The sun sets in the West

Welcome to Land’s End, mainland England’s most westerly point whose beauty and legends have fascinated visitors for centuries. In ancient times it was called Belerion, the shining land, and somewhere between this point and the Isles of Scilly, the mythical Lost Land of Lyonesse is said to lie, submerged beneath the waves. The 200ft high (60m) granite cliffs are an excellent spot to look out over the Celtic Sea for ghostly ships (more than 130 shipwrecks have been recorded off the coast here), or marine wildlife, including seals, dolphins and huge basking sharks which trawl for plankton on their summer journey up Britain’s west coast.
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