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Home of the 'Pirates' of Gilbert
and Sullivan - tourist and vacation centre of the Lands End peninsula
- land of cliffs, moors, secluded beaches and spectacular scenery.
A beautiful place to visit - a wonderful place to live
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".
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