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Mousehole

Mousehole is a charming fishing village in West Cornwall, known for its picturesque harbour. Dylan Thomas described Mousehole as "the loveliest village in England."…
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  • Type: Village with 697 residents
  • Description: village in Cornwall, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Mousehole, Cornwall”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Pol de Léon’s Church, Paul and Newlyn Tidal Observatory.

Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Pol de Léon's Church, also known as Paul Parish Church, is a in the Church of England Diocese of Truro, located in , England.

Observatory
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a grade II listed tide gauge hut on the South Pier in in England. Measurements of sea level taken at the observatory between 1915 and 1921 were used to define the reference level, Ordnance Datum Newlyn, for height measurement on the British mainland.

Lighthouse
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newlyn and Paul.

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a fishing village in West Cornwall, a mile or two south of Penzance. The mediaeval quay, beloved of the School painters, still exists and there are many charming cottages and narrow lanes to explore.

Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of . The village is two miles south of Penzance and one mile south of .

Village
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, valley and cove in west , England, UK. It is on the Penwith peninsula approximately 4 miles south of . became popular with the artists of the Newlyn School, including Alfred Munnings, Laura Knight and Harold Knight, and is also known for former residents Derek and Jean Tangye who farmed land and wrote "The Minack Chronicles".

Mousehole

Latitude
50.084° or 50° 5′ 2″ north
Longitude
-5.539° or 5° 32′ 20″ west
Population
697
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB MSH
Open location code
9C2P3FM6+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29170208
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2642084
Wiki­data ID
Q1951055
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Mousehole” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موسهل”
  • Basque: “Mousehole”
  • Breton: “Porthenys”
  • Bulgarian: “Моусехоле”
  • Catalan: “Mousehole”
  • Cebuano: “Mousehole”
  • Chinese: “毛斯爾”
  • Cornish: “Porth Ynys”
  • Cornish: “Porthenys”
  • Cornish: “Porthynys”
  • Danish: “Mousehole”
  • Dutch: “Mousehole”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “موسهل”
  • French: “Mousehole”
  • German: “Mousehole”
  • German: “Porth Enys”
  • German: “Porthynys”
  • Greek: “Μάουσχολ”
  • Irish: “Porthenys”
  • Italian: “Mousehole”
  • Japanese: “マウスホール”
  • Japanese: “マウゼル”
  • Latin: “Mousehole”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mousehole”
  • Persian: “ماوسهول”
  • Polish: “Mousehole”
  • Spanish: “Mousehole”
  • Swedish: “Mousehole”
  • Welsh: “Porthenys”

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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 “Mousehole”. Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.