Padstow

Padstow is small historic fishing village on the north coast of , famous for being the residence of TV celebrity chef Rick Stein. The town has expanded greatly, become very up market and expensive, and lost its old-fashioned fishing village character, due the crowds who come because of the fame it has gained by featuring on television.
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  • Type: Town with 2,300 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Padstow Urban”, “Padstow, Cornwall”, and “パドストウ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Prideaux Place and Daymer Bay.

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is a grade I listed Elizabethan country…

Beach
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is a bay and a beach on the east side…

Scenic viewpoint
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, pronounced "Bray Hill" is a round hill…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rock and St Merryn.

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is a village in , on the Camel Estuary.

Village
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is a civil parish and village in north , England, United Kingdom. is situated 2½ miles west of Padstow.

Village
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is a small seaside resort village in the… is situated 2½ miles northeast of Padstow.

Padstow

Latitude
50.5404° or 50° 32′ 25″ north
Longitude
-4.937° or 4° 56′ 13″ west
Population
2,300
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB PAD
Open location code
9C2QG3R7+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29289583
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2640685
Wiki­data ID
Q943931
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Padstow” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Padstow”
  • Basque: “Padstow”
  • Bengali: “পেডস্টো”
  • Breton: “Lannwedhenek”
  • Burmese: “ပက်ဒ်စတိုးမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Lannwedhenek”
  • Cebuano: “Padstow (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Padstow”
  • Chinese: “帕德斯托”
  • Chinese: “帕斯道”
  • Cornish: “Lannwedhenek”
  • Dutch: “Padstow”
  • French: “Padstow”
  • German: “Padstow”
  • Gujarati: “પેડસ્ટો”
  • Hebrew: “פדסטוב”
  • Irish: “Lannwedhenek”
  • Irish: “Padstow”
  • Italian: “Padstow”
  • Japanese: “パッドストー”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ಯಾಡ್ಸ್ಟೊ”
  • Korean: “패드스토”
  • Ladin: “Padstow”
  • Latin: “Padstow”
  • Lithuanian: “Padstau”
  • Malagasy: “Padstow”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Padstow”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Padstow”
  • Persian: “پادستو”
  • Polish: “Padstow”
  • Portuguese: “Padstow”
  • Romanian: “Padstow”
  • Russian: “Пэдстоу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Padstow”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پادستو”
  • Spanish: “Padstow”
  • Swedish: “Padstow”
  • Tamil: “பட்ஸ்டாவ்”
  • Telugu: “పాడ్ స్టౌ”
  • Turkish: “Padstow”
  • Urdu: “پیڈسٹو”
  • Welsh: “Lannwedhenek”

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