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.Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village near Bude, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Coombe, Cornwall” and “Coombe, Morwenstow”
Places of Interest
Highlights include GCHQ Bude and Penstowe Castle.
GCHQ Bude
Military installation
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: John Duncan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stibb is a hamlet near Bude in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Stibb lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Woodford
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.8776° or 50° 52′ 39″ northLongitude
-4.54623° or 4° 32′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C2QVFH3+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 2062349871OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q5167567
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Satellite Map
Discover Coombe from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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
Explore places such as Cleave and Woodford Cross.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ford Cottage and WW2 Domestic Site for RAF Cleave (remains of).
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