The cultural calendar of Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

is punctuated by numerous historic and community festivals and celebrations. In particular there are strong links between parishes and their patronal

Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the feast day of said saint...

 feast days (which are often days not directly linked to official church patronal celebrations). There is also a tradition of holding celebrations associated with tin mining and fishing.

Modern community festivals

Since the 1980s there has been a development of community based festivals in Cornwall often named after a famous local resident. These have included Murdoch day

William Murdoch

William Murdoch was a Scottish engineer and long-term inventor.Murdoch was employed by the firm of Boulton and Watt and worked for them in Cornwall, as a steam engine erector for ten years, spending most of the rest of his life in Birmingham, England.He was the inventor of the oscillating steam...

 in Redruth

Redruth

Redruth is a town and civil parish traditionally in the Penwith Hundred in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a population of 12,352. Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the A393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road , and is approximately west of...

, the Daphne du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier

Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning DBE was a British author and playwright.Many of her works have been adapted into films, including the novels Rebecca and Jamaica Inn and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now". The first three were directed by Alfred Hitchcock.Her elder sister was...

 Festival in Fowey

Fowey

Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,273.-Early history:...

, Trevithick Day

Richard Trevithick

Richard Trevithick was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall. His most significant success was the high pressure steam engine and he also built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive...

 in Camborne

Camborne

Camborne is a town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at the western edge of a conurbation comprising Camborne, Pool and Redruth....

 and the Montol Festival

Montol Festival

The Montol Festival is an annual heritage, arts and community festival in Penzance, Cornwall held between the 16th and 22nd of December each year. The festival is a revival or reinterpretation of many of the traditional Cornish midwinter customs & Christmas traditions formerly practiced in and...

 in Penzance. Other modern festivals include, Falmouth

Falmouth, Cornwall

Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....

 oyster festival, Newlyn

Newlyn

Newlyn is a town and fishing port in southwest Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Newlyn forms a conurbation with the neighbouring town of Penzance and is part of Penzance civil parish...

 fish festival, Lowender Peran in Perranporth

Perranporth

Perranporth is a small seaside resort on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is southwest of Newquay and northwest of Truro. Perranporth and its long beach face the Atlantic Ocean....

, Dehwelans Kernow

Dehwelans Kernow

Dehwelans Kernow is a modern festival held in Cornwall intended to encourage people of Cornish descent from around the world.The festival celebrates Cornish Music, theatre, film, and has talks, walks and exhibitions....

 and many more.

In Moonta, South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

, the Kernewek Lowender

Kernewek Lowender

The Kernewek Lowender is a Cornish-themed biennial festival held in the Copper Coast towns ofKadina, Moonta and Wallaroo on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia....

 (Cornish

Cornish language

Cornish is a Brythonic Celtic language and a recognised minority language of the United Kingdom. Along with Welsh and Breton, it is directly descended from the ancient British language spoken throughout much of Britain before the English language came to dominate...

 for "Cornish happiness") is the largest Cornish festival in the world and attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year.

Historic festivals

The following list is of festivals celebrated past and present in Cornwall which can be traced back over 100 years or more, often these celebrations have considerable antiquity. These have been classified separately to the above because they form a part of a Cornish

Cornish people

The Cornish are a people associated with Cornwall, a county and Duchy in the south-west of the United Kingdom that is seen in some respects as distinct from England, having more in common with the other Celtic parts of the United Kingdom such as Wales, as well as with other Celtic nations in Europe...

 indigenous culture. There have been attempts and successes to revive these celebrations where they have fallen into disuse. Today many of these ceremonies are kept alive by members of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies

Federation of Old Cornwall Societies

The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies was formed in 1924, on the initiative of Robert Morton Nance, with the objective of collecting and maintaining "all those ancient things that make the spirit of Cornwall — its traditions, its old words and ways, and what remains to it of its Celtic language...

.

† = Parish feast day

Historic festivals and feast days of Cornwall

	Name	Location	Current Status	Date
	Allantide Allantide Allantide is a Cornish festival that was traditionally celebrated on 31 October elsewhere known as Hallowe'en. The festival itself seems to have pre-Christian origins similar to most celebrations on this date, however in Cornwall it was popularly linked to St Allen or Arlan a little known Cornish...	Throughout Cornwall	Celebrated in some parts of West Cornwall - Largely replaced by Halloween Halloween Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...	31 October
	Golowan  †	Throughout Cornwall in particular Penzance Penzance Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...	Revived in various forms 1920s, 1935, 1990	Around the 23rd of June
	Midsummer Midsummer Midsummer may simply refer to the period of time centered upon the summer solstice, but more often refers to specific European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice, or that take place on a day between June 21 and June 24, and the preceding evening. The exact dates vary between different...  Hilltop Bonfires	Throughout Cornwall in particular Kit Hill Kit Hill Kit Hill dominates the area between Callington and the River Tamar in southeast Cornwall, UK. The word 'Kit' comes from Old English for Kite, a reference to birds of prey . Buzzards and Sparrowhawks can still be seen on the hill... , Carn Brea Carn Brea Carn Brea is a civil parish and hilltop site in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The hilltop site is situated approximately one mile southwest of Redruth.-Neolithic settlement:... , Castle An Dinas	Revived in various forms from 1930	23 June
	Furry dance Furry Dance The Furry Dance, also known as The Flora , takes place in Helston, Cornwall, and is one of the oldest British customs still practised today...  †	Helston Helston Helston is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles east of Penzance and nine miles southwest of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town in the UK and is around further south than...	Continuously celebrated with a short break in the Victorian era Victorian era The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...	May 8 unless a Monday or Sunday then Saturday before.
	'Obby 'Oss festival 'Obby 'Oss festival Padstow, in Cornwall, UK is internationally famous for its traditional Obby 'Oss day . Held annually on May Day , which in Cornwall, largely dates back to the Celtic Beltane, the day celebrates the coming of Summer....	Padstow Padstow Padstow is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary approximately five miles northwest of Wadebridge, ten miles northwest of Bodmin and ten miles northeast of Newquay...	Still celebrated	Around May 1st
	St Piran's Day †	Throughout Cornwall	Originally a miners' holiday now Cornwall's national day	March 5
	Nickanan Night Nickanan Night Nickanan Night is a Cornish feast, traditionally held on the Monday before Lent. Sometimes called roguery night in West Cornwall, this event was an excuse for local youths to undertake acts of minor vandalism and play practical jokes on neighbours and family...  also called Peasen Monday	Throughout Cornwall	Unknown - not publicly celebrated	Shrove Monday
	Tom Bawcock's Eve	Mousehole Mousehole Mousehole is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 2½ miles south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay.The village is in the civil parish of Penzance...	Continuously celebrated before World War II and revived in the 1950s	23 December
	Picrous Day Picrous Day Picrous Day was a festival celebrated by the tin miners of Cornwall on the 2nd Thursday before Christmas. This is believed to be the feast of the discovery of tin by a man named Picrous whom miners in the East of Cornwall celebrated as the founder of their industry instead of St Piran.Robert Hunt...	East Cornwall	Still celebrated in Luxulyan Luxulyan Luxulyan , also spelled Luxullian or Luxulian, is a village and civil parish in central Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village lies four miles northeast of St Austell and six miles south of Bodmin...	Second clear Thursday before Christmas
	Chewidden Thursday Chewidden Thursday Chewidden Thursday was a festival celebrated by the tin miners of West Cornwall on the last clear Thursday before Christmas...	West Cornwall	Unknown - Not publicly celebrated	First clear Thursday before Christmas
	Madron Madron Madron is a civil parish and village in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a large rural parish on the Penwith peninsula north of Penzance.Madron village is situated approximately two miles northwest of Penzance town centre....  Feast †	Madron, Heamoor Heamoor Heamoor is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Formerly a secondary settlement of the village of Madron, Heamoor is now a suburb of Penzance and is situated approximately one kilometre northwest of the town centre....  & formerly Penzance Penzance Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...	Still celebrated	Advent Advent Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday, called Levavi...  Sunday and Monday
	St Just St Just in Penwith St Just is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of Trewellard, Pendeen and Kelynack: it is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to...  Feast †	St Just in Penwith St Just in Penwith St Just is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of Trewellard, Pendeen and Kelynack: it is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to...	Still celebrated	First Sunday and Monday in November
	West Cornwall May Day celebrations West Cornwall May Day Celebrations The West Cornwall May Day celebrations are an example of folk practices found in the western part of Cornwall, United Kingdom, associated with the coming of spring. The celebration of May Day is a common motif throughout Europe and beyond. In Cornwall there are a number of notable examples of this...	West Cornwall	Revived since 2001 in St Ives St Ives, Cornwall St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial...  and since 2008 in Penzance Penzance Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...	May the 1st
	Guise dancing Guise Dancing Guise dancing is a folk practice celebrated between Christmas Day and Twelfth Night in Cornwall, UK...	Throughout Cornwall	Still practised in some places including the Montol Festival Montol Festival The Montol Festival is an annual heritage, arts and community festival in Penzance, Cornwall held between the 16th and 22nd of December each year. The festival is a revival or reinterpretation of many of the traditional Cornish midwinter customs & Christmas traditions formerly practiced in and...  in Penzance Penzance Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...	Christmas through to Twelfth Night and Plough Monday Plough Monday Plough Monday is the traditional start of the English agricultural year. While local practices may vary, Plough Monday is generally the first Monday after Twelfth Day , 6 January. References to Plough Monday date back to the late 15th century...
	Paul Feast †	Paul Paul, Cornwall Paul is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated two miles south of Penzance and one mile south of Newlyn.The village of Paul is represented on Penzance Town Council... , Mousehole Mousehole Mousehole is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 2½ miles south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay.The village is in the civil parish of Penzance...  and Newlyn Newlyn Newlyn is a town and fishing port in southwest Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Newlyn forms a conurbation with the neighbouring town of Penzance and is part of Penzance civil parish...	Continuously celebrated	Sunday nearest 10 October and week following
	Sennen Sennen Sennen is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Sennen village is situated approximately eight miles west-southwest of Penzance....  Feast †	Sennen Sennen Sennen is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Sennen village is situated approximately eight miles west-southwest of Penzance....	Still celebrated	Advent Advent Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday, called Levavi...  Sunday
	Crying The Neck Crying The Neck Crying The Neck is a harvest festival tradition practised in the county of Cornwall. The tradition was also once popular in the county of Devon, but its practice there has since died out...  and Guldize Guldize Guldize, Gooldize or Goel dheys is the harvest festival of the Cornish people. Guldize is Cornish language for "The feast of ricks". The festival itself was held at the end of the wheat harvest and took the form of a vast feast usually around the time of the Autumn equinox...	Throughout Cornwall	Still celebrated	September
	Bodmin Bodmin Bodmin is a civil parish and major town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the centre of the county southwest of Bodmin Moor.The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character...  Wassail Wassailing The tradition of Wassailing falls into two distinct categories: The House-Visiting wassail and the Orchard-Visiting wassail. House-Visiting wassail, very much similar to caroling, is the practice of people going door-to-door singing Christmas carols...	Bodmin	Still celebrated	New Twelfth Night (6 January)
	Knill Ceremony John Knill John Knill born at Callington in Cornwall was a slightly eccentric mayor of St Ives, Cornwall, in 1767 and Collector of Customs at St Ives from 1762–1782. He built his own memorial, a high granite obelisk known as Knill's steeple...	St Ives St Ives, Cornwall St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial...	Still celebrated (started 1801)	25 July (St James Saint James the Great James, son of Zebedee was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was a son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of John the Apostle...  Day every 5 years)
	St Keverne St Keverne St Keverne is a civil parish and village on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom.The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 started in St Keverne. The leader of the rebellion Michael An Gof was a blacksmith from St Keverne and is commemorated by a statue in the village...  Feast †	St Keverne	Still celebrated	Sunday nearest the 18th of November
	St Breward St Breward St Breward is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the western side of Bodmin Moor approximately 6 miles north of Bodmin.The parish name derives from Saint Branwalader...  Feast †	St Breward	Still celebrated	Sunday nearest 22 February
	St Day St Day St Day is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated between the village of Chacewater and the town of Redruth.St Day is located in a former mining area and St Day accrued considerable wealth from mining...  Feast †	St Day, Carharrack Carharrack Carharrack is a civil parish and village in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated two miles east of Redruth in a former mining area.The parish is of a rural/industrial character and is comparatively small in area...	Still celebrated	End of June
	St Buryan St Buryan St Buryan is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom.The village of St Buryan is situated approximately five miles west of Penzance along the B3283 towards Land's End...  Feast †	St Buryan	Still celebrated	Sunday nearest the 13th of May
	Mevagissey Mevagissey Mevagissey is a village, fishing port and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately five miles south of St Austell....  Feast †	Mevagissey	Still Celebrated - Related to Golowan	Around 29 June (St Peters Day)
	Towednack Towednack Towednack is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish is bounded by those of Zennor in the west, Gulval in the south, Ludgvan in the east and St Ives in the north...  Cuckoo Feast †	Towednack	Still celebrated	Around 28 April
	Goldsithney Goldsithney Goldsithney is a village in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the A394 road at approximately four miles east of Penzance and one mile east of Marazion....  Charter Fair	Goldsithney	Still celebrated	St James Day (Old Style) 5 August
	Zennor Zennor Zennor is a village and civil parish in Cornwall in England. The parish includes the villages of Zennor, Boswednack and Porthmeor and the hamlet of Treen. It is located on the north coast, about north of Penzance. Alphabetically, the parish is the last in Britain—its name comes from the Cornish...  Feast †	Zennor	Still celebrated	Sunday nearest the 6th of May
	Porthleven Porthleven Porthleven is a town, civil parish and fishing port in Cornwall, United Kingdom, near Helston. It is the most southerly port on the island of Great Britain and was originally developed as a harbour of refuge, when this part of the Cornish coastline was recognised as a black spot for wrecks in days...  Petertide celebrations †	Porthleven	Still celebrated; Related to Golowan	Near June 29
	Gulval Gulval Gulval is a village in the former Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. Although historically a parish in its own right, Gulval was incorporated into the parishes of Penzance, Madron and Ludgvan in 1934, and like Heamoor, is now considered to be a suburb of Penzance...  Feast †	Gulval	Still celebrated	Near 6 June
	St Ives St Ives, Cornwall St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial...  Feast (Feast Monday) †	St Ives	Still celebrated	Sunday and Monday nearest the 3rd of February
	Hurling the Silver Ball	St Columb Major St Columb Major St Columb Major is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Often referred to locally as St Columb, it is situated approximately seven miles southwest of Wadebridge and six miles east of Newquay...	Still celebrated	Shrove Tuesday Shrove Tuesday Shrove Tuesday is a term used in English-speaking countries, especially in Ireland, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Germany, and parts of the United States for the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of fasting and prayer called Lent.The...  and then again on the Saturday eleven days later
	Mawgan Feast †	Mawgan-in-Meneage Mawgan-in-Meneage Mawgan-in-Meneage is a civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Meneage district of The Lizard peninsula south of Helston in the former administrative district of Kerrier....	Still celebrated	Near June the 8th
	Mullion Mullion, Cornwall Mullion is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Lizard Peninsula approximately five miles south of Helston....  Feast †	Mullion	Still celebrated	Sunday nearest 6 November
	Camborne Camborne Camborne is a town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at the western edge of a conurbation comprising Camborne, Pool and Redruth....  Feast †	Camborne	Still celebrated	Near 15 November
	Sancreed Sancreed Sancreed is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately three miles from Penzance....  Feast †	Sancreed	Still celebrated (Patronal church service)	Early June
	St Endellion St Endellion St Endellion is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village and parish church are situated four miles north of Wadebridge....  Feast †	St Endellion	Still celebrated (Patronal church service)	Sunday nearest May Bank Holiday Bank Holiday A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom or a colloquialism for public holiday in Ireland. There is no automatic right to time off on these days, although the majority of the population is granted time off work or extra pay for working on these days, depending on their contract...
	St Stythians Feast †	Stithians Stithians Stithians is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It lies in the centre of the triangle bounded by Redruth, Helston and Falmouth. Its population is 2,004....	Still celebrated; Agricultural show held on the following Monday	Sunday closest to 10 July
	St Allen St Allen St Allen is a civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The church town of St Allen is an isolated hamlet and the main settlement in the parish is Zelah which is situated on the A30 trunk road four miles north of Truro....  Feast †	St Allen	Still celebrated but unknown to what extent	22 February (Traditionally Rogation Sunday)
	Bodmin Riding Bodmin Riding The annual Bodmin Riding custom was held at Bodmin in Cornwall on the Sunday and Monday after 7 July . Accounts over its long history vary, but it involved a horseback procession around the town, carrying two large garlands, and probably originated as a Guild Riding custom...	Bodmin	Still celebrated as part of Bodmin Heritage and Riding festival	Late June or early July
	Morvah Morvah Morvah is a civil parish and village on the Penwith peninsula in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately eight miles west-southwest of St Ives and 5½ miles north-west of Penzance....  Fair	Morvah / West Cornwall	No longer celebrated but Morvah Pasty Day takes place on the same date, claimed by some to be the largest Lughnasadh Lughnasadh Lughnasadh is a traditional Gaelic holiday celebrated on 1 August. It is in origin a harvest festival, corresponding to the Welsh Calan Awst and the English Lammas.-Name:...  celebration outside Ireland	August 1
	St Erth St Erth St Erth is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom.The village is situated four miles southeast of St Ives and six miles northeast of Penzance....  Feast †	St Erth	Unknown	October 31
	Ludgvan Ludgvan Ludgvan is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK. The village is situated 2½ miles northeast of Penzance.The parish includes the villages of Ludgvan, Crowlas, Canon's Town and Long Rock...  Feast†	Ludgvan	Still celebrated	Monday and Sunday nearest 29 January
	St Hilary Feast†	St Hilary, Cornwall St Hilary, Cornwall St Hilary is a civil parish and village in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately five miles east of Penzance and four miles south of Hayle.Chynoweth is an area immediately north of St Hilary....	Still celebrated	Mid - January
	Davidstow Feast†	Davidstow Davidstow Davidstow is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is north of Bodmin Moor straddling the A395 road about 3 miles north of Camelford....	Still celebrated	March 1
	Gunwalloe Feast†	Gunwalloe Gunwalloe Gunwalloe is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Lizard Peninsula three miles south of Helston and partly contains The Loe, the largest natural freshwater lake in Cornwall.-History:...	Still celebrated	March 3
	Porthleven Feast†	Porthleven Porthleven Porthleven is a town, civil parish and fishing port in Cornwall, United Kingdom, near Helston. It is the most southerly port on the island of Great Britain and was originally developed as a harbour of refuge, when this part of the Cornish coastline was recognised as a black spot for wrecks in days...	Still celebrated	February 22
	St Kew Feast†	St Kew	Still celebrated	February 8