Praa Sands
Praa Sands, is a white-sand beach and coastal village in civil parish of Breage, in Cornwall, England. It lies off the A394 road between Helston and Penzance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Staz17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Praa Sands, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pengersick Castle and Church of Saint Germoe.
Pengersick Castle
Castle
Photo: Ken Ballinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pengersick Castle is a fortified manor house located between the villages of Germoe and Praa Sands, in the civil parish of Breage, in Cornwall, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtown and Germoe.
Germoe
Village
Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Germoe is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Germoe village, the parish's main settlement and church town, is about five miles west of Helston and seven miles east of Penzance.
Rinsey
Hamlet
Photo: Mari Buckley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rinsey is a hamlet in the civil parish of Breage, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located off the main A394 road between Helston and Penzance.
Praa Sands
- Category: locality
- Location: Breage, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.10501° or 50° 6′ 18″ northLongitude
-5.38542° or 5° 23′ 8″ westElevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
9C2P4J47+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 29164648OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Praa Sands” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Praa Sands”
- Cornish: “Poll an Wragh”
- Dutch: “Praa Sands”
- French: “Praa Sands”
- Irish: “Praa Sands”
- Polish: “Praa Sands”
- Welsh: “Poll an Wragh”
- Welsh: “Praa Sands”
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Explore places such as Keneggy Downs and Trescowes Green.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Praa Sands Mobile Service Post Office and Praa Sands Holiday Park.
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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 “Praa Sands”. Photo: Staz17, CC BY-SA 3.0.