Mawgan Porth
Mawgan Porth is a beach and small settlement in north Cornwall, England. It is north of Watergate Bay, approximately four miles north of Newquay, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.- Type: Village with 303 residents
- Description: village in Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Mawgan Porth, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps and RAF St Eval.
Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps
Stone
Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps is a stretch of coastline located on the north Cornish coast between Padstow and Newquay, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
RAF St Eval
Military installation
Spaceport Cornwall
Aerodrome
Cornwall Airport Newquay is the main commercial airport for Cornwall, England, 4+1⁄2 miles northeast of the town of Newquay on Cornwall's north coast. Its runway was operated by RAF St Mawgan before 2008, and is now owned by Cornwall Council and operated by Cornwall Airport Limited. Spaceport Cornwall is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mawgan Porth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trenance and Trevarrian.
Trenance
Village
Trenance is a hamlet adjoining Mawgan Porth in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Trenance Point is a headland nearby. There are also places called Trenance in the parishes of Mullion, Newquay, St Issey, St Keverne and St Wenn.
Trevarrian
Village
Trevarrian pronounced is a hamlet south of Mawgan Porth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Tregurrian
Village
Tregurrian is a hamlet 2 miles north-northeast of Newquay, on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The beach at Watergate Bay was formerly known as Tregurrian beach.
Mawgan Porth
- Category: locality
- Location: St Mawgan, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.46487° or 50° 27′ 54″ north
Longitude
-5.03193° or 5° 1′ 55″ west
Population
303
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
9C2PFX79+W6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Mawgan Porth” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mawgan Porth”
- Cornish: “Porth Gluwyan”
- Dutch: “Mawgan Porth”
- French: “Mawgan Porth”
- German: “Mawgan Porth”
- Irish: “Mawgan Porth”
- Japanese: “モーガンポース”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mawgan Porth”
- Polish: “Mawgan Porth”
- Welsh: “Mawgan Porth”
- Welsh: “Porth Gluwyan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as St. Mawgan and Carloggas.
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Highlights include Art at the Beach and Pitch and Putt.
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