Skip to main content
The Contour Atlas

England

South West England

Neolithic stone circles, Roman plumbing, a 95-mile fossil coastline, and the two most contested scones in Britain.

Alright my lover (hello, friend (entirely platonic))

Local food

  • Cornish pasty

    Crimped on the side, PGI protected, beef and swede inside.

  • Cream tea

    Cornwall: jam then cream. Devon: cream then jam. Choose carefully.

  • Clotted cream

    Minimum 55% butterfat. A legal definition worth respecting.

  • West Country Farmhouse Cheddar

    PDO: made within four counties only.

  • Stargazy pie

    Pilchard heads poking through the crust, Mousehole, 23 December.

Festivals & events

Glastonbury Festival
June · Worthy Farm, Pilton
Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
August · Ashton Court
Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling
May bank holiday · Brockworth
'Obby 'Oss Day
1 May · Padstow

Landmarks

  • Stonehenge
  • Roman Baths, Bath
  • Eden Project
  • St Michael's Mount
  • Clifton Suspension Bridge

Grid reference

Station
Bristol
Latitude
51.4545°N
Longitude
2.5879°W

These coordinates are what the departure board sends to Open-Meteo for this region.