Woodford
Woodford is a hamlet in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located southeast of Morwenstow, northwest of Kilkhampton and north of Flexbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Morwenstow, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Woodford, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include GCHQ Bude and Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow.
GCHQ Bude
Military installation
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
GCHQ Bude, also known as GCHQ Composite Signals Organisation Station Morwenstow, abbreviated to GCHQ CSO Morwenstow, is a UK Government satellite ground station and eavesdropping centre located on the north Cornwall coast at Cleave Camp, between the small villages of Morwenstow and Coombe.
Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist is the parish church of Morwenstow, north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, the most northerly parish in Cornwall.
Penstowe Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: John Duncan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penstowe Castle, also called Kilkhampton Castle, was a medieval fortification built near Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England, possibly during the years of the civil war in the 12th century known as the Anarchy. Penstowe Castle is situated 2 miles southeast of Woodford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coombe and Stibb.
Coombe
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coombe is a hamlet in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Combe is situated in the civil parish of Morwenstow three miles north of Bude. Most houses in the settlement are owned by the Landmark Trust.
Stibb
Hamlet
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stibb is a hamlet near Bude in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Stibb lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Stibb is situated 2 miles south of Woodford.
Gooseham
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gooseham is a hamlet in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated six miles north of Bude and is approximately one kilometre south of the border with Devon. Gooseham is situated 2 miles north of Woodford.
Woodford
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Morwenstow, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.89426° or 50° 53′ 39″ northLongitude
-4.53411° or 4° 32′ 3″ westElevation
489 feet (149 metres)Open location code
9C2QVFV8+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1595870967OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Cornish—“Woodford” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Woodford (Kornualles)”
- Basque: “Woodford”
- Cornish: “Reskoos”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Woodford Methodist Church and Eastaway Wood.
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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 “Woodford”. Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.