Morwellham Quay
Morwellham Quay is an historic river port in Devon, England that developed to support the local mines. The port had its peak in the Victorian era and is now run as a tourist attraction and museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Calstock and St Andrew’s Church, Calstock.
Calstock
Archaeological site
Photo: Bjh21, Public domain.
Calstock is a civil parish and a large village in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the border with Devon. The village is situated on the River Tamar 6 miles south west of Tavistock and 10 miles north of Plymouth. Calstock is situated 2,800 feet southwest of Morwellham Quay.
St Andrew’s Church, Calstock
Church
Photo: Nick Lansley, CC BY 2.0.
St Andrew's is the Anglican parish church of Calstock in Cornwall and dates to the 14th century. It is a Grade I listed building. St Andrew’s Church, Calstock is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Morwellham Quay.
Calstock railway station
Railway station
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Calstock railway station is an unstaffed railway station on the Tamar Valley Line serving the village of Calstock in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated at the north end of Calstock Viaduct which carries the railway at high level over the River Tamar. Calstock railway station is situated 4,000 feet southwest of Morwellham Quay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drakewalls and Albaston.
Drakewalls
Village
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Drakewalls is a small village in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. It is in Calstock parish, adjacent to Gunnislake between Callington and Tavistock. Primary education is provided by Delaware Community Primary School.
Albaston
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Albaston is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of Calstock. It is located at Ordnance Survey grid reference SX 423 704.
Gunnislake
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gunnislake is a large village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately ten miles north of Plymouth The first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire, Mary Ellen Smith, was born here in 1863. Gunnislake is situated 1½ miles northwest of Morwellham Quay.
Morwellham Quay
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historic river port in Devon, England
- Categories: independent museum, mining museum, open-air museum, and tourism
- Location: Gulworthy, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.50542° or 50° 30′ 20″ northLongitude
-4.19577° or 4° 11′ 45″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
9C2QGR43+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 312957940OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Croatian to Latin—“Morwellham Quay” goes by many names.
- Croatian: “Morwellham Quay”
- Croatian: “Morwellham”
- Italian: “Morwellham Quay”
- Latin: “Morwellham Quay”
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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 “Morwellham Quay”. Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.