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INFORMATION LOCATION: Located in the far west of Great Britain on a peninsula tumbling into the vast Atlantic ocean, almost completely surrounded by the sea, a magnificent coastline wraps around Cornwall for almost 300 miles. Cornwall is also the location of mainland Great Britain's most southerly promontory,The Lizard, and one of the UK’s most westerly points, Land's End, while a few miles off shore and even further west is an archipelago of tiny islands that make up the Isles of Scilly.
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WEATHER: Cornwall has a temperate climate and the mildest and sunniest weather in the UK as a result of its southerly latitude and the influence of the Gulf Stream.The average annual temperature in Cornwall ranges from 11.6°C (53°F) to 9.8°C (52°F).
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CORNISH PASTY: The Cornish pasty was first made for Cornish miners. It is traditionally half savory and half sweet. The miners held them on the crust, eating everything around it and then threw the crust away. This wasn’t because they didn’t like the crust but to avoid eating the poisonous chemicals which were covered on their hands from mining. The pasty is, and always shall be associated with Cornwall. It holds a special place in Cornish culture. For many people the pasty is the greatest symbol of Cornwall. When the Cornish Rugby team plays an important match, a giant Cornish pasty is symbolically hoisted over the bar before the start of the game. It is a tradition that dates back to 1908, and the original giant pasty is still used to this day.
RIvERS: The principal rivers are the Tamar, which forms most of the border with Devon, the Fowey, the Fal, and the Camel.
LANGUAGE: Cornwall has its own language called Kernowek. It is a Brythonic Celtic language and recognised as a minority language in the United Kingdom.
OLDEST: Just south of Newquay – the remains of what is probably the oldest Christian church in Britain lie buried in the sand? St Piran, for whom the village is named, was a 5th century saint thought to be of Irish origin. He built an oratory just beyond the beach, whose sands centuries later overwhelmed the building – as they did its 10th century successor.
The first mention of Britain in writing detailed tin dealing on St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall? Pytheas, a Phoenician from Marseille, travelled to Cornwall in 325BC on a trading mission that he recorded: his text was lost long ago, but its information was quoted in a later Greek history. Some say the use of saffron in traditional Cornish cookery results from exchanges made with the Phoenicians.
FLAG: Cornwall’s black and white flag is the banner of St Piran. The white line between the black represents white lines of tin between dark molten rocks.
TOURISM: Cornwall is one of the major holiday areas in England attracting more than five million visitors a year. At the peak of the season there are over 270,000 visitors to county adding more than 50% to the all year population.