Cawsand

Also known as Cawsand, Cornwall, Porthbugh

Cawsand (; lit. Cow Cove) and Kingsand (Cornish: Porthruw) are twin villages in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula and is in the parish of Maker-with-Rame.

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Place details

Locality: Torpoint
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.map_type: Cornwall
UK place.label_position: top
UK place.official_name: Cawsand
UK place.cornish_name: Porthbugh
UK place.static_image_name: The Square Cawsand - geograph.org.uk - 1609248.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: The Square, Cawsand
UK place.civil_parish: Maker-with-Rame
UK place.unitary_england: Cornwall
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Cornwall
UK place.region: South West England
UK place.constituency_westminster: South East Cornwall
UK place.post_town: TORPOINT
UK place.postcode_district: PL10
UK place.postcode_area: PL
UK place.dial_code: 01752
UK place.os_grid_reference: SX434502

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: village
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Maker-with-Rame
Image: The Square Cawsand - geograph.org.uk - 1609248.jpg
Dialing code: 01752

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Commons category: Cawsand
postal code: PL10
OS grid reference: SX434502
historic county: Cornwall
P8168: Utsunomiya

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Religion
Notable people
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Cawsand overlooks Plymouth Sound and adjoins Kingsand, formerly on the border of Devon and Cornwall (the border has since been moved and now is situated on the River Tamar). Cawsand has two public houses: the Cross Keys Inn and The Bay.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cawsand” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.