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Taste the elemental wildness of this resilient community and bathe in the invigorating freedom of life on the edge of the Atlantic; where beauty is rugged and where adventure beckons.

The wildness and the elemental quality of this area touches people who visit. That's why I was particularly drawn to this coast, the magnificent Atlantic all around us, almost like an island really.  

Gilly Wyatt Smith, Yew Tree Gallery

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A short film in conversation with local artist Angela Annesley and Yew Tree Gallery Owner Gilly Wyatt Smith, filmed at Yew Tree Gallery.

More Stories from the Tin Coast...

Photo: Perran Tremewan

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Audio interview

Chapter 8

An Astonishing History

A landscape once simultaneously ravaged by nature and industry, discover how the unique mining history of the Tin Coast has shaped the community that thrives here today.

Photo: Perran Tremewan

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Chapter 11

An Uncommon Place

Reflect on a landscape through the eyes of those who have lived it, those who have penned its story and those who still shape its cultural identity.

Photo: Perran Tremewan

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Film interview

Chapter 12

Wild Skies

Embrace the wild skies of the west, where stormy weather battering the isolated outpost of the Cape Cornwall National Coastwatch station is just another day in the office.

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Film interview

Chapter 9

Stored With Moth and Rust Destroy

Immerse yourself in the traditions created by the people who shaped the landscape long ago, and find out how those very traditions are being brought back to life today.

Photo: Bethany Brown

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Film interview

Chapter 6

Crib or Croust? Here We Say Mossel

From farmer to fisherman, explore the Tin Coast through the power of words and culture.

Photo: Perran Tremewan

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Audio interview

Chapter 3

A Remarkable People

Uncover the secrets behind the remarkable people that have pioneered their own future on the Tin Coast.

Photo: Perran Tremewan

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Film interview

Chapter 7

Deep in Time, Land and Spirit

Discover our rich cultural heritage which is so So SO much more than old buildings, we have an entire human history written into our landscape.