Penwith, from the Cornish Pennwydh 'headland at the end', also known as the Land's End Peninsula, is a rugged, sparsely populated corner of the far south-west of Britain. Surrounded on three sides by the restless waters of the Atlantic Ocean and ringed by dramatic granite cliffs, it rises to wild tracts of rocky moorland at its centre and has numerous sheltered woodland valleys running down to picturesque fishing coves. Penwith has some of the finest beaches in Britain where golden sands are washed by the clean aquamarine waters of the gulf stream, which gives the region its mild climate allowing an abundance of flowers and shrubs to grow year round. West Penwith contains more ancient monuments and sites than any other place in Britain. This is one of the longest, consecutively settled landscapes in the world where Neolithic megaliths, Bronze Age field systems, Iron Age hill forts and Celtic holy wells, rub shoulders with medieval farmsteads and abandoned tin and copper mines. The old mines, marked by their iconic granite engine houses, now form part of the UNESCO Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. This timeless and spectacular region offers a fabulous tourist experience at any time of the year, but late spring-early summer, when the flowers are in full bloom, is simply magnificent. Sound tracks featured in this film: Xavier Rudd: Follow the Sun Xavier Rudd: Solace

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