Perranporth (Cornish: Porthperan) is a small seaside resort town on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is popular with surfers and tourists because of its spectacular beach, and Atlantic swell. It is 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Newquay and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Truro. Perranporth and its 3 miles (5 km) long beach face the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 3,066, and is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Perranzabuloe. It has an electoral ward in its own name the population of which at the 2011 census was 4,270.
Population: 3,134
Latitude: 50° 20' 37.57" N
Longitude: -5° 09' 20.09" W
The King Harry Ferry Bridge is a vehicular chain ferry which crosses the Carrick Roads reach of the estuary of the River Fal in Cornwall, England, UK. The ferry crosses between the parishes of Feock and Philleigh, roughly half way between the city o…
Holywell (Cornish: Tregew) is a coastal village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at Holywell Bay (Cornish: Porth Heylyn), about three miles (5 km) west-southwest of Newquay.
The Great County Adit, sometimes called the County Adit, or the Great Adit was a system of interconnected adits that helped drain water from the tin and copper mines in the Gwennap area of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.
East Pool mine (later known as East Pool and Agar mine), was a metalliferous mine in the Camborne and Redruth mining area, just east of the village of Pool in Cornwall, England. Worked from the early 18th century until 1945, first for copper and lat…
Carn Brea may refer to the following places in Cornwall:
Tullimaar House is a mansion just east of Perranarworthal in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; it is not visible from the main A39 Falmouth to Truro road, and stands in private grounds.
Truro Aerodrome (ICAO: EGHY) is an unlicensed aerodrome located 3 NM (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west northwest of Truro, Cornwall, England, UK.
Troon (Cornish: Trewoon) is a village in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is near Camborne at (50.19°N 05.28°W) SW6638. An electoral ward named Troon and Beacon exists. This stretches north from Troon to the outskirts of Camborne.
Threemilestone is a small village in the civil parish of Kenwyn, located precisely three miles west of Truro, the only city in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Threemilestone has grown in recent years, as housing estates to the west have been developed. Be…
St Gluvias is a civil parish and settlement in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is now a suburb on the northern edge of Penryn which is situated two miles northwest of Falmouth. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,548.
St Clement (Cornish: Moresk) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated southeast of Truro in the valley of the Tresillian River. There is a smaller village at Malpas in the south of the parish. The urban part…
Ruan Lanihorne is a civil parish and village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately four miles (6.5 km) east-southeast of Truro between the River Fal and its tributary the Ruan River.
Rosemanowes Quarry, near Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, was a granite quarry and the site of an early experiment in extracting geothermal energy from the earth using hot dry rock (HDR) technology.
There are three Redruth transmitting stations:
Poldice mine is a former metalliferous mine located in Poldice Valley in south-west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Penryn Athletic F.C. are a football club based in Penryn, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. They play in the South West Peninsula League Division One West, and stage their home games at the 1,500 capacity Kernick Road ground. They also run teams in t…
Mount Hawke is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately eight miles (11 km) west-northwest of Truro, five miles (8 km) north-northeast of Redruth, and two and a half miles (4 km) south of St Agnes.
The King Edward Mine at Camborne, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom is a mine wholly owned by the Camborne School of Mines of the University of Exeter.