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20 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Cornwall, England

Updated May 12, 2022

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The De Gallant at sea.

For Sustainable Coffee, These Ships Take to the High Seas

The old-fashioned way is also the carbon-neutral way.
by Frankie Adkins
If you look closely, you can see the shape of the nettle leaves covering the cheese.

How a 400-Year-Old Cheese Got Its Groove Back

The secret ingredient? Stinging nettles.
by Richard Collett
In September 2021, thousands came to Cornwall to see the Ordinalia, a cycle of three, 14th-century religious mystery plays originally written in Cornish.

The Centuries-Old Plays Helping to Revitalize a Once-Lost Language

One challenge: finding actors who speak Cornish.
by Richard Collett
Some of the boats are well over a century old.

Europe's Last Sail-Powered Fishing Fleet Faces a Stormy Future

Can this age-old industry weather both COVID-19 and climate change?
by Katherine Waters
The castle on St. Michael's Mount towers over precarious gardens.

Wanted: An Expert Gardener to Oversee a Castled Cornish Island

St. Michael’s Mount requires a horticulturalist with the agility of a mountain goat.
by Sabrina Imbler
Pieces of ceramic and glass that Atherton has found in the Thames, interspersed with more recent trash.

The Artist Making Tapestries Out of Aquatic Trash

Jo Atherton's colorful works turn our plastic crisis into a meditation on memory and time.
by Cara Giaimo
A hearty "click, whistle, squeak" to England's first known resident pod of bottlenose dolphins.

Found: England's First Resident Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins

A "dolphin census" proved that they weren't just on holiday.
by Vittoria Traverso

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