Fowey is a small town and cargo port at the mouth of the river Fowey in south Cornwall. Fowey has thrived as a port for hundreds of years initially as a naval town and then as centre for china clay exports. Today Fowey is busy with tourists and trawlers and yachts. Daphne Du Maurier famous…
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Charlestown is a village and port on the south coast of Cornwall – it is approx. 2 miles from St Austell Charlestown port was developed in the late 18 th century. It grew out of a small fishing village originally called West Polmear The harbour and doc was built in 1791. The port was built…
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Callington parish has a population of approx. 6,000. It is a former agricultural market town. Callington rail station closed in the 1960 s Callington was recorded in the Doomsday book 1086. In the 19th century callington was one of the important silver mining areas Ginsters pasty and The Cornwall bakery are the largest employers of…
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Newquay is Cornwall’s surf capital also a regional centre for aerospace industry and future spaceport. It is approx. 12 miles north of Truro and 20 miles west of Bodmin. It is located on the Atlantic coast – the population of Newquay is approx : 32000 but this raises to over 60,000 in the summer season.…
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