Top Holiday Rental Destinations - No. 7 - Cornwall

Seventh part of our top 10 series looks at the seaside town of Cornwall

Here are some facts about Cornwall, you might have never knew:

1. Cornwall is the most southwest county of Great Britain,
2. The name Cornwall comes from the words “Cornovii” and “Waelas,” meaning hill dwellers and strangers.
3. Cornwall has the longest coastline in Great Britain which is 433 miles.
4. Cornwall only has one city - Truro
5. Cornwall has over 75,000 cows
6. A team of bakers from Bodmin, Cornwall, hold the record for baking the biggest Cornish pasty; which weighed 1900lbs
7. No one goes to prison in Cornwall, because there isn't one.
8. The Eden Project's largest biome is fifty metres high, big enough to house the Tower of London.
9. There are over 300 beaches in Cornwall
10. Cornwall has its own language – it is not widely spoken but is taught in schools! Dydh da. That means ‘hello' in Cornish!
11. Cornish pasties were originally made for the miners; It is traditional to have half savoury and half sweet
12. Women sometimes marked their husband's initials on the side of their pastry casing, in order to avoid confusion at lunch.
13. A good pasty was said to be strong enough to drop down a mineshaft unharmed.
14. Cornwall attracts more than 5 million visitors a year
15. Oggy is a slang term for the Cornish pasty derived from its Cornish name, hoggan.
16. Cornwall is neatly cut off from the rest of the UK by the River Tamar
17. During 1900's, half of the world's tin came from Cornwall.
18. The Cornish language is closely related to that of Wales and Brittany.
19. The drama program “Doc Martin” was filmed in Cornwall. Also Cornwall has played a part in some past blockbuster movies including James Bond – Die Another Day and Jonny English.
20. Cornwall has a total of 750 police officers.