Cadgwith
Cadgwith is a small fishing village in West Cornwall, on the Lizard Peninsula between The Lizard and Coverack. Cadgwith has long been popular as a holiday destination, especially during the summer when there are numerous local events: gig racing days, summer barbecues, a regatta, Morris dancing, musical bands, and regular singing by the Cadgwith Singers in the public house.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Zampel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Cadgwith, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lizard and St Grada and Holy Cross Church.
Lizard
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lizard is a peninsula in West Cornwall in the South West. The name may be derived from the Cornish expression Lys Ardh, which means "High Court". The Lizard contains Britain's most southerly point, the Lizard Point.
St Grada and Holy Cross Church
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Grada & Holy Cross Church, Grade is the Church of England parish church of Grade with Ruan, Cornwall. The church is a Grade I listed building, having been added to the listed buildings register on 10 July 1957.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lizard and Ruan Minor.
Lizard
Village
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lizard, also known as The Lizard, The Lizard Town, or The Lizard Village, is a village on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated about ten miles south of Helston, and is mainland Britain's most southerly settlement.
Lizard Point
Locality
Photo: Pldms, Public domain.
Lizard Point in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles southeast of Helston. Lizard Point is situated 2½ miles southwest of Cadgwith.
Cadgwith
- Category: locality
- Location: Grade–Ruan, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.9879° or 49° 59′ 17″ northLongitude
-5.1804° or 5° 10′ 49″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB CGZOpen location code
8CXPXRQ9+5ROpenStreetMap ID
node 29282484OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2654110Wikidata ID
Q950388
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Cadgwith” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Cadgwith”
- Arabic: “كدغويث”
- Basque: “Cadgwith”
- Breton: “Porthkajwydh”
- Cornish: “Porthkajwydh”
- Dutch: “Cadgwith”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كدجويث”
- French: “Cadgwith”
- Irish: “Cadgwith”
- Italian: “Cadgwith”
- Japanese: “キャッジス”
- Polish: “Cadgwith”
- Welsh: “Cadgwith”
- Welsh: “Porthkajwydh”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Cadgwith”. Photo: Zampel, CC BY-SA 4.0.