St Columb
St Columb Major is a town as well as civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK. Commonly referred to locally as St Columb, it is about seven miles (11 km) southwest of Wadebridge as well as 6 miles (10 km) eastern of Newquay. The classification Significant identifies it from the neighboring settlement and also church of St Columb Minor on the coastline. An electoral ward simply named St Columb exists with a population at the 2011 census of 5,050. Two times a year the town plays host to "hurling", a middle ages video game when typical throughout Cornwall now only played in St Columb and St Ives. It is used Shrove Tuesday and afterwards once more on the Saturday eleven days later. The game includes 2 groups of a number of hundred people (the 'townsmen' as well as the 'compatriots') that endeavour to bring a silver sphere constructed from apple wood to objectives set two miles (3 km) apart, making the church, around 25 square miles (65 km2) in location, the de facto biggest sports ground in the world.