Bissoe

Bissoe is a hamlet in west , England, United Kingdom. It is situated five miles east of in a former tin mining area. It is in the civil parish of .
Wikipedia
Photo: Phillip Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Bissoe, Cornwall”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Perranwell railway station and Wheal Jane.

Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Perranwell station is on the Maritime Line between and in Cornwall, England, 304 miles 78 chains from , measured via Box. The station and the services are operated by Great Western Railway.

Mine
Photo: Phillip Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a disused tin mine near and in West , England, United Kingdom. The area itself consisted of a large number of mines.

Church
Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.
is situated 1½ miles southeast of Bissoe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hicks Mill and Baldhu.

Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a rural hamlet in , England. It is located about 7 km WSW from the cathedral city of . The hamlet is situated on the north-facing slopes of a valley whose stream runs into the Carnon River about 500 metres downstream in the Bissoe Valley Nature Reserve.

Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and parish in , England, . It is in the civil parish of . The parish church of Saint Michael and All Angels, designed by William White, is the burial place of Billy Bray, the revivalist preacher who was born at the nearby hamlet of .

Hamlet
is a settlement in civil parish, , England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three-and-a-half miles southeast of at grid reference SW 763 409.

Bissoe

Latitude
50.23062° or 50° 13′ 50″ north
Longitude
-5.11832° or 5° 7′ 6″ west
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
9C2P6VJJ+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29285799
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
13281604
Wiki­data ID
Q4918477
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Satellite Map

Discover Bissoe from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bissoe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيس”
  • Basque: “Bissoe”
  • Cornish: “Besow”
  • Dutch: “Bissoe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيس”
  • French: “Bissoe”
  • Irish: “Bissoe”
  • Polish: “Bissoe”
  • Welsh: “Besow”
  • Welsh: “Bissoe”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Wheal Baddon and Greensplat.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Arsenic Works and Wheal Jane.

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