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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Cornwall
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cornwall: Cornwall – ceremonial county and unitary authority area of England within the United Kingdom . Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea,[1] to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. 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
- Common endonym(s): Kernow
- Adjectival(s): Cornish
- Demonym(s): Cornish
Geography of Cornwall
Geography of Cornwall
- Cornwall is a mainland county of Great Britain and part of the British Isles. It reaches from the south-westernmost point into the Atlantic Ocean and English Channel. It is in Eurasia (but not on the mainland) in the Northern Hemisphere.
Environment of Cornwall
- Climate of Cornwall – see climate of England
- Geology of Cornwall
- Geology of Lizard, Cornwall
- List of Special Areas of Conservation in Cornwall
- List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall
Natural geographic features of Cornwall
Extreme points
- Lands End
- Lizard Point
Beaches of Cornwall
- Carbis Bay
- Crackington Haven
- Downderry
- Fistral Beach
- Gwithian
- Harlyn
- Maenporth
- Marazion
- Mawgan Porth
- Newquay
- Perranporth
- Polzeath
- Porthcothan
- Porthcurno
- Porthleven
- Porthtowan
- Portreath
- Praa Sands
- Rame Peninsula
- Rock, Cornwall
- Sennen
- St Mawes
- Widemouth Bay
- Whitsand Bay
Bodies of water of Cornwall
- River Truro
- River Camel
- River Fal
- River Fowey
- River Gannel
- Gover Stream
- Hamoaze
- Helford River
- River Looe
- River Lynher
- St Austell River
- River Tamar
- Bays of Cornwall
- Carbis Bay
- Widemouth Bay
- Whitsand Bay
- Coastal waters adjacent to Cornwall
- Atlantic Ocean
- Celtic Sea
- English Channel
Islands of Cornwall
- It has several islands, the largest archipelago being the Isles of Scilly.
- West Cornwall Steam Ship Company (a company operating the ferry service to the Isles of Scilly between 1870 and 1917)
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
- Albaston
- Bodmin
- Boscastle
- Bude
- Callington
- Calstock
- Camborne
- Camelford
- Falmouth
- Fowey
- Gunnislake
- Hayle
- Helston
- Launceston
- Liskeard
- Looe
- Lostwithiel
- Newquay
- Padstow
- Penryn
- Penzance
- Polperro
- Redruth
- Saltash
- St Austell
- St Columb Major
- St Ives
- St Just in Penwith
- St Mabyn
- Tintagel
- Torpoint
- Truro
- Wadebridge
Further places of interest
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indicates Access Land
- Aire Point to Carrick Du SSSI
- Ballowall Barrow
- Bodmin and Wenford Railway
- Bodmin Gaol
- Bodmin Moor
- 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
- 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
- River Fowey
- River Looe
- River Tamar
- 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
- 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)
- Cornish Nationalist Party
- Cornish Solidarity
- Cornwall 2000
- Cornish rotten and pocket boroughs
- Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
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 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)
- Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)
- Truro and St Austell (UK Parliament constituency)
- North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
- South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
- 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)
- Callington (UK Parliament constituency)
- Camelford (UK Parliament constituency)
- Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
- East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
- West Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
- East Looe (UK Parliament constituency)
- Fowey (UK Parliament constituency)
- Grampound (UK Parliament constituency)
- Helston (UK Parliament constituency)
- Launceston (UK Parliament constituency)
- Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency)
- Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)
- Mitchell (UK Parliament constituency)
- 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)
- Tregony (UK Parliament constituency)
- West Looe (UK Parliament constituency)
Cornish politicians
- Current MPs
All of Cornwall's current MPs are Conservatives.
- Steve Double, MP for St. Austell and Newquay (2015–Present)
- George Eustice, MP for Camborne and Redruth (2010–Present)
- Scott Mann, MP for Cornwall North (2015–Present)
- Sheryll Murray, MP for South East Cornwall (2010–Present)
- Cherilyn Mackrory, MP for Truro and Falmouth (2019–Present)
- Derek Thomas, MP for St. Ives (2015–Present)
- Past MPs
- Colin Breed, Liberal Democrat MP for South East Cornwall (1997–2010)
- Andrew George, Liberal Democrat MP for St. Ives (1997–2015)
- Steve Gilbert, Liberal Democrat MP for St. Austell and Newquay (2010–2015)
- Julia Goldsworthy, Liberal Democrat MP for Falmouth & Camborne (2005–2010)
- 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 life peer as Baron Taylor of Goss Moor)
- 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
- Vice-Admiral of Cornwall
- List of Cornish soldiers, commanders and sailors
- 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
- Clyst Heath
- Clyst St Mary
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- Trematon Castle
- Tintagel Castle
- Lanhydrock House
- Cotehele House
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 (film)
- Rebecca (1940 film)
- Straw Dogs
- Wild West (sitcom)
- Wycliffe (TV series)
Music of Cornwall
Cornish music
- The Cornish National Anthem
- Genres
- Britpop
- Celtic music
- Bands
- Thirteen Senses
- The Onyx
- Kubb (band)
- Instruments
- Cornish bagpipes
- Musical works
- The Pirates of Penzance
- Tintagel – 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
- 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
- Modern Cornish
- Unified Cornish
- Anglo-Cornish
- List of linguists and writers in Cornish
- List of Cornish dialect words
- Cornish surnames
- Oggy Oggy Oggy
- Kernowek Standard
- Kernewek Kemmyn
- Cornish language
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
- List of people from Cornwall
- Cornish people
- Cornish diaspora
- Cornish wrestling champions
- 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 soldiers, commanders and sailors
- List of Cornish sportsmen and sportswomen
- List of Cornish writers
- List of notable residents of Cornwall
Noble and notable families
- Earl 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
- Diocese of Exeter
- Diocese of Truro
- List of notable Cornish Christians
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth
- Truro Cathedral
- Christianity in Cornwall
Sport in Cornwall
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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
- Economic development
- South West Regional Assembly
- South West of England Regional Development Agency
Mining in Cornwall
Mining in Cornwall
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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
- 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
- Five Islands Academy
- St Mabyn Church of England Primary School
- Secondary education
- 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
- 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
- List of railway stations in Cornwall
- List of residents of Penzance
- List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall
- List of Special Areas of Conservation in Cornwall
- List of foreign-language names for Cornwall
- Kernow - Cornish language Wikipedia
References
- ↑ International Hydrographic Organization
External links
- Cornwall Council
- Outline of Cornwall at Curlie
- Images of Cornwall at the English Heritage Archive
- Online books, and library resources in your library and in other libraries about Outline of Cornwall
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