Porthcothan
Porthcothan is a coastal village between Newquay and Padstow in Cornwall, England, UK. It is within the civil parish of St Eval. Porthcothan lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Porthcothan, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Porthcothan beach and Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps.
Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps
Stone
Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps is a stretch of coastline… Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps is situated 1½ miles south of Porthcothan.
Booby’s Bay
Beach
Booby's Bay is a sandy beach near Padstow, Cornwall, England, UK. Booby’s Bay is situated 2 miles north of Porthcothan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Treyarnon and Constantine Bay.
Constantine Bay
Village
Constantine Bay is a village and beach on the Atlantic… Constantine Bay is situated 1½ miles north of Porthcothan.
Harlyn
Village
Harlyn is a small village on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Harlyn is situated 2½ miles northeast of Porthcothan.
Porthcothan
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: St Merryn, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.50861° or 50° 30′ 31″ north
Longitude
-5.02235° or 5° 1′ 21″ west
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
Open location code
9C2PGX5H+C3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Porthcothan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برثكوثن”
- Basque: “Porthcothan”
- Cornish: “Porthkehodhon”
- Dutch: “Porthcothan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برثكوثن”
- French: “Porthcothan”
- Irish: “Porthcothan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Porthcothan”
- Polish: “Porthcothan”
- Urdu: “پورتھ کوتھن”
- Welsh: “Porthcothan”
- Welsh: “Porthkehodhon”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Will’s Rock and Carnevas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: National Trust Porthcothan and Berryfields.
Cornwall: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Truro and Penzance.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.