Gwennap Head
Gwennap Head is a headland on the south coast of the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is within the parish of St Levan and approximately 4 miles south of Land's End, and less than 1 mile north-west of Porthgwarra, the nearest village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: headland in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Tol-Pedn-Penwith (Gwennap Head)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Porthgwarra Beach and St Levan’s Church, St Levan.
St Levan’s Church, St Levan
Church
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Levan Church, St Levan is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Levan, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Until 1864 the church was a chapelry of the Royal Peculiar of the Deanery of St Buryan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porthgwarra and Runnel Stone.
Porthgwarra
Hamlet
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porthgwarra is a small coastal village in the civil parish of St Levan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom situated between Land's End and Porthcurno. Access to the cove is via a minor road off the B3283 road at Polgigga and leads to the car park in the village.
Runnel Stone
Locality
Photo: Goatchurch, Public domain.
The Runnel Stone, or Rundle Stone, is a hazardous rock pinnacle about 1-mile south of Gwennap Head, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It used to show above the surface at low water until a steamship struck it in 1923.
Porthcurno
Village
Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
Porthcurno is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in a civil and an ecclesiastical parish, both named St Levan, which comprise Porthcurno, diminutive St Levan itself, Trethewey and Treen.
Gwennap Head
- Categories: cape and headland
- Location: St Levan, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.03533° or 50° 2′ 7″ northLongitude
-5.67864° or 5° 40′ 43″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
9C2P28PC+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 538906964OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gwennap Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gwennap Head”
- Cornish: “Pedn Pennwydh”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gwennap Head”
- Swedish: “Gwennap Head”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chair Ladder and Hella Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cove Cottage and Rowe’s Cottage.
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