Holiday Brochures and Tourist Information for Cornwall
Cornwall Gardens Holiday Brochure
Step into the gardens of Cornwall - hidden and intimate, coastal or woodland, wild and untamed or architectural and grandly formal. With over 60 gardens and thanks to the mildest climate in the UK, the range of plants you'll discover all year round will surprise and delight both the seriously green fingered or the keen amateur.
Cornwall Holiday Brochure
Officially the Favourite UK Holiday Destination three years in a row, Cornwall really has it all. Chic hotels, welcoming B & Bs, award winning food and drink, gardens of every kind and spectacular coast and countryside. The Cornwall Brochure includes comprehensive tourist information and hundreds of Cornwall holidays.
Whether you are looking to spend some time on the waves, building sandcastles on the shore with the kids or relaxing with a loved one, Cornwall won't disappoint. Award winning restaurants, art galleries, heritage attractions and stunning gardens will keep the most demanding culture vulture content, whilst the coastline packed with beautiful beaches and rugged appeal can't fail to tempt the intrepid adventurer. The beach will keep kids happy for hours and attractions like Newquay Zoo, Crealy Adventure Park and the Eden Project help create the perfect family getaway.
The county of Cornwall is the southwestern extremity of England. Including the Isles of Scilly, it covers about 1,400 square miles and has a population of about half a million, which is vastly increased during the summer months. It isn't difficult to understand why people flock to the county for their holidays at any time of the year.
Cornwall has the mildest climate in Britain - spring comes early, and autumn lingers longer. Add to this its magnificent beaches and coastal scenery, and its continuing popularity with holidaymakers is not surprising. Gardens such as The Eden Project, The Lost Gardens of Heligan and the National Trust properties of Lanhydrock and Cotehele are perfect examples of exotic horticultural success stories in Cornwall.
The surf beaches and buzzing nightlife of Newquay and Bude attract surfies and the younger set whilst beautiful St. Ives, home of the Cornish branch of the Tate gallery, has art and surf.
Smugglers coves and pretty fishing villages like Mousehole and Zennor, are a well loved feature of Cornwalls coast and Padstow, at the mouth of the river Camel has become a gourmet Mecca, thanks largely to celebrity chef Rick Steins Seafood Restaurant.
With Bodmin Moor at its heart, inland Cornwall can seem a wild and inhospitable landscape. In many places traces of the old tin and lead mining industries that once brought wealth to the County are seen. Four miles from St Austell one old clay pit has been reborn. At the Eden Project plants from the worlds jungles, deserts and savannahs occupy a series of gigantic domes, borrowing Cornish sunlight to supplement the microclimate created for them.
Cornwall's south coast is softer and greener. As in the north, it has its share of holiday beaches and picturesque harbours delightful places like Looe and Fowey. Rare plants flourish in the mild climate of the souths rugged Lizard peninsula - the most southerly point in Britain - but its exposed position means that it takes a battering from the Atlantic in winter. It makes for a bracing excursion for the more hardy tourists amongst us.
Further west, St. Michaels Mount rises like a fairytale castle from the sea at Marazion. Just along the beach at Penzance, ferries leave for the magic Isles of Scilly, pushing out into the Atlantic beyond Lands End. Walk along the coast from Penzance and you are met with the fishing village of Newlyn, home to artists for centuries, drawn in by the magical light of this part of the Cornish coast.
Order your Cornwall Holiday Brochure or your Cornwall Gardens Holiday Brochure now and learn more about why it is one of the UK's favourite holiday destinations.