- Source: Outline of Cornwall
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cornwall:
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 the United Kingdom. It has an estimated population of half a million and it has its own distinctive history and culture.
General reference
Etymology of "Cornwall"
Common English name(s): Cornwall
Common endonym(s): Kernow
Adjectival(s): Cornish
Demonym(s): Cornish
Geography of Cornwall
Geography of Cornwall
Cornwall is a mainland county of Great Britain and part of the British Isles. It reaches from the south-westernmost point into the Atlantic Ocean and English Channel. It is in Eurasia (but not on the mainland) in the Northern Hemisphere.
= 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
= Extreme points =
Lands End
Lizard Point
= 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 Fowey
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 =
It has several islands, the largest archipelago being the Isles of Scilly.
West Cornwall Steam Ship Company (a company operating the ferry service to the Isles of Scilly between 1870 and 1917)
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 eyebright
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
Frederick Hamilton Davey
The Guild of Cornish Hedgers
National Lobster Hatchery
Westcountry Rivers Trust
= Places in Cornwall
=Population of Cornwall: 536,000 (2014 estimate)
Places in Cornwall
List of places in Penwith
Places of interest in Cornwall
List of public art in Cornwall
Towns and settlements in Cornwall
Further places of interest
indicates Access Land
= Demography of Cornwall
=Demographics of Cornwall
Politics of Cornwall
Politics of Cornwall
Cornish nationalism
Celtic League (political organisation)
Cornish Nationalist Party
Cornish Solidarity
Cornwall 2000
Cornish rotten and pocket boroughs
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
= Elections in Cornwall
=2005 United Kingdom general election result in Cornwall
Local elections
Cornwall local elections
Caradon local elections
Carrick local elections
Kerrier local elections
North Cornwall local elections
Penwith local elections
Restormel local elections
2007 Penwith District Council election
2004 Penwith District Council election
2003 Restormel Borough Council election
1987 Truro by-election
2005 Cornwall County Council election
2009 Cornwall Council election
2013 Cornwall Council election
2017 Cornwall Council election
2021 Cornwall Council election
= Government of Cornwall
=Cornish Assembly
Cornwall Council
Cornwall Record Office
Parliamentary representation from Cornwall
Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament
Shadow Minister for Cornwall
South West Regional Assembly
Local government districts in Cornwall
Penwith
Kerrier
Carrick, Cornwall
Restormel
North Cornwall
Caradon
Constituencies
European Parliament constituencies
Cornwall and Plymouth (European Parliament constituency)
Cornwall and West Plymouth (European Parliament constituency)
South West England (European Parliament constituency)
UK Parliament constituencies
St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)
Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)
Truro and St Austell (UK Parliament constituency)
North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
Camborne and Redruth (UK Parliament constituency)
St Austell and Newquay (UK Parliament constituency)
Truro and Falmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
Truro (UK Parliament constituency)
Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)
Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency)
Callington (UK Parliament constituency)
Camelford (UK Parliament constituency)
Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
West Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)
East Looe (UK Parliament constituency)
Fowey (UK Parliament constituency)
Grampound (UK Parliament constituency)
Helston (UK Parliament constituency)
Launceston (UK Parliament constituency)
Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency)
Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)
Mitchell (UK Parliament constituency)
Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency)
Penryn (UK Parliament constituency)
Penryn and Falmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
St Austell (UK Parliament constituency)
St Germans (UK Parliament constituency)
St Mawes (UK Parliament constituency)
Saltash (UK Parliament constituency)
Tregony (UK Parliament constituency)
West Looe (UK Parliament constituency)
Cornish politicians
Current MPs
Anna Gelderd, Labour MP for South East Cornwall (2024–Present)
Andrew George, Liberal Democrat MP for St. Ives (1997–2015; 2024–Present)
Jayne Kirkham, Labour MP for Truro and Falmouth (2024–Present)
Noah Law, Labour MP for St. Austell and Newquay (2024–Present)
Ben Maguire, Liberal Democrat MP for Cornwall North (2024–Present)
Perran Moon, Labour MP for Camborne and Redruth (2024–Present)
Past MPs
Colin Breed, Liberal Democrat MP for South East Cornwall (1997–2010)
Steve Double, Conservative MP for St. Austell and Newquay (2015–2024)
George Eustice, Conservative MP for Camborne and Redruth (2010–2024)
Steve Gilbert, Liberal Democrat MP for St. Austell and Newquay (2010–2015)
Julia Goldsworthy, Liberal Democrat MP for Falmouth & Camborne (2005–2010)
Cherilyn Mackrory, Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth (2019–2024)
Scott Mann, Conservative MP for Cornwall North (2015–2024)
Sheryll Murray, Conservative MP for South East Cornwall (2010–2024)
Sarah Newton, Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth (2010–2019)
Matthew Taylor, Liberal Democrat MP for Truro and St Austell from 1987 to 2010 (now a life peer as Baron Taylor of Goss Moor)
Derek Thomas, Conservative MP for St. Ives (2015–2024)
Dan Rogerson, Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall (2005–2015)
Other politicians
Mark Prisk, Shadow Minister for Cornwall from 2007 to 2010
Mebyon Kernow, the main nationalist party in Cornwall
Dick Cole, the leader of Mebyon Kernow
Law and order in Cornwall
Constitutional status of Cornwall
= Law enforcement in Cornwall =
Cornwall Police Force
Falmouth Docks Police
Royal titles
Duchy of Cornwall
Duke of Cornwall
Duchess of Cornwall
High Sheriff of Cornwall
Lord-lieutenant of Cornwall
= Military in Cornwall
=Category:Military of the United Kingdom in Cornwall
Vice-Admiral of Cornwall
List of Cornish soldiers, commanders and sailors
HMS Fisgard
HMS Raleigh
HMS St Austell Bay (K634)
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
GCHQ Bude
RNAS Culdrose
RNAS Predannack
RRH Portreath
RAF Davidstow Moor
RAF St Eval
RAF St. Mawgan
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 oil spill
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
Celts (modern)
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
Museums in Cornwall
Royal Cornwall Museum
= 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
Cotehele House
Country houses in Cornwall
Historic houses in Cornwall
= Lighthouses in Cornwall =
Bishop Rock Lighthouse
Eddystone Lighthouse
Godrevy Lighthouse
Lizard Lighthouse
Longships Lighthouse
Pendeen Lighthouse
Round Island Light, Isles of Scilly
St. Anthony's Lighthouse
Tater Du Lighthouse
Trevose Head Lighthouse
Wolf Rock Lighthouse
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
Rebecca
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
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.
Four Cornish Dances by Malcolm Arnold
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
= Icons of Cornwall
=List of Cornish flags
Cornish symbols
Saint Piran's Flag
The Song of the Western Men
Bro Goth Agan Tasow
= Language in Cornwall
=Languages of Cornwall
Cornish language
Modern Cornish
Unified Cornish
Anglo-Cornish
List of linguists and writers in Cornish
List of Cornish dialect words
Cornish surnames
Oggy Oggy Oggy
Kernowek Standard
Kernewek Kemmyn
Cornish words and names
List of Cornish dialect words
Emmet (Cornish)
Penna (surname)
Cornish surnames
Treffry
Baragwanath
Linguistics organizations
Agan Tavas
Akademi Kernewek
Cornish Language Council (Cussel an Tavas Kernuak)
Cornish Language Partnership
Dalleth
Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Movyans Skolyow Meythrin
Skol Veythrin Karenza
Linguists
Vanessa Beeman
John Boson (writer)
Nicholas Boson
Bernard Deacon
Richard Gendall
Ken George
E. G. Retallack Hooper
Henry Jenner
Rod Lyon
Robert Morton Nance
Nicholas Williams
= People of Cornwall
=Celts
List of people from Cornwall
Cornish people
Cornish diaspora
Cornish people
Cornish saints
Cornish wrestling champions
Cornish writers
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 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
Arundell of Lanherne
= Religion in Cornwall
=Religion in Cornwall
Christianity in Cornwall
Archdeacon of Cornwall
List of Cornish saints
Bishop of Truro
Celtic Christianity
Diocese of Exeter
Diocese of Truro
List of notable Cornish Christians
Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth
Truro Cathedral
= Sport in Cornwall
=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
=Mining in Cornwall
Transport in Cornwall
Transport in Cornwall
= Air travel in Cornwall
=Bodmin Airfield
British International Helicopters
Isles of Scilly Skybus
Land's End Airport
Newquay Airport
Penzance Heliport
Perranporth Airfield
St Mary's Airport
Tresco Heliport
Truro Aerodrome
= Rail transport in Cornwall
=Railways (present day)
Atlantic Coast Line, Cornwall
Cornish Main Line
Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership
Looe Valley Line
Maritime Line
Railway stations in Cornwall
St Ives Bay Line
Tamar Valley Line
Railways (heritage & history)
Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway
Cornish Riviera Express
Cornwall Minerals Railway
Cornwall Railway
Cornwall Railway viaducts
GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro
Disused railway stations (Bodmin to Wadebridge line)
Disused railway stations (Plymouth to Penzance Line)
Helston Railway Preservation Company
Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway
Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway
Truro and Newquay Railway
Treffry Viaduct
West Cornwall Railway
Roads in Cornwall
A30
A374
A38
A39 (Atlantic Highway)
Buses and coaches in Cornwall
Go Cornwall Bus
Kernow Buses (run by First South West)
Truronian
Western Greyhound
Maritime transport in Cornwall
= Ships and boats in Cornwall =
Clio (barque)
Falmouth Lifeboat Station
Falmouth Quay Punt
List of shipwrecks of Cornwall
Penlee Lifeboat Station
Scillonian (disambiguation)
Spirit of Mystery
Torpoint Ferry
= Canals =
Bude Canal
Liskeard & Looe Union Canal
Par Canal
Parnall's Canal
St Columb Canal
Healthcare in Cornwall
Healthcare in Cornwall
Ambulance services in Cornwall
Cornwall Air Ambulance
South Western Ambulance Service
Health services in Cornwall
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Peninsula Community Health
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Hospitals in Cornwall
Bodmin Hospital
Camborne Redruth Community Hospital
Royal Cornwall Hospital
Royal Cornwall Infirmary
St Michael's Hospital, Hayle
St Lawrence's Hospital, Bodmin
West Cornwall Hospital
Hospices in Cornwall
Children's Hospice South West
Cornwall Hospice Care
Education in Cornwall
List of museums in Cornwall
List of schools in Cornwall
Primary education
Five Islands Academy
St Mabyn Church of England Primary School
Secondary education
Callywith College
Cornwall College
Falmouth School
Glasney College
Humphry Davy School
Penair School
Poltair School
Richard Lander School
Truro and Penwith College
Truro High School
Truro School
Tertiary education
Camborne School of Mines
Combined Universities in Cornwall
Falmouth University
Institute of Cornish Studies
University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus
See also
Index of Cornwall-related articles
Outline of the United Kingdom
Outline of England
List of railway stations in Cornwall
List of residents of Penzance
List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall
List of Special Areas of Conservation in Cornwall
List of foreign-language names for Cornwall
Kernow - Cornish language Wikipedia
References
External links
Wikimedia Atlas of Cornwall
Cornwall Council
Images of Cornwall at the English Heritage Archive
Online books, and library resources in your library and in other libraries about Outline of Cornwall
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Inggris
- Mitologi Yunani
- Yustinianus I
- Outline of Cornwall
- Duke of Cornwall
- Cornwall
- Coombe, Gwennap
- Maer, Cornwall
- Longships, Cornwall
- Rock, Cornwall
- Carrick, Cornwall
- Charlestown, Cornwall
- Cape Cornwall
