THE keys to a new coastguard lookout station with a remarkable 37-mile view up and down Cornwall's north coast were this week handed over to volunteers.

The National Trust has rebuilt the new coastguard lookout station at St Agnes Head for the National Coastwatch Institution.

The old coastguard station was found to be unsafe due to its construction from mundic block.

It has been sensitively rebuilt with the environment in mind.

Sheep's wool has been used as insulation, rainwater is recycled for the toilets and in the next few months, solar panels will be installed along with a small wind turbine.