Tintagel
Tintagel is a village on the coast of North Cornwall that is best known for its medieval castle, which is known as King Arthur's Castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tintagel Castle and Tintagel Old Post Office.
Tintagel Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Rawac, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tintagel Castle is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel, North Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
Tintagel Old Post Office
Photo: Zaian, Public domain.
Tintagel Old Post Office is a 14th-century stone house, built to the plan of a medieval manor house, situated in Tintagel, Cornwall, England. The house, and its surrounding cottage garden, are in the ownership of the National Trust, and the building is Grade I listed.
King Arthur’s Great Halls
Museum
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King Arthur's Great Halls is a Grade II* listed building in Fore Street, Tintagel, Cornwall, England, UK. Built in the early 1930s by Frederick Thomas Glasscock, it originally served as the headquarters for a social organization known as the Order of the Fellowship of the Knights of the Round Table.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boscastle and Delabole.
Boscastle
Photo: DKrieger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boscastle is a spectacularly located fishing village and tourist attraction on the coast of North Cornwall. The oldest and most attractive parts of the village surround the cliff-bound harbour and extend up the river valley.
Delabole
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Delabole is a large village and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, which lies approximately two miles west of Camelford. The village of Delabole came into existence in the early 20th century; it is named after the Delabole Quarry.
Tintagel
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Trevena”
- Location: Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6508° or 50° 39′ 3″ northLongitude
-4.7336° or 4° 44′ 1″ westElevation
571 feet (174 metres)Open location code
9C2QM728+8HGeoNames ID
7293107
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In Other Languages
“Tintagel” goes by many names.
- Cornish: “Tre war Venydh”
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