Higher Porthpean
Higher Porthpean is a village south of Duporth and contiguous with Lower Porthpean in Cornwall, England. It has a small church, dedicated to St Levan that is a Grade II building, and that seats 48 people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Porthpean”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Levan’s Church, Porthpean and St Austell Community Hospital.
St Levan’s Church, Porthpean
Church
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Levan's Church, Porthpean is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Higher Porthpean, Cornwall.
St Austell Community Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Austell Community Hospital is a health facility in Porthpean Road, St Austell, Cornwall, England. It is managed by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre
Museum
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Shipwreck Treasure Museum located in Charlestown, Cornwall, England, was a historical museum housing over 8,000 artifacts from 165 different shipwrecks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charlestown and Tregorrick.
Charlestown
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Charlestown is a coastal village directly south-east of St Austell in South Cornwall. The village is notable for its use as a filming location for the TV show Poldark.
Tregorrick
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tregorrick is a hamlet south of St Austell, in the Pentewan Valley civil parish, mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet was part of the Penrice estate and today consists of approximately 52 dwellings with a population of about 65 people.
Trenarren
Locality
Trenarren is a hamlet northeast of Pentewan in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. A. L. Rowse the historian lived in his retirement in Trenarren House.
Higher Porthpean
- Category: locality
- Location: St Austell Bay, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.32153° or 50° 19′ 18″ northLongitude
-4.77027° or 4° 46′ 13″ westElevation
220 feet (67 metres)Open location code
9C2Q86CH+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 13196214963OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Higher Porthpean” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Higher Porthpean”
- Cornish: “Porthbian Wartha”
- Welsh: “Porthbian Wartha”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include WW2 Anti-tank Pimple and Porthpean Beach.
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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 “Higher Porthpean”. Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.