20 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT CORNWALL

IT SITS quietly at the bottom of England. It’s full of cows, castles and old tin mines. It’s got lovely weather, decent hotels and warm, sunny beaches. It’s CORNWALL, and we all love to go there on holiday. But before we all jump in our cars and head for the A30, just think – how much do we actually know about this long, thin peninsula? Is it safe to travel there? Is it home to any venomous species of animals? Will your mobile phone work there? It’s time to answer some different questions to these. Here are…

1 CORNWALL is the only county in the United Kingdom that borders only one other county. With 84 counties nationwide, that means there is just a 1.2% chance that this neighbouring county is Devon… but it is! That is remarkable enough, but when you learn that Devon is also the only county in the UK to abut Cornwall, the odds of these two counties sharing a border drops to an unbelievably low 0.014%, or 1 chance in 6972! 2 CORNWALL has its own unique cryptozoological creature – the BEAST OF BODMIN MOOR. This elusive creature is a black feline, a couple of inches larger than an average domestic black cat, which is occasionally spotted in the distance and photographed standing against an unusually small wall. 3 MANY Cornish place names begin…

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