinema venue, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, Unite ...
* Royal Geological Society of Cornwall * School of Metalliferous Mining * The Miners Association * National Association of Mining History Organisations * Cornish Mines & Engines (Pool) * Lostwithiel Stannary Palace * Cornish stamps


Transport in Cornwall

Transport in Cornwall


Air travel in Cornwall

* Bodmin Airfield * British International Helicopters * Isles of Scilly Skybus * Land's End Airport * Newquay Airport * Penzance Heliport * Perranporth Airfield * St Mary's Airport * Tresco Heliport * Truro Aerodrome


Rail transport in Cornwall


Railways (present day)

* Atlantic Coast Line, Cornwall *
Cornish Main Line The Cornish Main Line is a railway line in Cornwall and Devon in the United Kingdom. It runs from Penzance to Plymouth, crossing from Cornwall into Devon over the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. It directly serves Truro, St Austell, Bodmin (by ...
* Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership * Looe Valley Line * Maritime Line * Railway stations in Cornwall * St Ives Bay Line * Tamar Valley Line


Railways (heritage & history)

* Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway * Cornish Riviera Express * Cornwall Minerals Railway * Cornwall Railway * Cornwall Railway viaducts * GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro * Disused railway stations (Bodmin to Wadebridge line) * Disused railway stations (Plymouth to Penzance Line) * Helston Railway Preservation Company * Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway * Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway * Truro and Newquay Railway * Treffry Viaduct * West Cornwall Railway


Roads in Cornwall

* A30 * A374 * A38 * A39 (Atlantic Highway)


Buses and coaches in Cornwall

* Go Cornwall Bus * Kernow Buses (run by First South West) * Truronian * Western Greyhound


Maritime transport in Cornwall


= Ships and boats in Cornwall

= * Clio (barque) * Falmouth Lifeboat Station * Falmouth Quay Punt * List of shipwrecks of Cornwall * Penlee Lifeboat Station * Scillonian (disambiguation) * Spirit of Mystery * Torpoint Ferry


= Canals

= * Bude Canal * Liskeard & Looe Union Canal * Par Canal * Parnall's Canal * St Columb Canal


Healthcare in Cornwall

Healthcare in Cornwall * Ambulance services in Cornwall ** Cornwall Air Ambulance ** South Western Ambulance Service * Health services in Cornwall ** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust ** Peninsula Community Health ** Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust * Hospitals in Cornwall ** Bodmin Hospital ** Camborne Redruth Community Hospital ** Royal Cornwall Hospital ** Royal Cornwall Infirmary ** St Michael's Hospital, Hayle ** St Lawrence's Hospital, Bodmin ** West Cornwall Hospital * Hospices in Cornwall ** Children's Hospice South West ** Cornwall Hospice Care


Education in Cornwall

* List of museums in Cornwall * List of schools in Cornwall ;
Primary education Primary education is the first stage of Education, formal education, coming after preschool/kindergarten and before secondary education. Primary education takes place in ''primary schools'', ''elementary schools'', or first schools and middle s ...
* Five Islands Academy * St Mabyn Church of England Primary School ;
Secondary education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...
* Callywith College * Cornwall College * Falmouth School * Glasney College * Humphry Davy School * Penair School * Poltair School * Richard Lander School * Truro and Penwith College * Truro High School * Truro School ;
Tertiary education Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...
* Camborne School of Mines * Combined Universities in Cornwall * Falmouth University * Institute of Cornish Studies * University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus


See also

* Index of Cornwall-related articles * Outline of the United Kingdom ** Outline of England * List of railway stations in Cornwall * List of residents of Penzance *
List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall __NOTOC__ There are 167 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly). Cornwall, in the south-west of England, UK, has a population of () across an area of , making it one of the least densely popula ...
* List of Special Areas of Conservation in Cornwall * List of foreign-language names for Cornwall * Kernow - Cornish language Wikipedia


References


External links


Cornwall Council

Images of Cornwall
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Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...
Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...