Porcupine
Porcupine is a locality in Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, England. Porcupine is situated nearby to the hamlet Tywardreath Highway, as well as near the locality Lanescot.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eden Project and Par Railway Station.
Eden Project
Garden
Photo: JürgenMatern, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay pit. The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species, and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. Eden Project is situated 2 miles west of Porcupine.
Par Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Par railway station serves the villages of Par, Tywardreath and St Blazey, Cornwall, England. The station is 281 miles 66 chains down the line from London Paddington, measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay.
Castle Dore
Archaeological site
Castle Dore — or Castle Dôr — is an Iron Age hill fort near Golant in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom located at grid reference SX103548. It was probably occupied from the 5th or 4th centuries BC until the 1st century BC. Castle Dore is situated 1½ miles east of Porcupine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tywardreath Highway and Ponts Mill.
Tywardreath Highway
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Originally a small mining hamlet, after expansion during the 20th century, Tywardreath Highway now directly adjoins St Blazey and is within the same electoral district. The hamlet contains around 70 houses.
Ponts Mill
Hamlet
Ponts Mill is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is a mile north of St Blazey. Ponts Mill was once a port on the Par River, and as late as 1720, 80 ton seagoing vessels could reach the port.
Penpillick
Hamlet
Penpillick is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is about two miles north of St Blazey on the A390 road.
Porcupine
- Type: Locality
- Location: Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.37032° or 50° 22′ 13″ northLongitude
-4.70439° or 4° 42′ 16″ westElevation
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
9C2Q97CW+46GeoNames ID
13274132
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