Rock
Rock is a village in North Cornwall, on the Camel Estuary. Rock is a popular base for holidaymakers. It is sometimes referred to as "Britain's St Tropez" and the "Kensington of Cornwall" due to its popularity with affluent holidaymakers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andrew Bone, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,200 residents
- Description: village in St Minver Lowlands, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Rock, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brea Hill and St Enodoc’s Church, Trebetherick.
Brea Hill
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Chris J Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brea Hill, pronounced "Bray Hill" is a round hill beside the River Camel estuary in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom The hill is 62 metres high and there are Bronze Age tumuli at the summit.
St Enodoc’s Church, Trebetherick
Church
Photo: MatthewLemin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Enodoc Church, Trebetherick is a chapel in the parish of St Minver. It is located to the south of the village of Trebetherick, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a Grade I listed building.
Padstow Institute, Library And Museum
Community center
Photo: LavaLampBamboo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Padstow Institute, Library And Museum is a community center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Padstow and Trebetherick.
Padstow
Photo: Bob Linsdell, CC BY 3.0.
Padstow is small historic fishing village on the north coast of North Cornwall, 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.
Trebetherick
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trebetherick is a village on the north coast of Cornwall. It is situated on the east side of the River Camel estuary approximately six miles north of Wadebridge and one-half-mile south of Polzeath.
Polzeath
Village
Photo: Andy F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Polzeath is a small seaside resort village in the civil parish of St Minver in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately 6 miles north west of Wadebridge on the Atlantic coast.
Rock
- Category: locality
- Location: St Minver, North Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.5447° or 50° 32′ 41″ northLongitude
-4.9118° or 4° 54′ 43″ westPopulation
1,200Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ROCOpen location code
9C2QG3VQ+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1595259983OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Rock” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “راك”
- Basque: “Rock (Kornualles)”
- Basque: “Rock”
- Cornish: “Pennmeyn”
- Dutch: “Rock”
- Egyptian Arabic: “راك”
- French: “Rock”
- German: “Rock”
- Irish: “Rock”
- Japanese: “ロック”
- Malayalam: “റോക്ക്”
- Persian: “راک، کورنوال”
- Polish: “Rock”
- Russian: “Рок”
- Spanish: “Rock”
- Swedish: “Rock, Cornwall”
- Welsh: “Rock, Cernyw”
- Welsh: “Rock”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Rock”. Photo: Andrew Bone, CC BY 2.0.