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Everybody visits Cornwall for its glorious beaches. It has more coastline than any other county in England, so it’s no wonder that the county of Cornwall has a huge number of high quality beaches, as well as beaches of almost every conceivable type. Swimmers, surfers, body boarders, sunbathers and those just interested in building large sandcastle will all be able to find their preferred sort of beach in Cornwall, which is one of the reasons it’s great for family holidays.
Loads of the beaches also have awards for clean water and general beach facilities, so you can go to them safe in the knowledge that you won’t be risking anything by taking a dip. This gives peace of mind to everybody, obviously, but especially so to parents, who won’t have to worry that their children are going to contract something nasty from the water. The helpful lifeguards also make sure to put up flags to show which areas of the beach are safe to swim in and which put you at risk from currents, meaning that even more worry is removed, as you always have an easy to identify signal to where you should be swimming.
Heading inland, Cornwall has plenty of attractions, such as the Eden Project, which can make for a great day out for the whole family. There is a large tourism industry in Cornwall, and so whole Cornwall holidays could be filled just going around to the various attractions and exploring everything that Cornwall has to offer.
Through the middle of Cornwall, heading down from Devon to Land’s End, is a long line of granite formations that cut the south west in two. These have created some spectacular landscapes in Cornwall, including some magnificent standing stones and rolling moor land, and these also prove popular with visitors to Cornwall who find that walking around them and just taking in their impressiveness is enough to fill up a whole day.
This granite line spreads down under the sea bed until it emerges again with the Isles of Scilly, which can be reached by helicopter or boat from Cornwall. The islands themselves are also popular with holiday makers, and have a totally different climate to anywhere else in the UK, enjoying earlier starts to spring and summer which have made them a great location to grow flowers ahead of the British season.
Overall, Cornwall has so much to offer that it’s worth taking even a short trip there to experience just some of it.
