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Best Things to See & Do in Charlestown
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The World of Model Railways has a main layout with over 30 trains travelling through varied landscapes and is home to a well-stocked model shop.
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Hidden Valley Gardens is an intimate three-acre award-winning garden nestled in a secluded valley. Escape to this hidden garden where small is beautiful,but size doesn't limit the number and diversity of species sprouting within this little paradise.
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St Catherine's Castle was built, as one of several fortifications running along the south coast in 1536, to protect Fowey harbour from French Invasion and is now managed by English Heritage
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One of a pair of defensive structures, the other being on the far side of the river mouth in Fowey. The blockhouses were linked by a huge metal chain which could be raised to prevent ships entering the harbour during an attack. Built in 1380 primarily to defend from French and Spanish.
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Housed in one of the oldest buildings in Fowey this single room museum is packed full of artefacts relating to the history of this ancient harbour town.
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Located by the side of the road out of Fowey in rather arbitrary surroundings is a 8 ft (2.6m) tall inscribed stone. Legend has it that this monolith once marked the grave of Tristan, the nephew of King Mark of Cornwall. The...
