A new way to explore Cornwall.
Discover extraordinary people , fascinating places , dramatic history and the special events in our Cornish year .
At the age of 70, John Arundel organised the defence of Pendennis Castle against Parliamentarian soldiers. For his courage, he was given the nickname ‘Jack for the King’.
Cornish smuggler John Carter was an honest and religious man. When he broke into a Customs House to steal back his property, he left behind everything that wasn’t his own.
Richard Trevithick is known for inventing steam engines, but also had plans to create an iron tower in London. If this had been built, it would have been as tall as France’s Eiffel Tower.