Land's End
18040
226090133
2008-07-16T19:55:22Z
Teapotgeorge
2001020
current owners
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'''Land's End''' ([[Cornish language|Cornish]] name: ''Penn an Wlas'') is a [[Headlands and bays|headland]] on the [[Penwith]] [[peninsula]], located near [[Penzance]] in [[Cornwall]], England, [[United Kingdom]]. It is the most [[Extreme points of the United Kingdom|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 [[King Arthur|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 [[Scotland|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 (antiquarian)|William Borlase]] wrote that,
<blockquote>"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 Exe|river Ex]]; Wales inclosed by the rivers [[River Severn|Severn]], and [[River Dee, Wales|Dee]]; and Cornwall from the river Ex to the Land's-End".</blockquote>
In 1987 [[Peter de Savary]] purchased Land’s End.<ref>http://www.landsend-landmark.co.uk/history.php</ref>
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.<ref>http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/article696325.ece</ref>
The current owners purchased Land’s End in 1996 and formed a company named Heritage Attractions Limited.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:LandsEnd.jpg|Land's End, the most westerly point in England
Image:Lands-End-Village.jpg|The tourist centre at Land's End
Image:RMS_Mulheim.jpg|The wreck of the ''[[RMS Mülheim]]'' at Land's End, 2003
Image:Lands-End.jpg|The lighthouse off Land's End
Image:Land's End (looking south).jpg|Looking south from Land's End
Image:Land's End (looking west).jpg|Looking west from Land's End
Image:Land's End (looking north).jpg|Looking north from Land's End
</gallery>
==See also==
[[Image:Lands end map1946.png|thumb|right|A map of land's end from 1946]]
*[[Land's End Airport]]
*[[List of topics related to Cornwall]]
*[[Pointe du Raz]] a French equivalent?
==References==
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==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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[[Category:Visitor attractions in Cornwall]]
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