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Tin Mines, Cornwall.
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The Tate Gallery, St. Ives.
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COUNTIES OF DEVON AND CORNWALL
Only 2.5 - 4 hours away from Bath,
Devon and
Cornwall, in the southwest of England, provide varied
opportunities for extended visits.
Both counties offer a rich diversity of seascapes, landscapes, gardens
and heritage which have attracted many writers and artists.
The rugged north coastline creates cliff top and valley towns and
villages at Lynton, Lynmouth,
Clovelly,
Tintagel, Padstow and St Ives, with sandy beaches at Chapel
Porth, Constantine Bay and Perranporth. At
Lands End, mainland Britain’s most westerly point, there is a
Heritage centre.
The sheltered south coast is home to the fishing towns of Newlyn,
Mevagissey and Polperro; the Tamar Valley; the Helford Estuary; the
Roseland Peninsular and the Lizard, the most southerly point of mainland
Britain.
The interior landscape is dominated by 3 heath lands; Bodmin Moor, home
of Jamaica Inn; and the two National Parks at
Dartmoor with its granite tors; and Exmoor with the Lorna
Doone Valley. Each Moor has its own distinctive style and character.
The gulf stream creates mild temperatures and moist conditions and
Cornwall has the most amazing sub-tropical gardens at
Trebah, Glendurgan,
Trelissick,
Trengwainton,
Lanhydrock,
Cotehele,
St Michael’s Mount and the
Lost
Gardens of Heligan. The newer Eden Project at St Austell creates
a global micro-climate in old china clay quarries.
Cornish heritage can be discovered at: Penwith, with its ancient moor
land; the historic slate quarry at
Delabole; the satellite earth station at
Goonhilly Down; the tin mining industry at
Geevor,
Levant and Camborne; the cliff top open air
Minack Theatre; the
Tate Gallery at St Ives and the county town of
Truro with its 20th century Cathedral.
Devon heritage can be discovered at:
Plymouth, where the Pilgrim Fathers departed for America and
Sir Francis Drake played bowls on the Hoe; the market towns of
Barnstaple,
Bideford and
Dulverton; the Tarka the Otter Trail;
Okehampton Castle; the stately homes of
Arlington Court and
Saltram
House; Sir Edwin Lutyens’
Castle Drogo;
Buckfast Abbey and the county
town of
Exeter with its Gothic Cathedral and 17th century Quayside.
Let Bath Parade Guides help you make the most of your visit to Devon and
Cornwall
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