Looe

Looe is a picturesque town on the coast of South Cornwall. Looe's main business is tourism, with much of the town given over to hotels, guest houses and holiday homes, along with a large number of pubs, restaurants and beach equipment, ice cream and Cornish pasty vendors.
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  • Type: Town with 5,110 residents
  • Description: coastal town, fishing port and civil parish in south-east Cornwall, UK
  • Also known as: “Looe civil parish”, “Looe CP”, “Looe, Cornwall”, “Porth Byan”, and “Porthbyghan”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Looe railway station and Looe Island.

Railway station
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serves the twin towns of East and West Looe, in , England.

Island
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, also known as St George's Island…

Museum
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The Old Guildhall is a municipal building in Higher Market Street in Looe, , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Polperro and Barcelona.

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is a large village, civil parish, and fishing…

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the parish of in southeast , . is situated 2 miles west of Looe.

Hamlet
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No Man's Land is a crossroads hamlet in south-east , England, United Kingdom. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Looe.

Looe

Latitude
50.3523° or 50° 21′ 8″ north
Longitude
-4.4542° or 4° 27′ 15″ west
Population
5,110
Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB LOE
Open location code
9C2Q9G2W+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2579328956
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3345093
Wiki­data ID
Q1024896
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Looe” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Looe”
  • Basque: “Looe”
  • Bengali: “লুও”
  • Breton: “Logh”
  • Cebuano: “Looe”
  • Chinese: “卢港”
  • Chinese: “盧港”
  • Cornish: “Logh”
  • Dutch: “Looe”
  • Esperanto: “Looe”
  • French: “Looe”
  • German: “Looe”
  • Gujarati: “લૂઇ”
  • Hebrew: “לו”
  • Irish: “Logh”
  • Irish: “Looe”
  • Italian: “Looe”
  • Japanese: “ルー”
  • Kannada: “ಲೂಯೆ”
  • Korean: “루”
  • Ladin: “Looe”
  • Latin: “East Looe”
  • Latin: “Looe”
  • Lithuanian: “Lo”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Looe”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Looe”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Looe”
  • Norwegian: “Looe”
  • Persian: “لو”
  • Polish: “Looe”
  • Portuguese: “Looe”
  • Romanian: “Looe”
  • Russian: “Лу”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لو”
  • Spanish: “Looe”
  • Swedish: “Looe”
  • Tamil: “லூயீ”
  • Telugu: “లూయి”
  • Turkish: “Looe”
  • Ukrainian: “Лу”
  • Urdu: “لوو”
  • Welsh: “Looe”
  • “Looe”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: West Looe and East Looe.

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