Helston (Cornish: Hellys) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Penzance and 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town on the island of Great Britain and is around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) farther south than Penzance. The population in 2011 was 11,700.
Population: 9,780
Latitude: 50° 06' 11.48" N
Longitude: -5° 16' 13.62" W
Wheal Peevor was a metalliferous mine located on North Downs about 1.5 miles north-east of Redruth, Cornwall, England. The first mining sett was granted here in around 1701 on land owned by the St Aubyn family. It was originally mined at shallow dep…
Wheal Gorland was a metalliferous mine located just to the north-east of the village of St Day, Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom. It was one of the most important Cornish mines of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, not only for the quantity…
West Penwith Rural District was a rural district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, from 1894 to 1974. It was enlarged in 1934 by the abolition of Hayle, Ludgvan, Madron, Paul, and Phillack urban districts, and also took in part of the disbanded …
Traboe (pronounced tray-bow) (Cornish: Treworabo) is a hamlet on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK. Traboe is about 5 km west of St Keverne; nearby is Traboe Cross, a junction on the B3293 road. It is approximately a mile down the road fro…
Todpool is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located between Chacewater and St Day villages and is three miles (5 km) east of Redruth.
The Gear Rout was a Cornish insurrection of 1648 following the end of the English Civil War.
St Wynwallow's Church, Landewednack, is the parish church of Landewednack parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
St Uny's Church, Lelant, is the Church of England parish church of Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK.
St Anthony or Santo António was a Portuguese carrack that foundered in Gunwalloe Bay, Cornwall, in 1527 en route from Lisbon to Antwerp. She had a mixed cargo including copper and silver ingots.
Rosudgeon is a hamlet in the civil parish of Perranuthnoe in west Cornwall, England, UK, situated on the A394 Penzance to Helston road.
Restronguet Passage is a coastal hamlet in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the south bank of Restronguet Creek one mile north of Mylor Bridge and five miles (8 km) south of Truro.
Reawla is a hamlet in Penwith district (Cornish: Pennwydh) in Cornwall. It is in the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithian.
Porth Navas (Cornish: Porth an Navas) is a small village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at the head of the west end of Port Navas Creek, part of the Helford River, near Mawnan Smith and Falmouth.
Pentreath (Cornish: Pentreth, meaning head of a beach) is a hamlet west of Praa Sands, between Penzance and Helston in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Pentreath Beach is also small cove with a beach, not far away in south-west Cornwall, England, …
Mount Wellington Tin mine, two miles east of the village of St Day in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, opened in 1976 and was the first new mine in the region in many years.
Longdowns is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the A394 road approximately three miles (4.8 km) west of Penryn . Longdowns is in the civil parish of Stithians.
Kernick (Cornish: Karnek, meaning rocky place) is a settlement in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is a part of the town of Penryn, now a suburb of Falmouth. The name Kernick is a derivative of Cernic / Carnak meaning 'rocky' in Cornish, like Carnac i…
Jolly's Bottom is in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately half-a-mile (1 km) north of Chacewater and straddles the main line railway.