Porthtowan
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Porthtowan (, meaning landing place at the sand dunes) is a small village in Cornwall, England, UK, which is a popular summer tourist destination. Porthtowan is on Cornwall's north Atlantic coast about southwest of St Agnes, north of Redruth, west of Truro and southwest of Newquay in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, a World Heritage Site.
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Place details
- Locality
- Porthtowan
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Porthtowan
- UK place.cornish_name
- Porthtewyn
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.post_town
- St Agnes
- UK place.postcode_district
- TR4
- UK place.postcode_area
- TR
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SW695475
- UK place.static_image_name
- Approaching Porthtowan - geograph.org.uk - 2007324.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Porthtowan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- St Agnes
- Image
- Unicorn Inn, Porthtowan - geograph.org.uk - 534520.jpg
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- Commons category
- Porthtowan
- OS grid reference
- SW695475
- postal code
- TR4
- historic county
- Cornwall
- P8168
- Synchronicity
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Toponymy
- History
- Mining
- South Wheal Towan
- Tywarnhayle Mine
- Tywarnhayle Stannary
- Wheal Coates
- Wheal Ellen
- Wheal Lushington
- Wheal Towan
- Religion
- Culture and activities
- Beaches
- Restaurants and pubs
- Amateur dramatics
- Transport
- In culture
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
Porthtowan (, meaning landing place at the sand dunes) is a small village in Cornwall, England, UK, which is a popular summer tourist destination. Porthtowan is on Cornwall's north Atlantic coast about southwest of St Agnes, north of Redruth, west of Truro and southwest of Newquay in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, a World Heritage Site.
Porthtowan is popular with surfers and industrial archaeologists; former mine stacks and engine houses dot the landscape. It lies on the South West Coast Path.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Porthtowan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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