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
Photo: David Cantrill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Royal Air Force St Eval or RAF St Eval is a former Royal Air Force station for the RAF Coastal Command, southwest of Padstow in Cornwall, England, UK. St Eval's primary role was to provide anti-submarine and anti-shipping patrols off the south west coast. RAF St Eval is situated 1½ miles northeast of Mawgan Porth.
Spaceport Cornwall
Aerodrome
Photo: Tmedia1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cornwall Airport Newquay is the main commercial airport for Cornwall, England located at Mawgan in Pydar, 4 NM northeast of the town of Newquay on Cornwall's north coast. Spaceport Cornwall is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mawgan Porth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trenance and Trevarrian.
Trenance
Village
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Simon Huguet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.46487° or 50° 27′ 54″ northLongitude
-5.03193° or 5° 1′ 55″ westPopulation
303Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9C2PFX79+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 10701492534OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2642892Wikidata ID
Q6794407
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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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