Pendeen
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Pendeen (from meaning "headland fort", previously known as , meaning "Caswal's high dwelling") is a village and ecclesiastical parish on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England. It is north-northeast of St Just and west of Penzance. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to Land's End and the A30 road.
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Place details
- Locality
- St Just
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Pendeen
- 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
- SW384344
- UK place.map_type
- Cornwall
- UK place.cornish_name
- Boskaswal Wartha
- UK place.civil_parish
- St Just
- UK place.static_image_name
- Boat on the slipway at Pendeen Cove - geograph.org.uk - 230141.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Boat on the slipway at Pendeen Cove
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- St Just
- Image
- Pendeen Church - geograph.org.uk - 16770.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01736
Show 5 more facts
- postal code
- TR19
- OS grid reference
- SW384344
- Commons category
- Pendeen
- historic county
- Cornwall
- P8168
- Feia Lacus
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Buildings and antiquities
- Horsefield's ''Life in a Cornish Village''
- Geevor tin mine
- Geography
- Cornish wrestling
- Notable residents
- Pendeen in the media
- References
- External links
Pendeen (from meaning "headland fort", previously known as , meaning "Caswal's high dwelling") is a village and ecclesiastical parish on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England. It is north-northeast of St Just and west of Penzance. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to Land's End and the A30 road.
The village has a community centre, a shop, a post office, a primary school, and a few small businesses. Community activities include an art club, a gardening club, silver marching band and a football club. Nearby settlements include Carnyorth and Trewellard and the historic Geevor Tin Mine is immediately north of the village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pendeen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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