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Live in Cornwall

What it is actually like to live here, before you hire anyone.

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Contains information from Ofcom, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This is the whole unitary authority, not a measurement of one town.

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Photographs

Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall — Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0
Truro Cathedral — tracey maclean, CC BY-SA 2.0
Penzance promenade — Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0
St Ives harbour beach — ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fistral beach, Newquay (6105665506).jpg — Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0
The Harbour Inn and the view up Strand Street, Padstow, Cornwall - August 2022.jpg — Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fowey, Town Quay - geograph.org.uk - 47111.jpg — Graham Proud, CC BY-SA 2.0
Charlestown Beach - geograph.org.uk - 6974553.jpg — Kevin Pearson, CC BY-SA 2.0
Summerleaze Beach and Bude Haven.jpg — Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0
Inner harbour at Porthleven, Cornwall - geograph.org.uk - 4988729.jpg — Derek Voller, CC BY-SA 2.0

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