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Playing Place

Playing Place is a village southwest of , , England. It is to the east of the A39 road. The name derives from Cornish 'plain an gwarry', an open-air performance area used historically for entertainment and instruction.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Playing Place, Cornwall”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plen-an-gwary and All Hallows Church Of Saint Kea.

Archaeological site
A plen-an-gwarry or plain-an-gwary, is a "playing-place" or round, a medieval amphitheatre found in . A circular outdoor space used for plays, sports, and public events, the was a Cornish variant of a construction style found across Great Britain.

Church
Photo: Jowaninpensans, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pub
Photo: cisko66, CC BY 3.0.
is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penelewey and Calenick.

Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet southeast of Playing Place in , England, UK. is on the B3289 road.

Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of , about a mile south of in , England, UK. It is at the head of Creek, which opens into the River Truro near Sunny Corner.

Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England, United Kingdom. It is about three miles southwest of on the A39 Truro to Falmouth road. is in the civil parish of , and consists mostly of bungalows, and detached housing built in the latter half of the 20th century.

Playing Place

Latitude
50.23416° or 50° 14′ 3″ north
Longitude
-5.06852° or 5° 4′ 7″ west
Elevation
269 feet (82 metres)
Open location code
9C2P6WMJ+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1700724507
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12266276
Wiki­data ID
Q13130786
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Playing Place” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Playing Place”
  • Cornish: “Plen an Gwari”
  • Dutch: “Playing Place”
  • French: “Playing Place”
  • Irish: “Playing Place”
  • Latin: “Playing Place”
  • Polish: “Playing Place”
  • Spanish: “Playing Place”
  • Swedish: “Playing Place”
  • Welsh: “Playing Place”
  • Welsh: “Plen an Gwari”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Playing Place Comunity Centre and Playing Place Post Office.

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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 “Playing Place”. Photo: Fred James, CC BY-SA 2.0.