North Cornwall (Cornish: An Tiredh Uhel) is an area of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is also the name of a former local government district, which was based in Wadebridge 50°30′58″N 4°50′06″W / 50.516°N 4.835°W / 50.516; -4.835Coordinates: 50°30′58″N 4°50′06″W / 50.516°N 4.835°W / 50.516; -4.835. Other towns in the area include Bude, Padstow, and Camelford.
North Cornwall is an area of outstanding natural beauty that is of important geological and scientific interest. It includes the only part of Cornwall that is formed of carboniferous rocks, the northern area of North Cornwall District. The rest of the district lies on Devonian sedimentary strata and the granite of Bodmin Moor. A similar area is covered by the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency.
Read more about North Cornwall: Parishes of North Cornwall, Geography
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“If I could put my hand on the north star, would it be as beautiful? The sea is lovely, but when we bathe in it the beauty forsakes all the near water. For the imagination and senses cannot be gratified at the same time.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)