Hingston Down
Hingston Down is a hill not far from Gunnislake in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the subject of an old rhyme, due to the prolific tin mining that formerly took place in the area: Hingston Down well ywroughtIs worth London Town dearly bought.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Sylvia’s Meadow and Gunnislake railway station.
Sylvia’s Meadow
Nature reserve
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Sylvia's Meadow is a nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest owned and managed by Cornwall Wildlife Trust. It is a herb rich, 5-hectare site situated near Gunnislake, in East Cornwall, England.
Gunnislake railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gunnislake railway station serves the village of Gunnislake in Cornwall, England. There are also connecting buses from here to the town of Tavistock. However the station is located in or nearer to the villages of Drakewalls and Albaston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Ann’s Chapel and Albaston.
St Ann’s Chapel
Village
St Ann's Chapel is a village in the parish of Calstock, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is west of Gunnislake on the A390 between Tavistock and Liskeard.
Albaston
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Albaston is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of Calstock. It is located at Ordnance Survey grid reference SX 423 704.
Metherell
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Metherell is a village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated three miles east of Callington and two miles west of Calstock village in Calstock civil parish.
Hingston Down
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 879 feet
- Description: hill in Cornwall, England, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Hingston Down” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hingston Down”
- Chinese: “興斯頓唐”
- Cornish: “Goon Wourvargh”
- Dutch: “Hingston Down”
- French: “Hingston Down”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hingston Down”
- Swedish: “Hingston Down”
- Welsh: “Goon Wourvargh”
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