Boscastle
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thumb|right|View from Boscastle harbour path leading to headland thumb|right| Boscastle Harbour thumb|upright|The Coastwatch hut above the harbour Boscastle () is a village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Forrabury and Minster (where the 2011 Census population was included) . It is south of Bude and northeast of Tintagel. The harbour is a natural inlet protected by two stone harbour walls built in 1584 by Sir Richard Grenville and is the only significant harbour for along the coast. The village extends up the valleys of the River Valency and Riv
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Place details
- Locality
- Boscastle
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 641
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Cornwall
- UK place.static_image_name
- Boscastle path.JPG
- UK place.official_name
- Boscastle
- UK place.cornish_name
- Kastelboterel
- UK place.civil_parish
- Forrabury and Minster
- UK place.shire_county
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Cornwall
- UK place.post_town
- BOSCASTLE
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL35
- UK place.postcode_area
- PL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01840
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX098906
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.boscastlecornwall.org.uk
- Image
- Boscastle path.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01840
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- Boscastle
- postal code
- PL35
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- Boscastle
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- SX098906
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8 sectionsContents
- History
- Churches
- Tourism
- Boscastle floods
- Sport
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thumb|right|View from Boscastle harbour path leading to headland thumb|right| Boscastle Harbour thumb|upright|The Coastwatch hut above the harbour Boscastle () is a village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Forrabury and Minster (where the 2011 Census population was included) . It is south of Bude and northeast of Tintagel. The harbour is a natural inlet protected by two stone harbour walls built in 1584 by Sir Richard Grenville and is the only significant harbour for along the coast. The village extends up the valleys of the River Valency and River Jordan. Heavy rainfall on 16 August 2004 caused extensive damage to the village.
Boscastle lies within the Cornwall National Landscape (formerly Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, or AONB). The South West Coast Path passes through the village.
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