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Outline of Cornwall

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Outline of Cornwall

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cornwall:

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Cornwall – ceremonial county and unitary authority area of England within the United Kingdom. Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall is also a royal duchy of England. It has an estimated population of half a million and it has its own distinctive history and culture.

Geography of Cornwall

Geography of Cornwall

  • Cornwall is: a county that is part of England.
  • Location
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Eurasia (but not on the mainland)
  • Europe
  • Northern Europe and Western Europe
  • British Isles
  • Great Britain (the southern part of the island's western side)
  • Several other islands of Cornwall, the largest archipelago being the Isles of Scilly
  • Extreme points of Cornwall
  • Population of Cornwall: 536,000 (2014 estimate)
  • Environment of Cornwall

  • Climate of Cornwall – see climate of England
  • Brown Willy effect
  • Geology of Cornwall
  • Geology of Lizard, Cornwall
  • List of Special Areas of Conservation in Cornwall
  • List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall
  • Natural geographic features of Cornwall

    Beaches of Cornwall
  • Beaches of Penwith
  • Carbis Bay
  • Crackington Haven
  • Downderry
  • Fistral Beach
  • Gwithian
  • Harlyn
  • Maenporth
  • Marazion
  • Mawgan Porth
  • Newquay
  • Perranporth
  • Polzeath
  • Porthcothan
  • Porthcurno
  • Porthleven
  • Porthtowan
  • Portreath
  • Praa Sands
  • Rame Peninsula
  • Rock, Cornwall
  • Sennen
  • St Mawes
  • Widemouth Bay
  • Whitsand Bay
  • Bodies of water of Cornwall
  • Rivers of Cornwall
  • River Truro
  • River Camel
  • River Fal
  • River Gannel
  • Gover Stream
  • Hamoaze
  • Helford River
  • River Looe
  • River Lynher
  • St Austell River
  • River Tamar
  • Bays of Cornwall
  • Carbis Bay
  • Widemouth Bay
  • Whitsand Bay
  • Coastal waters adjacent to Cornwall
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Celtic Sea
  • English Channel
  • Islands of Cornwall
  • Isles of Scilly
  • West Cornwall Steam Ship Company
  • History of the Isles of Scilly
  • Islands in the Isles of Scilly
  • Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly: category, list
  • Transport in the Isles of Scilly
  • Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Isles of Scilly
  • Wildlife of Cornwall

  • Flora and fauna of Cornwall
  • Cornish symbols
  • Flora of Cornwall
  • Cornish Gilliflower
  • Cornish heath
  • Fauna of Cornwall
  • Birds of Cornwall
  • Red-billed chough
  • Cornish game hen
  • Mammals of Cornwall
  • Large Black (pig)
  • Wildlife conservation
  • Cornwall Wildlife Trust
  • The Guild of Cornish Hedgers
  • Frederick Hamilton Davey
  • Places in Cornwall

    Places in Cornwall

  • List of places in Penwith
  • Places of interest in Cornwall
  • List of public art in Cornwall
  • Politics of Cornwall

  • Duchy of Cornwall
  • Duke of Cornwall
  • Duchess of Cornwall
  • High Sheriff of Cornwall
  • Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall
  • Cornish nationalism
  • Constitutional status of Cornwall
  • Cornwall Council
  • Cornwall Record Office
  • History of Cornwall

    History of Cornwall

  • Timeline of Cornish history
  • List of Cornish historians
  • Battle of Deorham
  • Celtic nations
  • Clyst Heath
  • Clyst St Mary
  • Cornish saints
  • Cornovii (Cornish)
  • Cornwall (territorial duchy)
  • Duchies in the United Kingdom
  • Dumnonia
  • Dumnonii
  • Fowey Gallants
  • Glasney College
  • Keskerdh Kernow 500
  • Lew Trenchard
  • List of windmills in Cornwall
  • Maps of Cornwall
  • Perkin Warbeck
  • Robert, Count of Mortain
  • Royal charters applying to Cornwall
  • Stannary Courts and Parliaments
  • Stannary town
  • Stateless nation
  • Torrey Canyon
  • Woodbury Common, Devon
  • History of Cornwall by period

  • Cornish Uprising of 1497
  • Cornish Uprising of 1497 - An Gof
  • Cornish Uprising of 1497 - Thomas Flamank
  • Second Cornish Uprising of 1497
  • Act of Uniformity 1549
  • Cornish Uprising of 1549
  • Battle of Sampford Courtenay
  • Jacobite uprising in Cornwall of 1715
  • Cornwall in the English Civil War
  • Battle of Cornwall
  • Battle of Lostwithiel
  • The Gear Rout
  • Cornish Foreshore Case
  • Penlee lifeboat disaster
  • Newlyn riots
  • POW Camp 115, Whitecross, St. Columb Major
  • Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament
  • History of Cornwall by subject

  • List of former administrative divisions in Cornwall
  • Bishop of Cornwall
  • Cornish currency
  • Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall
  • History of the Duchy of Cornwall
  • Earl of Cornwall
  • Cornish emigration
  • Hundreds of Cornwall
  • Penwith (hundred)
  • Kerrier (hundred)
  • Triggshire (hundred)
  • Kiddlywink
  • List of legendary rulers of Cornwall
  • Old Cornish units of measurement
  • History of mining in Cornwall and Devon
  • Early Cornish Texts
  • Disasters

  • Boscastle flood of 2004
  • Penlee lifeboat disaster (1981)
  • Sikorsky S-61 disaster 1983
  • Torrey Canyon
  • List of shipwrecks of Cornwall
  • List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (19th century)
  • List of shipwrecks of Cornwall (20th century)
  • Culture of Cornwall

    Culture of Cornwall

  • Celtic culture
  • Modern Celts
  • Celtic Congress
  • Pan-Celticism
  • Anglo-Celtic
  • Cornish clothes
  • Cornish tartans
  • Festivals and events
  • Royal Cornwall Show
  • Cornish heritage organisations
  • Federation of Old Cornwall Societies
  • The Cornish Gorseth (Gorseth Kernow) (bards)
  • Royal Institution of Cornwall
  • Cornwall Record Office
  • Languages of Cornwall
  • Cornish language
  • List of Cornish dialect words
  • Cornish surnames
  • Oggy Oggy Oggy
  • Museums in Cornwall
  • Royal Cornwall Museum
  • Religion in Cornwall
  • Christianity in Cornwall
  • Archdeacon of Cornwall
  • List of Cornish saints
  • The arts in Cornwall

  • Dance of Cornwall
  • Cornish dance
  • List of public art in Cornwall
  • Theatre in Cornwall
  • Kneehigh Theatre
  • Architecture in Cornwall

  • Bodmin Parish Church
  • Cornwall Railway viaducts
  • Eden Project
  • Jamaica Inn
  • Grade I listed buildings in Cornwall
  • Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall
  • Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall (A–G)
  • Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall (H–P)
  • Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall (Q–Z)
  • List of museums in Cornwall
  • Railway stations in Cornwall
  • Royal Albert Bridge
  • St German's Priory
  • Tamar Bridge
  • Tate St Ives
  • Truro Cathedral
  • List of windmills in Cornwall
  • Castles and houses in Cornwall
  • Launceston Castle
  • Pendennis Castle
  • Restormel Castle
  • Trematon Castle
  • Tintagel Castle
  • Lanhydrock House
  • Country houses in Cornwall
  • Historic houses in Cornwall
  • Lighthouses in Cornwall
  • Bishop Rock
  • Eddystone Lighthouse
  • Godrevy
  • Lizard Lighthouse
  • Longships
  • Pendeen Lighthouse
  • Round Island Light, Isles of Scilly
  • St. Anthony's Lighthouse
  • Tater Du Lighthouse
  • Trevose Head Lighthouse
  • Wolf Rock, Cornwall
  • Literature of Cornwall

    Literature in Cornish

  • Cornish novels
  • The Camomile Lawn
  • Frenchman's Creek
  • Jamaica Inn (novel)
  • Proper Job, Charlie Curnow (novel)
  • The Poldark Novels
  • Rebecca (novel)
  • Cornish writers
  • Cornish folklore

    Cornish folklore

  • Allantide
  • Beast of Bodmin
  • Chewidden Thursday
  • Golowan
  • Guise dancing
  • Guldize
  • Helston Furry Dance
  • Kernewek Lowender
  • Knocker (folklore)
  • Mermaid of Zennor
  • Nickanan Night
  • Owlman
  • Peter and the Piskies: Cornish Folk and Fairy Tales
  • Picrous Day
  • Pixie (folklore)
  • St Piran's Day
  • Tom Bawcock's Eve
  • West Cornwall May Day celebrations
  • Media in Cornwall

    Media in Cornwall

  • Doc Martin
  • Jamaica Inn (film)
  • Rebecca (1940 film)
  • Straw Dogs
  • Wild West (sitcom)
  • Wycliffe (TV series)
  • Music of Cornwall

    Cornish music

  • The Cornish National Anthem
  • Genres
  • Britpop
  • Celtic music
  • Bands
  • Thirteen Senses
  • The Onyx
  • Kubb (band)
  • Instruments
  • Cornish bagpipes
  • Musical works
  • The Pirates of Penzance
  • Tintagel – symphonic poem composed by Arnold Bax in 1919; it is perhaps his best-known orchestral work.
  • Cornish musicians
  • Al Hodge
  • Dudley Savage
  • Aphex Twin
  • Luke Vibert
  • Brenda Wootton
  • Cuisine of Cornwall

    Cuisine of Cornwall

  • Food
  • List of Cornish cheeses
  • Cornish pasty
  • Clotted cream
  • Cornish fairings
  • Cornish Gilliflower
  • Heavy cake
  • Hog's pudding
  • Saffron bun
  • Stargazy pie
  • Cornish Yarg
  • Drink
  • Cyder
  • Meadery
  • Sharp's Brewery
  • Skinner's Brewery
  • St Austell Brewery
  • Swanky beer
  • Icons of Cornwall

  • List of Cornish flags
  • Cornish symbols
  • Saint Piran's Flag
  • The Song of the Western Men
  • Bro Goth Agan Tasow
  • People of Cornwall

  • Celts
  • List of people from Cornwall
  • Cornish people
  • Cornish diaspora
  • Cornish people
  • Cornish saints
  • Cornish writers
  • List of Cornish artists, architects and craftspeople
  • List of Cornish Christians
  • List of Cornish engineers and inventors
  • List of Cornish geologists and explorers
  • List of Cornish historians
  • List of Cornish musicians
  • List of Cornish philanthropists
  • List of Cornish scientists and inventors
  • List of Cornish soldiers, commanders and sailors
  • List of Cornish sportsmen and sportswomen
  • List of Cornish writers
  • List of notable residents of Cornwall
  • Noble and notable families

  • Earl of Cornwall
  • Duke of Cornwall
  • Duchess of Cornwall
  • Great Cornish Families
  • Fox family of Falmouth
  • Economy and infrastructure of Cornwall

    Economy of Cornwall

  • Agriculture of Cornwall
  • List of farms in Cornwall
  • Fishing in Cornwall
  • Royal Cornwall Show
  • Communications in Cornwall
  • Media in Cornwall
  • Companies based in Cornwall
  • Economic development
  • South West Regional Assembly
  • South West of England Regional Development Agency
  • Mining in Cornwall and Devon
  • Healthcare in Cornwall

    Healthcare in Cornwall – same as healthcare in England

  • Ambulance services in Cornwall
  • Cornwall Air Ambulance
  • Hospitals in Cornwall
  • Camborne Redruth Community Hospital
  • Bodmin Hospital
  • Royal Cornwall Hospital
  • St Michael's Hospital, Hayle
  • West Cornwall Hospital
  • Education in Cornwall

  • List of museums in Cornwall
  • List of schools in Cornwall
  • Secondary education
  • Combined Universities in Cornwall
  • Cornwall College
  • Camborne School of Mines
  • Institute of Cornish Studies
  • Falmouth University
  • Glasney College
  • Tremough
  • University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus
  • References

    Outline of Cornwall Wikipedia