Coombe
Coombe is a hamlet in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Combe is situated in the civil parish of Morwenstow three miles north of Bude. Most houses in the settlement are owned by the Landmark Trust.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village near Bude, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Coombe, Cornwall” and “Coombe, Morwenstow”
Places of Interest
Highlights: GCHQ Bude and Penstowe Castle.
GCHQ Bude
Military installation
GCHQ Bude, also known as GCHQ Composite Signals Organisation Station Morwenstow, abbreviated to GCHQ CSO Morwenstow, is a UK Government satellite ground station and eavesdropping centre located on the north Cornwall coast at Cleave Camp, between the small villages of Morwenstow and Coombe.
Penstowe Castle
Archaeological site
Penstowe Castle, also called Kilkhampton Castle, was a medieval fortification built near Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England, possibly during the years of the civil war in the 12th century known as the Anarchy. Penstowe Castle is situated 2 miles east of Coombe.
Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow
Church
The Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist is the parish church of Morwenstow, north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, the most northerly parish in Cornwall. Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow is situated 2 miles north of Coombe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stibb and Woodford.
Stibb
Hamlet
Stibb is a hamlet near Bude in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Stibb lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Woodford
Hamlet
Woodford is a hamlet in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located southeast of Morwenstow, northwest of Kilkhampton and north of Flexbury.
Poughill
Village
Poughill is a village in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton, in the Cornwall district, in north-east Cornwall, England. It is located one mile north of Bude. In 2015 it had an estimated population of 677. Poughill is situated 2½ miles south of Coombe.
Coombe
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Morwenstow, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.8776° or 50° 52′ 39″ north
Longitude
-4.54623° or 4° 32′ 46″ west
Open location code
9C2QVFH3+2G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Coombe” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كومب بود”
- Basque: “Coombe”
- Basque: “Komm (Bude)”
- Cornish: “Komm”
- Dutch: “Coombe, Bude”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كومب بود”
- French: “Coombe”
- Irish: “Coombe”
- Welsh: “Coombe, Bude”
- Welsh: “Komm”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cleave and Woodford Cross.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ford Cottage and WW2 Domestic Site for RAF Cleave (remains of).
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