The far tip of the Cornish peninsula is easy to travel to by road, rail, air and sea. With Lands End, the most southerly place in England, the rugged north coast and the Scilly Isles, transport options may be limited in some places by Cornwall's geography.
Flying to Newquay Airport is easier and cheaper since Ryanair started daily budget flights between Newquay and Stansted Airport in 2002. Brymon Airways have flown from Newquay to Gatwick Airport since the early 1970s. Flights from both Cornish airports link to flights to all domestic, European and long haul destinations.
Penzance Heliport has flights to the Scilly Isles Aurigny Air Services fly between the Channel Islands and UK mainland airports Alternative airports for flying to Cornwall are Plymouth & Exeter in nearby Devon
For ferries to Cornwall, Plymouth, in Devon, is the closest European ferry departure port, with crossings to Roscoff in France as well as Santander in Spain during the summer. A passenger ferry sails between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly. Scenic local ferries cross estuaries and sail along the Cornish coast.
All trains to Cornwall from England run through Plymouth, the Cornish mainline to Penzance then travels through Liskeard, Bodmin, St. Austell, Truro, Redruth, Camborne, and St. Erth with five branch lines to St. Ives, Falmouth, Newquay and Looe. Intercity trains connect Penzance to London Paddington, the Midlands and north.
To drive along the Lizard Peninsula, the A30 dual carriageway is the main route, running between Launceston and Land's End, while the A38 and A39 connect to Bodmin and Falmouth. The west coast beaches and towns of Penzance, St Just and Land's End lie off the A30. Watch out for the "Cornish hedges" lining the narrow country roads, their greenery hides tonnes of earth!
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