Penzance, Cornwall, England
The last town before Land's End, Penzance is famous for its pirates and for a climate of the Gulf Stream that palm trees and subtropical plants are commonplace. The name Penzance is derived from the
Cornish Pan Sans, meaning holy headland, as a chapel once stood on the point to the west of the harbour more than millennium ago. The town received varies Royal Charters from 1512 onwards, and has long been the commercial centre for the Land's End Peninsula. The anceitn Cornish called it "Pen Von Laz" meaning "end of the earth".
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| Land's End |
Land's End, approximately 9 miles west of Penzance, is the most westerly point of the English mainland and the closest to the North American continent. Looking out to sea from here allows the mind to appreciate the scale of the Atlantic Ocean, seeming to stretch beyond the horizon for ever. The granite cliffs, which make up the coastline of West Cornwall, are seen at their best here where the combination of the power of the sea and the strength of the cliffs reduce man to a mere spectator of nature. On a clear day, the Isles of Scilly can be seen lying just on that horizon - a group of small, yet very beautiful, islands of which five are inhabited while the remainder of nearly 100 are given over to sea birds! Closer to shore is the Longships Lighthouse, just over a mile out to sea, while in the distance, about six miles to the south-west, can be seen the Wolf Rock lighthouse.
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| Lands End Sign Post |
Location: 280 mils / 451 km southwest of London.
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