The Towans
The Towans is a locality in Hayle, West Cornwall, England. The Towans is situated nearby to the village Phillack, as well as near the locality Foundry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Felicitas and St Piala’s Church, Phillack and Hayle railway station.
St Felicitas and St Piala’s Church, Phillack
Church
Photo: Ivan Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Felicitas and St Piala’s Church, Phillack is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Phillack, Cornwall, England, UK.
Hayle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hayle railway station serves the small town of Hayle, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Great Western Railway manage the station and operate most train services.
St Uny’s Church, Lelant
Church
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St Uny Church, Lelant, is the Church of England parish church of Lelant, Cornwall, England. It is dedicated to Saint Uny who is also the patron saint of Redruth. It is a Grade I listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Towans and Phillack.
The Towans
Hamlet
Towan is found in many placenames in Cornwall. However, The Towans usually refers to the three-mile stretch of coastal dunes which extends north-east from the estuary of the River Hayle to Gwithian beach with a midpoint near Upton.
Phillack
Village
Photo: Ivan Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Phillack is a village in the parish of Hayle, in west Cornwall, England. It is about one mile northeast of Hayle and half-a-mile inland from St Ives Bay on Cornwall's Atlantic Ocean coast.
Copperhouse
Suburb
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copperhouse is an eastern suburb of Hayle in west Cornwall, England. It grew up around the Copperhouse Foundry, which was run by Sandys, Carne and Vivian.
The Towans
- Type: Locality
- Location: Hayle, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.19587° or 50° 11′ 45″ northLongitude
-5.42416° or 5° 25′ 27″ westElevation
118 feet (36 metres)Open location code
9C2P5HWG+88GeoNames ID
12266060
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