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08-29-2017, 09:51 PM
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Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
I have limited time in UK.
I can't tell on the map of Cornwall/devon how far places are apart, really and need help with a rough itinerary. Anybody familiar with this area?
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08-29-2017, 10:04 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
It's England, nothing is very far apart
Google maps will help with times between places, like Taunton to Penzance (top of Devon to bottom of Corwall) is about 2.5 hours drive. I'm afraid I can't help much, but I can say that most places on the coast are beautiful. We stayed in a cottage in Rock and it was lovely. Do you have any specific questions? Although we don't live near there, Sou is English and could have some ideas
Maybe ceptimus can help as well.
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08-29-2017, 11:03 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
The distances aren't very great, but in some of the more remote coastal areas of Cornwall, the roads are really narrow and winding (often single lane with passing places).
The traffic is heavy, especially in the summer tourist season, on all the roads, but progress is still reasonable on main roads like the A30. Look at the numbers of the roads when you zoom in on Google maps. A-roads are the more major ones and the traffic usually flows okay away from the town centers. B-roads are smaller but still usually two-lane. It's the little windy roads without any numbers that get really jammed.
slim's suggestion of putting the places you might want to travel between into Google maps is a good one. Remember to put the likely start or arrive times in too so that you get a good estimate of the likely delays caused by traffic.
How are you intending to travel? Hire car, public transport, or what?
There are a few tourist traps such as Land's End. The coast is beautiful there but no more so than lots of other places - however it's overrun with too many tourists and there are ugly tacky gift shops - my advice is to go somewhere less famous and spend some time exploring on foot, or maybe hire a bike.
I recommend:
- Lynton/Lynmouth (all the same place really) on the north Devon coast - it's a steep coast with cliff railways and such and the villages perched on what land is buildable
- Exmoor and/or Dartmoor National Parks if you like open wild places.
- Plymouth if you're interested in naval history and ships
- Torquay or Newquay if you want to see traditional (though crowded) British seaside resorts with beaches and such
- The Lizard heritage coast (area around Mullion, Lizard, Cadgwith) if you want to see coastal features similar to Land's End, but with less overcrowding
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08-30-2017, 01:02 AM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
A little bit, as a tourist.
We spent a night in Plymouth and I enjoyed it. We walked the promenade from the rail station down to the Hoe and at the Hoe, happened upon naval air show, which was a brief fun diversion.
We arrived in Penzance by train, stayed three days, then moved to St. Ives, for one night. We bused to Tintagel and stayed three days.
We enjoyed Penzance, but happened there in the midst of Mazy Daze, a community summer festival on summer solstice. I don't recommend visiting picturesque St. Ives at that time of year, due to the gulls nesting (it might be fine this time of year). Tintagel is out of the way and rather difficult to get to on public transit, but I highly recommend it as a destination. I did a 'magical mystery tour' out of Penzance and enjoyed it immensely; the driver selected much of the coastline and focused on the local history of smugglers, scavangers, and scrappers. Don't miss St. Micheal's Mount in Penzance Bay
If I were there, I think I'd be tempted to take the ferry out of Penzance to the Scilly Isles.
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08-30-2017, 03:03 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
Thank you for your help. This is my situation.
I have limited time - between 2 functions.
Function #1 Monday in Exeter (early)
Function # 2 Friday in Bournemouth (late)
So I am trying to decide what to do with the free days in between. Will have a car.
Was thinking
Exeter - Monday/ & Tuesday morning...
Then maybe Dartmoor/Tavistock/Plymouth?
Wednesday - Drive to Falmouth - sightsee
Thursday - St Ives, Truro?
Friday - Penzance & drive to Bournemouth (evening function)
I know I can't see/do that many things - but would like to enjoy Cornwall for a few days. If you could help me with a feasible itinerary that is doable and enjoyable I would be grateful. also, this will be in late March (cold & rainy)
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08-30-2017, 09:08 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
So...I gotta ask. Is Cornwall a desired destination?
Have you done the 'Woo Central' sites of Stonehenge, Avebury, Glastonbury, and Bath, along with the option to nip in to the Cotwolds? I ask because they are all grouped north of your two functions, while Cornwall proper is considerably west ('considerably' being a relative term UK/US-wise).
Bournemouth is roughly the same distance east of Exeter as Penzance is west of Exeter.
I think if I were intent on Cornwall from Exeter, and I was driving, I'd head west from Exeter to Tintagel, then southwest down the north coast to Newquay and St. Ives, then bump over to Penzance, and then back east along the south coast, through St. Michael's Mount, Falmouth, St. Austell, Plymouth, Torquay, Exemouth, Weymouth, and finally, to Bournemouth.
The 'Woo Central' route is north to Glastonbury, then clockwise through Bath, the Cotswolds, Avebury, and Salisbury, before arriving back in Bournemouth.
Not that Cornwall is short on good stones.
You don't strike me as the aviation museum type, but if you are, there is supposed to be a decent Fleet Air Arm museum in Yeovilton, about half way between Exeter and Bournemouth.
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08-30-2017, 09:15 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
Hi godfry,
Thanks! This gives me some good ideas to go over. Will google Tintagel, St. Austell, Exemouth, Weymouth etc... see what they look like as places to visit.
We do want to stay in Cornwall area, will be in London/Windsor prior to Exeter.
Any suggestions for anything relating to steam trains?
Not interested so much in aviation museums, but the Maritime Museum in Falmouth was on my list.
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08-30-2017, 10:01 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
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Originally Posted by Limoncello
Hi godfry,
Thanks! This gives me some good ideas to go over. Will google Tintagel, St. Austell, Exemouth, Weymouth etc... see what they look like as places to visit.
We do want to stay in Cornwall area, will be in London/Windsor prior to Exeter.
Any suggestions for anything relating to steam trains?
Not interested so much in aviation museums, but the Maritime Museum in Falmouth was on my list.
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Oooo...Yeah, that sounds good.
Steam trains in Cornwall? No, I know of none. This does not mean there aren't any. I am given to understand that there are a number of 'cliff railways' in locations along the south coast, but I'm not sure exactly where. I suspect that these are basically funiculars. In my narrow experience, the narrow gauge steam railways tend to be further north, in central and northwestern Wales.
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08-30-2017, 10:05 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
You'll see these things strewn about the countryside, seemingly at random:
A former tin mine.
WOOOT! Steam trains in the west country.
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01-24-2018, 06:33 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
so the rough plan is
Exeter
Dartmoor Forest
Tavistock
Plymouth
St. Ives
Truro
Penzance
Some Tin Mine my Mor-man wants to go down
West Bay
Poole
Bournemouth
Windsor
Comments? anything worth skipping or adding?
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01-24-2018, 06:57 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
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Land's End?
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01-24-2018, 08:50 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
Yes, a possibility. Thanks
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01-25-2018, 06:27 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
If you are in Penzance, don't miss St. Michael's Mount near Marazion.
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01-25-2018, 07:18 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
as long as I don't get stuck out there!
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01-25-2018, 10:48 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
I think you're trying to pack too many places into only three days (plus two part-days). I would aim to cut at least three places from your itinerary. You know best which places you think are the most important - maybe split them into two groups - a 'must see' group and an 'if time allows' group. Also think about which places will suffer most in the event of bad weather.
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01-26-2018, 12:23 AM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
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Land's End?
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From the 200 foot high granite cliffs that rise out of the Atlantic Ocean you can gaze across to the Longships Lighthouse, the Isles of Scilly twenty eight miles away and beyond that, North America.
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01-26-2018, 03:00 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
I'll push them off the edge.
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01-26-2018, 03:02 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
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Originally Posted by ceptimus
I think you're trying to pack too many places into only three days (plus two part-days). I would aim to cut at least three places from your itinerary. You know best which places you think are the most important - maybe split them into two groups - a 'must see' group and an 'if time allows' group. Also think about which places will suffer most in the event of bad weather.
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Right, I really don't expect to get to all those places. Plus, if we are really enjoying one particular stop - we will just stay there and forget about the others.
It's really been a struggle to pick.
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01-26-2018, 05:11 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
Oh, understood.
Every time I go to the isles, I end up finding more places I want to go but don't have the time or money.
I just spent two months on pilgrimage in the isles, only to return home and find that, if I'd only taken another turn, I'd have been able to make it to Callanish stone circle.
Damn...now I'll have to go back just to see the Hebrides. Shucks.
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01-26-2018, 07:57 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
We might get into bed in Exeter and never leave, we are on our honeymoon afterall.
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01-26-2018, 08:05 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
Well, there is that.
But, I might point out that you can, and will, continue to do all that stuff on a very frequent basis, but easy access to the West Country is very limited....and usually costly.
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04-09-2018, 08:24 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
Hi everyone, I'm a married lady back from my honeymoon
FYI this is what ended up as our itinerary
London
Exeter - Tavistock
Plymouth - Truro - Fallmouth
St. Ives
Penzance - Bournemouth
Poole - West Bay - Weymouth
Bath - Windsor
London
Crazy driving on the wrong side of the road on the wrong side of the car and soooo many roundabouts.
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04-09-2018, 09:36 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
Glad you had a great honeymoon, though.
But mostly
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04-10-2018, 03:25 PM
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Re: Anyone know anything about Cornwall, UK?
Nice circuit.
Assuming you actually exited your accommodations on occasion, did you spend enough time to form a favorite and a 'could have avoided that' of destinations?
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