Land's End

Land's End

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Land's End (Cornish name: "Penn an Wlas") is a headland on the Penwith peninsula, located near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly tip of the southern mainland (for Great Britain as a whole it is Corrachadh Mòr, Ardnamurchan, Scotland which is 22 miles further west). It is often thought to be the most southerly point in the British mainland, but that honour in fact falls to Lizard Point, a few miles to the south-east. Visible from Land's End is the Longships Lighthouse. The Longships, a few miles out, is a serpentine and quartz island. Offshore, midway between Land's End and the Isles of Scilly, is the supposed location of the mythical lost land of Lyonesse, referred to in Arthurian literature.

The name has a particular resonance because it is so often used in outlining the length of Britain when races, walks and charitable events take place between Land's End and the Scottish village John o' Groats (the most north-easterly settlement in mainland Britain). The phrase "Land's End to John o' Groats" is used both as a literal journey and as a metaphor for great or all-encompassing distance, similar to the American phrase "coast to coast".

In 1769 The Antiquarian, William Borlase wrote that,

"Of this time we are to understand what Edward I. says (Sheringham. p. 129.) that Britain, Wales, and Cornwall, were the portion of Belinus, elder son of Dunwallo, and that that part of the Island, afterwards called England, was divided in three shares, viz. Britain, which reached from the Tweed, Westward, as far as the river Ex; Wales inclosed by the rivers Severn, and Dee; and Cornwall from the river Ex to the Land's-End".

In 1987 Peter de Savary purchased Land’s End. [ [http://www.landsend-landmark.co.uk/history.php Lands End Landmark, Landsend. | South West Cornwall Holidays | The history of Land's End ] ] He had two new buildings erected and much of the present theme park development was instigated by him. He sold both Land's End and John o' Groats for an undisclosed sum to businessman Graham Ferguson Lacey in 1991. [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/article696325.ece]

The current owners purchased Land’s End in 1996 and formed a company named Heritage Attractions Limited.

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ee also

*Land's End Airport
*List of topics related to Cornwall
*Pointe du Raz a French equivalent?

References

External links

* [http://www.ukendtoend.com/"Walking the length of Britain"] Lands'End to John O'Groats a free e-book of this great journey
* [http://www.cornwalltour.co.uk/landsend.html Illustrated guide to Land's End]
* [http://www.oldstratforduponavon.com/landsend A Few old Postcards of Lands End]
* [http://vingoe.name/ One family from the Lands End]


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