Porthtowan
Porthtowan is a village in St Agnes, North Cornwall, England. Porthtowan is situated nearby to the locality East Cliff, as well as near the hamlet Mawla.Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapel Porth Beach and RRH Portreath.
RRH Portreath
Military installation
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Remote Radar Head Portreath or RRH Portreath is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force. It has a coastal location at Nancekuke Common, approximately 1.25 kilometres north east of the village of Portreath in Cornwall, England. RRH Portreath is situated 1½ miles southwest of Porthtowan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mawla and Mount Hawke.
Mawla
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mawla is a village south of Porthtowan in Cornwall, England, UK. The earliest record of Mawla is in 960 AD; the meaning of the name is claimed to be "pigs' place" according to one source.
Mount Hawke
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Hawke is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately eight miles west-northwest of Truro, five miles north-northeast of Redruth, and two and a half miles south of St Agnes.
Menagissey
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Menagissey is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is half-a-mile south of Mount Hawke about three miles north-northeast of Redruth in the civil parish of St Agnes.
Porthtowan
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: St Agnes, North Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.28499° or 50° 17′ 6″ northLongitude
-5.23931° or 5° 14′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C2P7QM6+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 10221149857OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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