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Surfing St Agnes – Surfing thrills on the North Coast
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Screen-Shot-2021-09-19-at-12.21.54-550×370.jpg” alt_image=”Surfing Competition St Agnes” video_title=”Surfing Competition St Agnes” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fRBrb6p_Ao”] Surfing St Agnes St Agnes was historically a centre of the tin and copper mining activity in Cornwall. However, like many small Cornish coastal villages tourism is the main industry. St Agnes and the nearby Chapel Porth beach are very popular surfing beaches. […]
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Laid up Shipping Falmouth – Amazing sight of large ships in the river.
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Screen-Shot-2021-09-09-at-12.19.10-550×340.png” alt_image=”Laid up Shipping Falmouth ” video_title=”Laid up Shipping Falmouth Cornwall” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWeV8UzpMfs”] Laid up Shipping Falmouth This is the second video clip of the laid up shipping in the river Fal. The slump in cargoes and rates has meant that many shipowners have been forced to lay up vessels on a care and maintenance […]
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Trevithick Day Camborne – A celebration of Cornwall’s famous engineer.
[su_video_lightbox image_url=”https://www.visitcornwall.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Screen-Shot-2021-09-02-at-13.59.42-550×307.png” alt_image=”Tevithick Day Camborne Cornwall” video_title=”Tevithick Day” video_url=”www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUCZYahy8yU”] Trevithick Day Camborne Trevithick Day Camborne: Richard Trevithick builder of the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive is celebrated by the people of Cornwall. The achievements of a brilliant Cornish engineer and inventor who most feel has never received the fame or recognition his pioneering […]
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