Penwith
Sign in to savethumb|right|Aerial photo looking across Land's End to [[Cape Cornwall]] thumb|right|Celtic cross near St Loy's Cove, [[St Buryan]] thumb|right|Rocky cove at St Loy's Cove|St Loy in the south of the district Penwith (; ) is an area of Cornwall, England, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after one of the ancient administrative hundreds of Cornwall which derives from two Cornish words, penn meaning 'headland' and wydh meaning 'at the end'.
Key facts
- Historic subdivision.Name
- Penwith District
- Historic subdivision.HQ
- Penzance
- Historic subdivision.Status
- Former district
- Historic subdivision.Start
- 1 April 1974
- Historic subdivision.End
- 1 April 2009
- Historic subdivision.Replace
- Cornwall unitary authority
- Historic subdivision.Map
- 250pxShown within Cornwall
- Historic subdivision.Image
- West Penwith Coast.jpg
- Historic subdivision.Arms
- 180px
- Historic subdivision.Motto
- Kensa ha Dewetha
- Historic subdivision.Government
- District council
- Historic subdivision.Divisions
- Civil parishes
- Historic subdivision.DivisionsMap
- 250px
- Historic subdivision.CodeName
- ONS code
- Historic subdivision.Code
- 15UF
- Historic subdivision.PopulationFirst
- 51,690
- Historic subdivision.PopulationFirstYear
- 1973
- Historic subdivision.PopulationLast
- 62,994
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
17 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Parishes
- History
- Demographics
- Economy
- Mining
- Fishing
- Farming
- Tourism
- Media
- Penwith District Council
- Twinning
- Places of interest
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|Aerial photo looking across Land's End to [[Cape Cornwall]] thumb|right|Celtic cross near St Loy's Cove, [[St Buryan]] thumb|right|Rocky cove at St Loy's Cove|St Loy in the south of the district Penwith (; ) is an area of Cornwall, England, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after one of the ancient administrative hundreds of Cornwall which derives from two Cornish words, penn meaning 'headland' and wydh meaning 'at the end'.
Natural England has designated the peninsula as National Character Area 156 and named it West Penwith. It is also known as the '''Land's End Peninsula'''.