General Information for Visitors to the County of Cornwall
Cornish Dialling Codes
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Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey Landranger 1:50,000:
(2cm to 1Km or 1¼inches to the mile) Each map covers an area of 40 km by 40 km (approx. 25 miles by 25 miles) No 190
Bude and Clovelly
, covers the North coast from Bideford to Boscastle No 200
Newquay & Bodmin
, covers the North coast from Tintagel to Perranporth on the North coast and across to St Austell and Fowey on the South coast. No 201
Plymouth & Launceston
, covers the South coast from Plymouth to Polperro and across Bodmin Moor to Launceston. Includes Tavistock and the Dartmoor National Park. No 203
Land's End & Isles of Scilly (St Ives and Lizard Point)
, covers the coast from Lizard point around Land's End to St Agnes plus the Isles of Scilly (inset). No 204
Truro & Falmouth (Roseland Peninsula)
, covers the South coast from Fowey to Lizard Point and a small part of the north coast between Perranporth and St Agnes. Back to Top
Landranger Active maps are also available for the above areas. These have a water resistant coating to use in wet weather and for boating. Ordnance Survey Explorer 1:25,000
(4cm to 1km or 2.5 inches to a mile) No E101
Isles Of Scilly
No E102
Land's End
, covers Land's End, St Just, St Ives and Penzance No E103
The Lizard, Falmouth & Helston
No E104
Redruth & St Agnes
, covers Camborne, Redruth, St Agnes, Newquay and the western edge of Truro No E105
Falmouth & Mevagissey
, covers Falmouth, Penryn, St Mawes and the southern edge of St Austell No E106
Newquay & Padstow
, covers Newquay, Padstow, Wadebridge and the northern part of St Austell No E107
St Austell & Liskeard
, covers St Austell, Fowey, Looe, Liskeard, Lostwithiel and Bodmin No E108
Lower Tamar Valley & Plymouth
, covers Torpoint, Saltash, Tavistock (Devon) and Plymouth (Devon) No E109
Bodmin Moor
, covers Bodmin, Liskeard, Camelford and Bodmin Moor No E111
Bude, Boscastle & Tintagel
, covers Tintagel, Boscastle, Bude and Stratton No E112
Launceston & Holsworthy
, covers Launceston and Holsworthy (Devon) No E126
Clovelly & Hartland
, covers Kilkhampton and North Devon up to Bideford Back to Top
British Geological maps, 1:50,000 scale
Sheets E307 & E308 (part)
, Bude
Sheet E322
, Boscastle
Sheet E335 & E336 (part)
, Trevose Head and Camelford
Sheet E346
, Newquay
Sheet E347
, Bodmin
Sheet E348
, Plymouth
Sheet E351
, Penzance
Sheet E352
, Falmouth
Sheets E353 & E354 (part)
, Mevagissey
Sheets E357 & E360
, Isles of Scilly
Sheet E359
, Lizard
Ordnance Survey Touring Map of Cornwall
Scale: 1:100 000
(1 cm to 1 km or 1 inch to 1.6 miles) Ordnance Survey Road Map 7 1:250 000 scale
Covers Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and most of Dorset (released March 21, 2003) Back to Top
Weatherall
(Devon & Cornwall) Tel: 0891 500404 Surfcall
(Southwest) Tel: 0891 333080 Surfline
(Hayle Area) Tel: 01208 862162 Surfline
(Bude - Zumma Jays) Tel: 01288 354956
See also the surf links from the main surfing beaches on the Visiting Cornwall Beach Guide. BBC Weather for Cornwall
webpage
The Destination Cornwall
weather website includes high and low tides around the Cornish coast Met Office
forecasts for Devon and Cornwall Tide Times
for Devon and Cornwall from the BBC Marinecall
is the UK's leading provider of telephony-based weather information for coastal, inshore and offshore UK sea areas. For the area from Lyme Regis (south Devon coast) to Hartland Point (north Devon coast): Telephone
09014 737 468 for 6-hour coastal location & 5-day outlook forecasts Fax
: 09060 100 458 for a 48-hour outlook Fax
: 09065 300 258 for 6-hour coastal location & 48-hour outlook forecasts Surf Forecast for North Devon and Cornwall
courtesy of Big G's
Make your own forecast with the latest Met Office Satellite Photograph
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National and Local Weather Forecasts
The Weather in Newquay
The Weather in Penzance
Town / Village
Dialling Code
Bodmin
01208
Boscastle
01840
Bude
01288
Callington
01579
Camborne
01209
Camelford
01840
Carbis Bay
01736
Cardinham
01208
Crantock
01637
Downderry
01503
Falmouth
01326
Fowey
01726
Gunnislake
01579
Hayle
01736
Helston
01326
Isles of Scilly
01720
Kilkhampton
01288
Landrake
01752
Lanivet
01208
Lanreath
01503
Launceston
01566
Leedstown
01736
Liskeard
01579
Looe
01503
Lostwithiel
01208
Manaccan
01326
Mawgan
01326
Mevagissey
01726
Mitchell
01872
Morwenstowe
01288
Mousehole
01736
Mullion
01326
Newquay
01637
Otterham Station
01840
Padstow
01841
Par
01726
Penryn
01326
Perranporth
01872
Penzance
01736
Polperro
01503
Polruan
01726
Porthtowan
01209
Portscatho
01872
Portreath
01209
Praze
01209
Redruth
01209
Saltash
01752
Scillonia
01720
Sennen
01736
St Agnes
01872
St Austell
01726
St Buryan
01736
St Columb
01637
St Day
01209
St Gennys
01840
St Germans
01503
St Keverne
01326
St Ives
01736
St Mabyn
01208
St Mawgan
01637
St Mawes
01326
Stithians
01209
Stoke Climsland
01579
The Lizard
01326
Trebetherick
01208
Tregony
01872
Tintagel
01840
Truro
01872
Wadebridge
01208
Week St Mary
01288
Widegates
01503
Widemouth Bay
01288
Zelah
01872
The County of Cornwall is administered by Cornwall Council
Cornwall Council,
County Hall,
Treyew Road,
Truro, TR1 3AY
Telephone +44(0)1872 322000
Fax +44(0)1872 270340
E-mail - enquiries@cornwall.gov.uk
Cornwall is now a unitary authority. Previously there were six local authorities within the county: Caradon
in South East Cornwall covered 256 square miles between the Rivers Fowey and Tamar on the south coast and north to Bodmin Moor. Carrick
was in the middle of the county from Perranporth on the north coast via the city of Truro to the port of Falmouth on the south coast. Kerrier
was to the west of Carrick. It stretched from Godrevy Head on the north coast to Lizard Point on the south coast. North Cornwall
was, as it's name suggests, in the north of the county. It stretched from the Devon border near Bude nearly down to Newquay on the north coast and covered the northern part of Bodmin Moor. Penwith
was at the western end of Cornwall and included St Ives, Penzance, Lands End and St Michael's Mount. Restormel
lay across the centre of the county from Newquay to Fowey and St Austell. The name was taken from the Norman castle at Restormel on the edge of Lostwithiel.
From 1st April 2009 the single Unitary Authority for Cornwall took over the responsibilities of the County Council and the six Local Authorities.
In addition, the Isles of Scilly
, which is not part of the county of Cornwall, has it's own local authority. This group of over 100 islands is situated 28 miles off the coast of Cornwall to the west of Lands End.
How many can you spot during your holiday in Cornwall?
FH
Falmouth
FY
Fowey
PW
Padstow
PZ
Penzance
SC
Isles of Scilly
SS
St Ives
TO
Truro
Other nearby registrations
(Some boats in Cornwall were registered in Devon)
BD
Bideford
BM
Brixham
DH
Dartmouth
E
Exeter
PH
Plymouth
SE
Salcombe
TH
Teignmouth
