Falmouth
The Cornish town of Falmouth, with a
population of 18,000, is an attractive holiday resort, offering
excellent yachting, bathing and coastal walks. The castles of Pendennis
and St Mawes, built by Henry VIII, guard the entrance to Falmouth
harbour and Carrick Roads, a large natural harbour formed at the meeting
of seven river estuaries. Falmouth has also been an important port for
centuries, from the time of Sir Walter Raleigh. Throughout the
eighteenth century and early nineteenth century, Falmouth was the base
for the Royal Mail Packet Service, which brought great prosperity to the
town. Later, the coming of the railway brought further prosperity to
Falmouth as a holiday resort. Click on a
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