Cape Cornwall England

Cape Cornwall (Cornish: Kilgoodh Ust, meaning goose back of St Just) is a small headland in Cornwall, UK. It is four miles north of Land's End near... more

by Linsey Williams

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Cape Cornwall England

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Linsey Williams

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Cape Cornwall (Cornish: Kilgoodh Ust, meaning "goose back of St Just") is a small headland in Cornwall, UK. It is four miles north of Land's End near the town of St Just. A cape is the point of land where two bodies of water meet and until the first Ordnance Survey, 200 years ago, it was thought that Cape Cornwall was the most westerly point in Cornwall.
Most of the headland is owned by the National Trust. There is also a National Coastwatch look out on the seaward side. The only tourist infrastructure at present is a car park (owned by the National Trust) and a public toilet and refreshments van during the summer.
The Brisons, or sometimes known as General De Gaul in the bath, two offshore rocks, are located approximately one mile southwest of Cape Cornwall and are the starting line of the annual swimming race ending at Priest Cove.

Heinz Monument (the 1864 chimney of the former Cape Cornwall Mine) visible in the centre. It commemorates the purchase of Cape Cornwall for the nation by H. J. Heinz Company. The ruins of St. Helens Oratory also can be seen in the left.

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June 20th, 2013