Roskorwell
Roskorwell is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Keverne, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies just north of Porthallow. The name Roskorwell comes from the Cornish language words ros, meaning 'hill-spur', and Korvil, a personal name.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Roskorwell, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Five Pilchards Inn and Church of Saint Anthony.
St Mawnan and St Stephen’s Church, Mawnan
Church
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Mawnan and St Stephen's Church, Mawnan is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Mawnan, Cornwall, England, UK. St Mawnan and St Stephen’s Church, Mawnan is situated 2 miles north of Roskorwell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porthallow and Gillan.
Porthallow
Hamlet
Photo: Llamaslayer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porthallow is a small fishing village on the east coast of The Lizard peninsula to the south of the Helford River, in Cornwall, England. It lies in St Keverne parish, north of St Keverne village.
Gillan
Hamlet
Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gillan is a hamlet in the parish of St Anthony-in-Meneage, Cornwall, England. Gillan Creek is one of the creeks of the Helford River. Gillan lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Porthoustock
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porthoustock is a hamlet near St Keverne in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the east coast of Lizard Peninsula. Aggregates are quarried nearby and Porthoustock beach is dominated by a large concrete stone silo that was once used to store stone ready to load ships but is now disused.
Roskorwell
- Category: locality
- Location: St Keverne, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.07308° or 50° 4′ 23″ northLongitude
-5.08408° or 5° 5′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C2P3WF8+69OpenStreetMap ID
node 1516035018OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q7369017
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Roskorwell” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Roskorwell”
- Cornish: “Roskorvil”
- Dutch: “Roskorwell”
- French: “Roskorwell”
- Welsh: “Roskorvil”
- Welsh: “Roskorwell”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Volnay and WW2 Bombing Decoy for Falmouth.
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