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a Museum in the town of Falmouth, in the county of Cornwall

About National Maritime Museum, Cornwall

Housed in an award winning building on the Falmouth harbour-side, the National Maritime Museum Cornwall transports you into the world of small boats and Cornish maritime history. (www.nmmc.co.uk)

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Pendennis Castle

Falmouth (97 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cornwall

(0.2 miles, 0.4 km)

Think of Falmouth and you immediately think of the sparkling sea in a bay alive with busy colourful pleasure and sailing boats all jostling along in bright sunshine. You think.....

St Mawes

St Mawes (61 Pictures)

in the county of Cornwall

(2.1 miles, 3.4 km, direction E)

St. Mawes is the stuff picture postcards are made of, the sunlight reflecting on the frothy ocean waves, the warm sea breezes, dreamy thatched cottages overlooking the bay...

Truro Cathedral

Truro (41 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cornwall

(7.7 miles, 12.5 km, direction N)

Truro, today is Cornwall's unofficial capital and adminstrative centre but in the Middle Ages Truro was one of the towns which controlled Cornwall's flourishing tin mining industry...

Portloe

Portloe (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cornwall

(8.9 miles, 14.4 km, direction NE)

"One of the least spoiled and most impressive of Cornish fishing villages" - Sir John Betjeman (famous poet 1906-1984)..

Evening sunlight over the Institute

Porthleven (55 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cornwall

(12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction W)

Porthleven has two picturesque harbours - the inner harbour is lined with dazzling white cottages, with the walls of the outer harbour giving shelter from the often tumultuous seas...

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Pendennis Castle, Pendennis Point, Falmouth, Cornwall

Pendennis Castle (11 Pictures)

(0.7 miles, 1.1 km)

Built at the side of a naturally deep harbour Pendennis Castle forms one of Henry VIII's coastal defences, built to guard against.....

St Mawes Castle - the sea view.

St Mawes Castle (12 Pictures)

(1.7 miles, 2.7 km, direction E)

Built by Henry VIII between 1540-45 due to the threat of invasion from Catholic France and Spain. Built as one of a pair, their.....

St. Anthony's Lighthouse. near Falmouth, England

St Anthony Head (1 Pictures)

(2.2 miles, 3.5 km, direction E)

One of the world's largest natural harbours...

Glendurgan Gardens, in Cornwall.  Tree Heather in flower in March

Glendurgan Garden (23 Pictures)

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction SW)

These beautiful gardens are set on a rising landscape at the side of the Helford River. The gardens, mainly full of exotic trees.....

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Trebah Garden (14 Pictures)

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction SW)

Trebah Garden occupys one of Cornwall's most dramatic landscapes, set into a beautiful wooded ravine descending towards a private.....


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