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Quick links to major towns in Cornwall
Altarnun
Bodmin
Bude
Camborne
Camelford
Delabole
Falmouth
Fowey
Hayle
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Lostwithiel
Marazion
Mevagissey
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St Ives
St Just in Penwith
St Mawes
Tintagel
Truro
Wadebridge
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Maps of Cornwall :
The Ordnance Survey publishes the Explorer series of maps which are
ideal for walkers.
Scale 1 : 25 000
2.5 inches to 1 mile /
4cm to 1km.
Available in local bookshops or click on the links below to order online.
Those covering Cornwall:
Map of Isles of Scilly:
101 Isles of Scilly 
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Diving
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Cornwall is the favourite destination for diving in the UK. With
its wealth of sea life and more than its share of ship wrecks, Cornwall
is the ideal place for a diving holiday or for learning to dive.
Whether you're below the water or above it, you'll find Cornwall's
scenery to be breathtaking and spectacular.
With over 50 shipwrecks in the Mounts Bay area alone, Cornwall
can offer divers the opportunity to discover another world and maybe
to discover their own wreck.
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Ships have been wrecked along the Cornish coastline for many hundreds
of
years. As early as 1649 The Garland, which was carrying the young Charles
II
wardrobe was forced onto a reef near St Ives during a fierce storm.
Coincidently, it was the day his father was being executed. It took three
days to rescue the only remaining survivors - a dog, one man and a boy.
The
remaining 58 crew perished at the hands of the storm.
Dolphins, seals and and a wonderful array of amazing sea life are yet
another reason for visiting the sub marine environment around Cornwall.
Pods of dolphins regularly visit divers, swimmers and surfers as these
wonderfully inquisitive and intelligent creatures share their love of
playing in the water with their human counterparts.
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Leatherback and Green Turtles are often seen and the Ocean Sunfish is
a regular visitor to Cornish waters. All five British species of Pipe
fish can be found on the Cornish coast. Add to this the undersea world
of the resident marine population of plants and animals with starfish,
sponges and anemones, and you can imagine the experience that is waiting
for you on your diving holiday in Cornwall.
The photos on this page are published courtesy of Undersea Adventures,
PADI 5* Dive Centre offering a range of facilities from learning to dive
courses to packages for experienced divers.
Undersea Adventures also stocks a full range of professional diving
equipment in their online store www.watersportswarehouse.co.uk
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Contact: Undersea Adventures,
7 Hayle Industrial Park, Hayle, Cornwall. TR27 5JR United Kingdom.
Phone +44 (0)1736 751066, Fax +44 (0)1736 751067
Email: team@undersea.co.uk
For more information: www.undersea.co.uk
Sightings of marine animals particularly Dolphins, Seals, Turtles and
rare fish are listed in the Seaquest Southwest recording project which
is run jointly by the Devon and Cornwall Wildlife Trusts.
For more information: www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk
The increasing warmth of the waters around Cornwall is encouraging what
would normally be rare and infrequent sea life to visit and remain in
Cornwall's waters.
Species normally found in Mediterranean and tropical waters are becoming
a common site around Cornwall.
For more information:
Books:
Books can be purchased online by clicking on the links below :
For other items of diving interest please click on the following link:
Diving
Online Diving Resources and monthly Diving Magazines:
www.ukdiving.co.uk
www.diveindex.com
www.divernet.com/travel/keris697
www.padi.com
www.divernet.com
www.mcsuk.org
Lifeguards
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Map of Diving locations in Cornwall
Use the + scale on the left of the map to zoom in on an area. Click on a marker to see the name of the location and click the box to go to the information about that place. To zoom out click - on the scale.
(Google Map integrated by www.choughmountain.eu)
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Diving locations in Cornwall
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