Cornwall Hotels
Hotels in Cornwall are often required for tourists who require short term accommodation. Some may want to stay at large or small hotels in the county. Some may want to stay at hotels that have access to culture and entertainment. Some may want to stay at old or new hotels. Some may want to stay at luxury or cheap hotels. Some may want to stay at hotels that have access to scenery.
Hotels in Cornwall are often required for tourists who require short term accommodation.
Cornwall forms the tip of the south west peninsula of the island of Great Britain, and is therefore exposed to the full force of the prevailing winds that blow in from the Atlantic Ocean. The coastline is composed mainly of resistant rocks that give rise in many places to impressive cliffs. Cornwall has a border with only one other county, Devon.
The north and south
coasts have different characteristics. The north coast is more exposed and therefore
has a wilder nature. The prosaically named High Cliff, between Boscastle and St
Gennys, is the highest sheer-drop cliff in Cornwall at 735 feet (224 m). However,
there are also many extensive stretches of fine golden sand which form the beaches
that are so important to the tourist industry, such as those at Bude, St Agnes,
St Ives, Perranporth, Porthtowan, Polzeath, Fistral Beach, Lusty Glaze Beach and
Watergate Bay, Newquay. There are two river estuaries on the north coast: Hayle
Estuary and the estuary of the River Camel, which provides Padstow and Rock with
a safe harbour. The south coast, dubbed the "riviera", is more sheltered
and there are several broad estuaries offering safe anchorages, such as at Falmouth
and Fowey. Beaches on the south coast usually consist of coarser sand and shingle,
interspersed with rocky sections of wave-cut platform.
The interior
of the county consists of a roughly east-west spine of infertile and exposed upland,
with a series of granite intrusions, such as Bodmin Moor, which contains the highest
land within Cornwall. From east to west, and with approximately descending altitude,
these are Bodmin Moor, the area north of St Austell, the area south of Camborne,
and the Penwith or Land's End peninsula. These intrusions are the central part
of the granite outcrops of south-west Britain, which include Dartmoor to the east
in Devon and the Isles of Scilly to the west, the latter now being partially submerged.
Cornwall
is known for both its beaches and its rugged coastline.
The intrusion of the granite into the surrounding sedimentary rocks gave rise to extensive metamorphism and mineralization, and this led to Cornwall being one of the most important mining areas in Europe until the early 20th century. It is thought Tin was mined here as early as the Bronze Age, and copper, lead, zinc and silver have all been mined in Cornwall. Alteration of the granite also gave rise to extensive deposits of China Clay, especially in the area to the north of St Austell, and the extraction of this remains an important industry.
The uplands are surrounded by more fertile, mainly pastoral farmland. Near the south coast, deep wooded valleys provide sheltered conditions for flora that like shade and a moist, mild climate. These areas lie mainly on Devonian sandstone and slate. The north east of Cornwall lies on Carboniferous rocks known as the Culm Measures. In places these have been subjected to severe folding, as can been seen on the north coast near Crackington Haven and in several other locations.
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