Folly Cove

Folly Cove is a locality in St Levan, West Cornwall, England. Folly Cove is situated nearby to the locality Black Carn, as well as near Pellitras Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Minack Theatre and Porthgwarra Beach.

Minack Theatre

Garden

Photo: Chef, Public domain.

The Minack Theatre is an open-air theatre, constructed above a gully with a rocky granite outcrop jutting into the sea. The theatre is at Porthcurno, four miles from Land's End in Cornwall, England. Minack Theatre is situated 1½ miles east of Folly Cove.

Porthgwarra Beach

Beach

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Levan’s Church, St Levan

Church

Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St Levan Church, St Levan is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Levan, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Until 1864 the church was a chapelry of the Royal Peculiar of the Deanery of St Buryan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carn Les Boel and Gwennap Head.

Carn Les Boel

Locality

Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carn Les Boel is a locality.

Gwennap Head

Locality

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gwennap Head is a headland on the south coast of the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is within the parish of St Levan and approximately 4 miles south of Land's End, and less than 1 mile north-west of Porthgwarra, the nearest village.

Porthgwarra

Hamlet

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Porthgwarra is a small coastal village in the civil parish of St Levan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom situated between Land's End and Porthcurno. Access to the cove is via a minor road off the B3283 road at Polgigga and leads to the car park in the village.

Folly Cove

Type: Locality
Location: St Levan, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.04261° or 50° 2′ 33″ north

Longitude

-5.68773° or 5° 41′ 16″ west

Open location code

9C2P28V6+2W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 538906970

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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