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Marquee Hire in Cornwall
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Covering Bodmin, Truro, Camborne, Redruth, St. Austell, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay, Bodmin, Bude, Camelford, Falmouth, Fowey, Helston, Launceston, Newquay, Par, Penryn, Penzance, Port Isaac, Redruth, Saltash, St Ives and all areas of Cornwall
Cornwall is the most south-westerly county in England and shares its border with just one other county - Devon. The administrative centre is Truro and the county continues out to sea to include the Isles of Scilly. Cornwall is the home of the Cornish people and has been talked about with the idea of becoming its own self-governed state.
Cornwall is mainly surrounded by the sea – both the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean meet the coast of Cornwall. The county is split into six districts – Caradon, Carrick, Kerrier, North Cornwall, Penwith and Restormel. Some well known towns include St Ives, Penzance, Newquay, Padstow, Bodmin, St Austell, Bude, Falmouth and Wadebridge, amongst others.
Cornwall has a Celtic heritage and this can be seen in many of the sports played in the county. These include Cornish Wrestling, Cornish Hurling and Breton Wrestling. Although Cornwall is not represented that heavily in the major professional sports, Truro City FC became the first Cornish football team to win a national competition, when the brought the FA Vase back to Cornwall in 2007.
Truro is the most southerly city in England and has a population of just over 20,000. The city sits on the River Truro and is situated in the centre of Cornwall.
On the food front, Cornwall is probably best known for its Cornish Pasties – a savoury dish made with steak, potato, onion and swede.
Bodmin, in the north of Cornwall is a town associated with a well known moor that is said to be the home of the Beast of Bodmin. Similar to the Beast of Exmoor, the Beast of Bodmin is a wild cat that is said to have been sighted on a number of occasions. It is also said to have killed lots of livestock in the area and led to an official investigation in 1995 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Padstow is a small town on the north coast of Cornwall and is 14 miles up the road from the well known tourist destination – Newquay. Newquay has a permanent population of just under 20,000 although this rises dramatically to an estimated 100,000 in the peak summer season.
Land’s End is the most westerly point in England and is located near to the town on Penzance. Land’s End is well known because of the mention of it in the journey from Land’s End to John O Groats – the most north-westerly settlement in the UK.
Although Truro is the only city in Cornwall, it is not Cornwall’s biggest settlement – that honour falls to St Austell. St Austell gets many tourists off the back of the Eden Project.
Falmouth is another town in Cornwall and was the site of a great gold dust robbery in 1839.
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