Pont
Pont is a hamlet in Cornwall, England. Pont is about half a km north of Lanteglos-by-Fowey churchtown and east of Pont Pill. It is thought that Pont began as a settlement when the parish's first Celtic saint, St Wyllow, came and settled in a cave by the head of Pont around 596.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “PONT” and “Pont, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Willow and Fowey Museum.
Church of St Fimbarrus, Fowey
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Fimbarrus is an Anglican parish church in Fowey, Cornwall, England. Also known as Fowey Parish Church, it is in the Church of England's Diocese of Truro. The church is a grade I listed building and dates from the 14th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bodinnick and Fowey.
Bodinnick
Hamlet
Photo: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bodinnick is a riverside village in south-east Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. According to the Post Office the population of the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey.
Fowey
Photo: Keven Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fowey is a small fishing town on the coast of South Cornwall, situated at the mouth of the river Fowey. It is set on the west side of a steep valley, so be prepared for much walking up and down.
Polruan
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Polruan is a coastal village in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is bounded on three sides by water: to the north by Pont Creek, to the west by the River Fowey and to the south by the English Channel and neighbouring village Bodinnick to the north, connected by a 4-mile walk along the hill tops.
Pont
- Categories: village, nonprofit organization, and locality
- Location: Lanteglos, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.34302° or 50° 20′ 35″ northLongitude
-4.61093° or 4° 36′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C2Q89VQ+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 546265919OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q7227985
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Pont” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Pont (Kornualles)”
- Basque: “Pont”
- Dutch: “Pont, Cornwall”
- French: “Pont”
- Irish: “Pont, Corn na Breataine”
- Japanese: “ポント”
- Welsh: “Pont, Cernyw”
- Welsh: “Pont”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pont Mill and Whitecross Village Hall.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pont”. Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.