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.

Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Calstock railway station and Gunnislake railway station.

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.

Gunnislake railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gunnislake railway station serves the village of Gunnislake in Cornwall, England. There are also connecting buses from here to the town of Tavistock. However the station is located in or nearer to the villages of Drakewalls and Albaston. Gunnislake railway station is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Morwellham Quay.

Cotehele

Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cotehele is a medieval house with Tudor additions, situated in the parish of Calstock in the east of Cornwall, England, and now belonging to the National Trust. Cotehele is situated 1½ miles southwest of Morwellham Quay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calstock and Drakewalls.

Calstock

Village

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.

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.

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″ north

Longitude

-4.19577° or 4° 11′ 45″ west

Elevation

98 feet (30 metres)

Open location code

9C2QGR43+5M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 312957940

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

GeoNames ID

13278003

Wikidata ID

Q1247091

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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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