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Tintagel
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Tintagel () or Trevena (, meaning Village on a Mountain) is a civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village and nearby Tintagel Castle are associated with the legends surrounding King Arthur and in recent times have become a tourist attraction. It was claimed by Geoffrey of Monmouth that the castle was the place of Arthur's conception.
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Tintagel is a village and civil parish located in Cornwall, England, within the United Kingdom. The settlement has a population of 1,822 and covers an area of 19.73 square units. It is situated at coordinates 50.663, -4.75 and falls under the postal code PL34. The local dialing code is 01840, and the area is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
Geographical data indicates an elevation of approximately 90 to 95 meters above sea level. The timezone for the region is Europe/London. While specific weather metrics such as temperature, humidity, and air quality indices have been recorded, these represent transient conditions rather than permanent attributes of the location.
Synthesized by Vinony from 44 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Place details
- Locality
- Treknow
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,028
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Cornwall
- UK place.official_name
- Tintagel
- UK place.cornish_name
- Tre war Venydh
- UK place.local_name
- Trevena
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Tintagel Castle - geograph.org.uk - 2417082.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Part of Trevena (above) and Tintagel Castle (below) in 1992
- UK place.population
- 1,782
- UK place.population_ref
- (United Kingdom Census 2011 including Bossiney and Knightsmill)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Tintagel
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall Council
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Cornwall
- UK place.post_town
- TINTAGEL
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL34
- UK place.postcode_area
- PL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01840
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
thumb|Steps up to Tintagel Castle Tintagel Web visitor information
Get around
Tintagel is a small village which can be easily explored on foot.
See
thumb|300px|Tintagel Old Post Office thumb|300px|Merlin's Cave where, according to legend, Merlin rescued the infant Arthur from the sea.
Buy
Tintagel has a few occult-witchcraft stores given the town's proximity to Bodmin Moor and Boscastle.
The town has plenty of souvenir stores too.
Go next
Nearby towns and villages to explore include Boscastle, Padstow, Wadebridge, Port Isaac and Camelford. Bodmin Moor is about 7 miles further inland and includes the highest hills in Cornwall. It is crossed by the A30 main road which connects Launceston with Bodmin
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Area and population
- History and government
- Arthurian legend
- Archaeology and architecture
- Excavations
- Antiquities
- Notable secular buildings
- Hotels
- Churches and chapels
- Quarrying
- Geography and nature
- Coastline
- Birds
- Plants of the environs of Tintagel
- Social and cultural life
- Social and sporting activities and associations
- Literary associations
- Musical and film associations
- Notable people
- References
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
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Tintagel () or Trevena (, meaning Village on a Mountain) is a civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village and nearby Tintagel Castle are associated with the legends surrounding King Arthur and in recent times have become a tourist attraction. It was claimed by Geoffrey of Monmouth that the castle was the place of Arthur's conception.
==Toponymy== thumb|left|"Tintagel" sign
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tintagel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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