Located on the shores of Mount's Bay - a body of water dominated by the grandeur of St. Michael's Mount - Penzance is Cornwall's largest and most westerly borough.

Only 10 miles from Land's End, the town is surrounded by an area of Celtic culture and outstanding natural beauty. Majestic cliffs, rocky coves, pristine sandy beaches and crystal clear seas vie with the heather and gorse of the moors and early Christian and Bronze Age sites to form a landscape that is the heritage of a proud culture, and a source of inspiration for artists, writers and poets.

Ancient fishing villages, cliff-top walks, sub-tropical vegetation and a wealth of industrial and maritime heritage combine with early Christian history and Celtic legend to make the district surrounding Penzance a fascinating area. The coastline of coves and caves, the area's history of smugglers and wreckers and its long tradition of music and song, inspired Gilbert and Sullivan to name one of the most famous of their productions "The Pirates of Penzance".

Newlyn, home of the second largest fishing fleet in the Country, contributing millions of pounds to the Cornish economy each year. Vessels of all sizes can be seen. From huge ocean going beam trawlers, long liners, crabbers, to small open boats hidden in the Old Harbour, used for handlining for mackerel in the Bay. A thriving busy place.

  All overlooked by white painted or stone faced granite cottages, separated by narrow alleys often too steep or narrow for a motor car. The ancient Medieval Harbour walls are drawfed by the walls of the North and South Piers constructed a hundred years ago.