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Sex in Penzance, nine miles from Land's End

Every train on the Cornish Main Line ends its run at Penzance, the most westerly and most southerly station in England. Plymouth is 64 miles back the way you came, London 255, and Land's End just nine miles further on. The town looks south-east over Mount's Bay to the Channel, and its parish, home to about 20,700 people at the 2021 census, takes in the fishing port of Newlyn and the villages of Mousehole, Paul, Gulval and Heamoor as well.

It has form when it comes to a party. Back in 1882 the midsummer solstice here was already called a very old custom, marked with plenty of rowdy revelry, and the Golowan Festival has carried midsummer on every June since 1991. Even the pirates of the famous comic opera were a joke at the town's expense, because in 1879 Penzance was a peaceful resort. These days it gets by on tourism, shops and light industry, and Newlyn's harbour still provides work after three decades of decline in fishing. In a town this size you may well recognise a match from around the place, so it helps that your profile goes out under a username, with a nearest town standing in for your address.

A film, a festival or a garden walk in Penzance

Chapel Street

Georgian and Regency buildings, the Egyptian House and a lot of history packed into a short stroll, which gives a first meeting something to talk about besides yourselves.

Morrab Gardens

Sub-tropical gardens full of tender trees and shrubs, many of which won't grow outdoors anywhere else in the UK. Good for a daytime hello before either of you commits to an evening.

The Acorn and the Savoy

The Acorn Arts Centre, in a former Methodist chapel on Parade Street, puts on theatre, film, dance, music and cabaret. The Savoy in Causewayhead opened in 1912 and is reputedly the oldest cinema in Britain still in continuous use. The back row is up to you.

Golowan in June

The midsummer festival, Mazey Day included, comes round every June. A festival day is a ready-made excuse to be out, and a crowd makes a first hello feel casual.

Whatever you pick, keep the first meeting public and let a friend know your plans. Our safety page explains how blocking and reporting work.