What is Marazion?
{{Infobox UK place |static_image_name= Marazion.JPG |static_image_width= 240 |static_image_caption= Marazion seen from [[St Michael's Mount]] |coordinates = {{coord|50.125|-5.476|display=inline,title}} |country= England |map_type= Cornwall |region= South West England |civil_parish= Marazion |unitary_england= [[Cornwall]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Cornwall]] |official_name= Marazion |cornish_name= Marhasyow |population = 1,440 |population_ref = |os_grid_reference= SW523306 |post_town= MARAZION |postcode_area= TR |postcode_district= TR17 |dial_code= 01736 |constituency_westminster= [[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] }} '''Marazion''' is a town in west [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom]]. It is on the shore of [[Mount's Bay]], two miles (3&nbsp;km) east of [[Penzance]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' {{ISBN|9780319231487}}</ref> [[St Michael's Mount]] is half-a-mile offshore from Marazion. At low water a [[causeway]] links it to the town and at high water passenger boats carry visitors between Marazion and St Michael's Mount. Marazion is a tourist resort with an active community of artists who produce and sell paintings and pottery in the town's many art galleries. Marazion is one of the towns claiming to be Britain's oldest town.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} Marazion was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 and is the oldest chartered town in Britain, having been granted this status by [[Henry III of England|King Henry III]] in 1257. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Towns in Cornwall]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Cornwall]]