Lizard and Land's End Peninsulas
The most southerly point in Britain, the Lizard, with its turbulent seas, treacherous reefs and towering cliffs, has an unusual quality which sets it apart from the rest of Cornwall. Yet, with its unique flora, tiny fishing villages and fascinating caves and coves, this quiet corner is ideal for the visitor who appreciates untamed natural beauty. Land’s End Peninsula has equally magnificent cliffs and turbulent seas, but is very different in character to the Lizard. Here, granite moorland meets the sea: an ancient haunting landscape of small, rocky fields, isolated farms and hamlets and an extraordinary wealth of archaelogical remains.

St Just
For many centuries St Just consisted of little more than a few granite houses huddled around a parish church and the Plen an Gwary, where the annual mystery plays were performed. Beyond the narrow streets, small fields set amongst downland stretched out to a rugged coast where local fishermen worked the dark Atlantic waters. Between the 1830s and the 1850s, however, over 5,000 people flocked to this area, to work in what were fast becoming the richest mines in Cornwall. Hundreds of granite cottages were built during these years but the boom was short-lived. By the last years of the century, the local mines had collapsed in the face of foreign competition and its workforce had emigated in droves and St Just had sunk back into quiet obscurity. But the local spirit is strong and St Just is once again a thriving small town whose community is as varied and distinctive as the unique landscape which surrounds it. The international importance of the St Just mining landscape has been recognised by its inclusion as a key part of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site.