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Heligan Gardens – A great day out and a fascinating history
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Heligan-wildfowermead-2-550×320.jpg” alt_image=”Heligan Gardens” video_title=”Heligan Wildflower Meadow” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-zDsht35JU”] Heligan Gardens The gardens were created by the Cornish Tremayne family during the 18th century to the 20th century. The gardens were neglected after the First World War and only restored in the 1990s, a restoration that was the subject of several popular television programs and books. […]
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The Camel Trail – A great family day out
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Camel-Trail-SG-550×342.jpg” alt_image=”The Camel Trail” video_title=”The Camel Trail” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L7JiM8T-8k”] The Camel Trail In later years the railway was used to ship slate and china clay from inland quarries to ships docking in Padstow. Fish ere transported in the opposite direction to London and other markets The railway lost most of its traffic when both the […]
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Dolphins Padstow – Always a thrilling experience
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Padstow-Sea-Life-SG-550×318.jpg” alt_image=”Dolphins Padstow” video_title=”Dolphins at Padstow” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=IulQSX5CYS4″] Dolphins Padstow Dolphins Padstow : Dolphins are a common site off the coast of Cornwall and can be seen in many places. The Pods appear and disappear just as quickly. This video is taken from one of the boats that run from taking visitors out from Padstow […]
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Time Lapse Camel Estuary
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Padstow-Time-Lapse-550×265.jpg” alt_image=”Time lapse of the Camel Estuary” video_title=”Time lapse of the Camel Estuary” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUh7_yv4IKg”] Video Time Lapse Camel Estuary Lovely clip of the tidal action and weather as time lapse camel Estuary taken looking out over the Camel estuary at Padstow. Padstow is a very popular town on the north Cornwall coast well-known fo […]
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Padstow Lifeboat Launch – Beautiful Trevose Head Coastline
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Padstow-Lifeboat-Lanch2-SG-550×337.jpg” alt_image=”Padstow Lifeboat Launch” video_title=”Padstow Lifeboat Launch” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhpcWE-ibyI”] Padstow Lifeboat Launch Filmed around Trevose Head and the Padstow Lifeboat Station. The coastline and beaches around Trevose head are beautiful. The Lifeboat Station is a spectacular building and replaced the old station where launches were becoming increasingly difficult due to the estuary silting up. Some […]
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Falmouth Ferries – Travel and fun on the water
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-18.16.00-550×249.jpg” alt_image=”The Falmouth Ferries” video_title=”The Falmouth Ferries” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErC_14obeCA”] Falmouth Ferries The King Harry Ferry and the St Mawes Ferry both feature in this clip from ITV Westcountry about ferries around Cornwall. The King Harry ferry transports cars and foot passengers across the river Fal at Trelissick. The St Mawes Ferry operates a foot passenger […]
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Hammered Steel Band Cape Cornwall – Old video but the band was great
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-08-at-01.16.03-550×386.png” alt_image=”Hammered Steel Band Cape Cornwall” video_title=”Hammered Steel Band,Cape Cornwall” video_url=”youtu.be/9CmtZTnohNA”] Hammered Steel Band Cape Cornwall This video (Hammered Steel Band Cape Cornwall) was taken when the band was playing outside Lloyds bank on Mazey Day 2005 in Penzance. The band was immensely popular and played at the Royal Cornwall Show and other events […]
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Porthcurno Telegraph Museum – A fascinating history of the telegraph that connected the Empire
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Porthcurno-Telegrapgh-Museum-SG-550×377.jpg” alt_image=”Porthcurno Telegraph Museum” video_title=”Porthcurno Telegraph Museum” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKWM_v4b9QY”] Porthcurno Telegraph Museum This is an excerpt from a promotional video made by MediaWestUK for the Telegraph Museum. n 1870, Porthcurno began its life as an important centre of international communications. It was in 1870 that a chain of telegraph cables linking Porthcurno and India was […]
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Lands End Shipwreck – RMS Mulheim Spectacular Views from the cliffs above
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-18.29.00-550×336.jpg” alt_image=”Shipwreck” video_title=”Lands End Shipwreck” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGhYJmiMhnw”] Lands End Shipwreck RMS Mulheim The most recent Shipwreck at Lands End was the 1,846-tonne RMS Mulheim was making a passage from Cork to Lubeck, Germany, when she ran aground between Land’s End and Sennen at 0500 GMT on Saturday 22nd March 2003The six-strong Polish crew were airlifted […]
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Newquay Lifeboat Video – A Thrilling Launch
Newquay Lifeboat Video Newquay’s Atlantic 85 filmed from the air B821 The Gladys Mildred being launched off the beach at Newquay, Cornwall. RNLI footage shot from a helicopter. A great clip showing the launch from the tractor and how the tractor can be almost submerged as it pushes the boat out on its launch trailer […]
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