Porthleven

Porthleven is near on the south coast of West Cornwall at the top of the Peninsula. The South West Coast Path from Somerset to Dorset passes through the town.
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  • Type: Town with 3,060 residents
  • Description: town, civil parish and fishing port in Cornwall, UK
  • Also known as: “Porthleven, Cornwall”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Loe and Saint Bartholomew’s Church.

Lagoon
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, also known as Loe Pool, is the largest natural freshwater lake in , United Kingdom. The earliest recorded appearance of this simple name form was in 1337, when it was called "La Loo", but is mentioned as 'the lake' in 1302; Situated between Porthleven and and downstream of , it is separated from by the shingle bank of Loe Bar.

Church
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Museum
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is a museum situated in the former market town of , , , . It is located immediately behind Helston Guildhall. is situated 2 miles northeast of Porthleven.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Helston and Breage.

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small market town in the south west of Cornwall which is famous for its Flora Day celebrations and Furry Dance. It is the most southerly town in mainland United Kingdom, and it acts as a gateway to the Peninsula.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England, United Kingdom. The village is three miles west of . Other settlements in the parish include the villages of , Carleen and ; the coastal village of ; and the Great Work Mine.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the West of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. is north of Porthleven. The population including Boscadjack and Crowntown at the 2011 census was 841.

Porthleven

Latitude
50.0849° or 50° 5′ 6″ north
Longitude
-5.3167° or 5° 19′ west
Population
3,060
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB PLV
Open location code
9C2P3MMM+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29282136
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2640046
Wiki­data ID
Q2930793
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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: “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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