Cape Cornwall
Cape Cornwall is a scenic viewpoint in Cornwall, West Country, England. Cape Cornwall is situated nearby to the church St. Helen’s Oratory, as well as near the ruins St Just Amalgamated Mine Shaft.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cape Cornwall Chimney and Ballowall Barrow.
Ballowall Barrow
Archaeological site
Photo: Frances Watts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballowall Barrow is a prehistoric funerary cairn which Ashbee and Hencken state contains several phases of use from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. It is situated on the cliff top at Ballowall Common, near St Just in Cornwall, England, UK. Ballowall Barrow is situated 2,500 feet southeast of Cape Cornwall.
Porth Nanven
Beach
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porth Nanven is a beach in the far west of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located half-a-mile west of the town of St Just. The beach is at the seaward end of the Cot Valley and is part of the Aire Point To Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest. Porth Nanven is situated 3,400 feet southeast of Cape Cornwall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenidjack Valley and Boscean.
Kenidjack Valley
Locality
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kenidjack Valley, sometimes referred to as Nancherrow Valley, is a steep-sided valley in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The Tregeseal River flows down the valley and discharges into the Atlantic a few hundred yards north of Cape Cornwall, half-a-mile north-east of the village of St Just.
Boscean
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boscean is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Just, on the Penwith peninsula in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately half-a-mile northwest of St Just.
Cot Valley
Locality
Cot Valley is located half-a-mile south of St Just in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a very mild microclimate. The stream which runs down the valley discharges into the Atlantic Ocean at Nanven.
Cape Cornwall
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Also known as: “Kylgoodh Ust”
- Category: tourism
- Location: Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.12719° or 50° 7′ 38″ northLongitude
-5.7088° or 5° 42′ 32″ westElevation
653 feet (199 metres)Open location code
9C2P47GR+VFOpenStreetMap ID
node 602822636OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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