Pentewan
Pentewan is a coastal village and former port in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at grid reference SX 019 472 3 miles south of St Austell at the mouth of the St Austell River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Fallschirmjäger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Pentewan, Cornwall”
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints’ Church, Pentewan and Lost Gardens of Heligan.
All Saints’ Church, Pentewan
Church
All Saints’ Church, Pentewan is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Pentewan, Cornwall.
Lost Gardens of Heligan
Garden
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The Lost Gardens of Heligan are located near Mevagissey in Cornwall, England and are considered to be amongst the most popular in the UK. The gardens are typical of the 19th century Gardenesque style with areas of different character and in different design styles.
Mevagissey Museum
Museum
Photo: Paul the Archivist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mevagissey Museum is situated 1½ miles south of Pentewan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trenarren and Mevagissey.
Trenarren
Locality
Trenarren is a hamlet northeast of Pentewan in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. A. L. Rowse the historian lived in his retirement in Trenarren House.
Mevagissey
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mevagissey is a village, fishing port and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is approximately five miles south of St Austell.
London Apprentice
Village
London Apprentice is a village in south Cornwall, England, UK, on the banks of St Austell River in the Pentewan Valley approximately two miles south of St Austell. London Apprentice is situated 2 miles northwest of Pentewan.
Pentewan
- Category: locality
- Location: Pentewan Valley, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.29218° or 50° 17′ 32″ northLongitude
-4.78189° or 4° 46′ 55″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9C2Q76R9+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 559276727OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Pentewan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بنتون”
- Basque: “Pentewan”
- Cornish: “Bentewyn”
- Dutch: “Pentewan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بنتون”
- French: “Pentewan”
- Hebrew: “פנטוואן”
- Irish: “Pentewan”
- Polish: “Pentewan”
- Welsh: “Bentewyn”
- Welsh: “Pentewan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sconhoe and Tregiskey.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pentewan Post Office and WW2 D-Day Training Area for American Army & Navy.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pentewan”. Photo: Fallschirmjäger, CC BY-SA 3.0.