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road runs all the way to the river, where the
King Harry Ferry
( 01872-862312;
www.falriver.co.uk/
getting-about/ferries/king-harry-ferry
)
shuttles across the water to the Roseland.
Based near the gardens,
Canoe Cornwall
( 07754-808639;
www.canoecornwall.org.uk
; £25 per person)
is one of the only places in the county where you can take trips in traditional open-top
wooden canoes (rather than plastic sit-on-top kayaks). Expeditions last around three hours
and run along the Fal River.
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Truro
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Dominated by the triumvirate spires of its mighty cathedral, built in the late 19th century,
Truro is the county's capital and its main administrative and commercial centre. The city
originally grew up around a medieval hilltop castle, and later became one of the county's
four stannary towns and busiest ports. The town's maritime ambitions were scuppered,
though, by the unexpected silting up of the river, and the town's quays (including Lemon
Quay and Back Quay, both near the Hall for Cornwall) now exist only in name.
Traces of Truro's wealthy heritage remain in the smart Georgian townhouses and
Victorian villas dotted around the city - especially along Strangways Terrace, Walsingham
Place and Lemon St - although a rash of 60s and 70s architecture has done little to en-
hance the city's historic appeal.
These days it's the county's main centre for shopping and commerce. There are regular
outdoor markets on the paved piazza at Lemon Quay (opposite the Hall for Cornwall) -
check out the useful Enjoy Truro website (
www.enjoytruro.co.uk
)
for all the latest goings-
on.
