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Bodmin is the former county town of Cornwall. The oldest part is composed of mainly granite buildings clustered around a beacon on a windswept hill. The town museum is housed in what was once the county jail. The town expanded in the sixties and seventies, when people from the South East of England were rehoused in the area. This has given Bodmin a more cosmopolitan atmosphere.
Visitors arriving by train at Bodmin Parkway can catch a steam train for the short journey into town.

Bodmin Moor has been made famous by Daphne du Maurier and there is a small museum commemorating the author at Jamaica Inn. In nearby St Neot Church are some interesting fifteenth century stained glass windows, and not too far from there are the Carnglaze Slate Caverns.
The Moor boasts several ancient stones and offers the possibility of a glimpse of the renowned Beast of Bodmin.

Pencarrow, a privately owned Georgian house, and the late nineteenth century National Trust property, Lanhydrock, are both worth a visit. The latter also boasts a popular golf course.