Isolated on the north Cornwall coast and on the edge of Bodmin Moor, the remote fishing village has been abandoned twice; the first time was when all the men of the village were drowned at sea and again when the pilchards on which its ecenomy depended failed.
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| | | OTHER PLACES | | Admiral Blake Museum Blake St, Bridgewater, Somerset TA6 3NB Awaiting Data | 144.5 km NE | | Bridgewater Camel Company Orchard Farm, Plainsfield, Over Stowey, Bridgewater, Somerset TA5 Camels brought over in 1996 offering rides for the whole family. They are all very gentle! Rides available from minimum 1 hour to day trek, and overnight stay. | 144.5 km NE | | Willows and Wetlands Visitor Centre Stoke St Gregory, Taunton, Somerset TA3 6HY The Willows and Wetlands Visitor Centre is situated in the heart of the Somerset levels, an internationally recognised wetland area. Visitors may browse free of charge in the Levels and Moors Exhibition, Basketware Museum and video room. | 145.4 km NE | | The Helicopter Museum The Heliport, Locking Moor Road, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset BS24 8PP The Museum houses the worlds fastest, ugliest, oldest and newest helicopters, the stars of M*A*S*H, Apocalypse Now and Goldfinger - it is the only helicopter collection in the country with over 70 full size aircraft on display. | 157.5 km NE | | Boyles School High Street, Yestminster, Vale Of Blackmore, Dorset, England The 17th century scientist Robert Boyle who lived
nearby at Stalbridge endowed the school to teach twenty poor boys of Chetnowle,
Leigh and Yetminster | 165 km NE | | British Empire & Commonwealth Museum Clock Tower Yard, Temple Meads, Bristol BS1 6QH The British Empire & Commonwealth Museum represents the first serious attempt in the United kingdom to present a publicly accessible history of the British empire and to examine its continuing impact on Britain and the rest of the world. This was the larg | 186.2 km NE |
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