Gwithian
Gwithian is a coastal village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, in the Cornwall district, in west Cornwall, England. It is three miles north-east of Hayle and four miles east of St Ives, Cornwall across St Ives Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 3,030 residents
- Description: village in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Gwithian, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Gothian’s Church, Gwithian and Godrevy Lighthouse.
St Gothian’s Church, Gwithian
Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Gothian's Church, Gwithian is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK. Nothing is known about St Gothian, Gocianus or Gwithian.
Godrevy Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Brian, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Godrevy Lighthouse was built in 1858–1859 on Godrevy Island in St Ives Bay, Cornwall. Standing approximately 300 metres off Godrevy Head, it marks the Stones reef, which has been a hazard to shipping for centuries. Godrevy Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles northwest of Gwithian.
St Felicitas and St Piala’s Church, Phillack
Church
Photo: Ivan Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Felicitas and St Piala’s Church, Phillack is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Phillack, Cornwall, England, UK. St Felicitas and St Piala’s Church, Phillack is situated 2 miles southwest of Gwithian.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nancemellin and Connor Downs.
Nancemellin
Hamlet
Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nancemellin is a hamlet in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England.
Connor Downs
Village
Photo: Elizabeth Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Connor Downs is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, in the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithian. It is situated approximately two miles east of Hayle and about two miles south-southeast of Gwithian churchtown.
Angarrack
Village
Angarrack is a village in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian a mile to the east of Hayle. Immediately south of the village Angarrack viaduct carries the Cornish mainline railway over the Angarrack River. Angarrack is situated 2 miles south of Gwithian.
Gwithian
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Gwinear–Gwithian, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.22088° or 50° 13′ 15″ northLongitude
-5.3858° or 5° 23′ 9″ westPopulation
3,030Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)Open location code
9C2P6JC7+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 29226342OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2647725Wikidata ID
Q5623687
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Gwithian” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غويثين”
- Basque: “Gwithian”
- Cornish: “Sen Godhyan”
- Dutch: “Gwithian”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جويثين”
- French: “Gwithian”
- Galician: “Gwithian”
- Irish: “Gwithian”
- Japanese: “グウィティアン”
- Polish: “Gwithian”
- Swedish: “Gwithian”
- Welsh: “Gwithian”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gwithian Farmhouse and Gwithian Methodist Church.
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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 “Gwithian”. Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.