St Columb
St Columb Major is a town and also civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK. Often referred to in your area as St Columb, it is about 7 miles (11 kilometres) southwest of Wadebridge as well as six miles (10 kilometres) east of Newquay. The designation Significant differentiates it from the close-by settlement and also church of St Columb Minor on the shore. A selecting ward simply named St Columb exists with a population at the 2011 census of 5,050. Two times a year the community plays host to "hurling", a medieval game once common throughout Cornwall today just played in St Columb and also St Ives. It is played on Shrove Tuesday and then once more on the Saturday eleven days later. The game involves 2 teams of several hundred individuals (the 'townsmen' and the 'compatriots') who endeavour to carry a silver sphere made of apple wood to goals established two miles (3 kilometres) apart, making the parish, around 25 square miles (65 km2) in area, the de facto biggest sports ground on the planet.