St Martin-by-Looe
St Martin-by-Looe is a coastal civil parish in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is immediately east of the town of Looe and 7 miles south of Liskeard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 402 residents
- Description: civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Saint Martin”, “St Martin”, and “St Martin-by-Looe, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Looe railway station and Monkey Sanctuary.
Looe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Looe railway station serves the twin towns of East and West Looe, in Cornwall, England. The station is the terminus of the scenic Looe Valley Line 8+3⁄4 miles south of Liskeard. It faces out across the estuary of the River Looe.
Monkey Sanctuary
Zoo
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Monkey Sanctuary was founded in 1964 by Len Williams, father of classical guitarist John Williams, as a cooperative to care for rescued woolly monkeys.
Sandplace railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sandplace railway station is an intermediate station on the scenic Looe Valley Line in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The station serves the hamlet of Sandplace and is 6.5 miles south of Liskeard. Sandplace railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of St Martin-by-Looe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Looe and Downderry.
Looe
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Looe is a picturesque town on the coast of South Cornwall. Looe's main business is tourism, with much of the town given over to hotels, guest houses and holiday homes, along with a large number of pubs, restaurants and beach equipment, ice cream and Cornish pasty vendors.
Downderry
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Downderry is a coastal village in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 12 miles west of Plymouth and one mile east of Seaton. Downderry has a long beach of light shingle with road access to the beach via a slipway, although this is blocked by a locked gate, pedestrian access is still possible. Downderry is situated 2½ miles east of St Martin-by-Looe.
No Man’s Land
Hamlet
Photo: Mark Evison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
No Man's Land is a crossroads hamlet in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately two miles northeast of Looe on the B3253 road to Widegates.
St Martin-by-Looe
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“St Martin-by-Looe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “St. Martin-by-Looe”
- Cornish: “Penndrumm”
- Cornish: “Pluw Vartin”
- Dutch: “St Martin-by-Looe”
- French: “St Martin-by-Looe”
- Irish: “St Martin-by-Looe”
- Polish: “St Martin-by-Looe”
- Swedish: “St. Martin-by-Looe”
- Turkish: “St Martin-by-Looe”
- Welsh: “Pluw Vartin”
- Welsh: “Plwyf Martin”
- Welsh: “St Martin-by-Looe”
- “St Martin-by-Looe”
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