Mousehole
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Mousehole (; ) is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, England, UK. It is approximately south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay. The village is in the civil parish of Penzance. An islet called St Clement's Isle lies about offshore from the harbour entrance.
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- Locality
- Penzance
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 697
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Mousehole
- UK place.cornish_name
- Porthenys
- UK place.population
- 697
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Penzance
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- St Ives
- UK place.post_town
- PENZANCE
- UK place.postcode_district
- TR19
- UK place.postcode_area
- TR
- UK place.dial_code
- 01736
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SW468264
- UK place.static_image_name
- Mousehole fromm air Fossick.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Mousehole Harbour
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Encyclopedic overview
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- 20th century
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Mousehole (; ) is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, England, UK. It is approximately south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay. The village is in the civil parish of Penzance. An islet called St Clement's Isle lies about offshore from the harbour entrance.
Mousehole lies within the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB). 27% of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mousehole” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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