Porthleven
Porthleven is near Helston on the south coast of West Cornwall at the top of the Lizard Peninsula. The South West Coast Path from Somerset to Dorset passes through the town.
- Town with 3,060 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 39 feet (12 metres)
- …is also known as “Porthleven, Cornwall”
- Description: town, civil parish and fishing port in Cornwall, UK
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Loe and Saint Bartholomew’s Church.
The Loe
Lagoon
Theitalianpen, Public domain.
Museum of Cornish Life
Museum
Museum of Cornish Life is a museum situated in the… Museum of Cornish Life is situated 2 miles northeast of Porthleven.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Helston and Breage.
Sithney
Village
Sithney is a village and civil parish in the West of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Porthleven
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Latitude
50.0849° or 50° 5′ 6″ north
Longitude
-5.3167° or 5° 19′ west
UN/LOCODE
GB PLV
Open location code
9C2P3MMM+X8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Porthleven” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بورتلفن”
- Asturian: “Porthleven”
- Basque: “Porthleven”
- Bengali: “পোর্তলেভেন”
- Breton: “Porthleven”
- Catalan: “Porthelvan”
- Catalan: “Porthleven”
- Cebuano: “Porthleven”
- Chinese: “波斯莱文”
- Chinese: “波斯萊文”
- Cornish: “Porthelvan”
- Cornish: “Porthlynn”
- Dutch: “Porthleven”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورتلفن”
- French: “Porthleven”
- Galician: “Porthleven”
- German: “Porthleven”
- Gujarati: “પોર્થલેવન”
- Irish: “Porthleven”
- Italian: “Porthleven”
- Japanese: “ポースレーヴェン”
- Japanese: “ポースレブン”
- Kannada: “ಪೊರ್ಥ್ಲೆವೆನ್”
- Korean: “포트레븐”
- Ladin: “Porthleven”
- Latin: “Porthleven”
- Lithuanian: “Portlevenas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Porthleven”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Porthleven”
- Persian: “پورتلون”
- Polish: “Porthleven”
- Portuguese: “Porthleven”
- Russian: “Портлевен”
- Scots: “Porthleven”
- Silesian: “Porthleven”
- Slovenian: “Porthleven”
- South Azerbaijani: “پورتلون”
- Spanish: “Porthleven”
- Swedish: “Porthleven”
- Tamil: “போர்த்லெவன்”
- Telugu: “ఫోర్త్లెవెన్”
- Turkish: “Porthleven”
- Urdu: “پورتھلیون”
- Welsh: “Porthleven”
- Welsh: “Porthlynn”
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