Porthcurno
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Porthcurno (, meaning "pinnacle cove", see below) is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in a civil and an ecclesiastical parish, both named St Levan, which comprise Porthcurno, diminutive St Levan itself, Trethewey and Treen.
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Place details
- Locality
- Porthcurno
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Porthcurno
- UK place.static_image_name
- Porthcurno Aerial photo TomCorser2005.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Aerial view of Porthcurno Beach showing the Minack Theatre in the cliff face, Green Bay and the generally faint cliff-top course of the South West Coast Path.
- UK place.cornish_name
- Porthkornow
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- 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
- SW384223
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Amenities and homes
- The Cable Station and Engineering College
- World War II tunnels
- Porthcurno coastal area
- Demography
- White pyramid
- Logan Rock
- Climate and tourism
- History
- Porthkornow, Porthcornow
- Industrial and wartime developments
- Submarine optical fibre cables
- Church of St Levan
- Minack Theatre
- Wireless Point
- Cornish wrestling
- Porth Chapel beach
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- General references
- External links
Porthcurno (, meaning "pinnacle cove", see below) is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in a civil and an ecclesiastical parish, both named St Levan, which comprise Porthcurno, diminutive St Levan itself, Trethewey and Treen.
It is centred west of the railway, market, and resort town of Penzance and from Land's End, the most westerly point of the English mainland. Road access is via the north end of the valley along a long cul-de-sac with short branches off the B3283 and land traditionally associated with the village, including its beach, is on the South West Coast Path.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Porthcurno” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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