Porth Reservoir
Porth Reservoir is a reservoir in Cornwall, England, most of which is in the parish of Colan. The concrete dam was completed in 1960, and the lake has a net capacity of approximately 113,000,000 gallons.Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Quintrell Downs railway station and Spaceport Cornwall.
Quintrell Downs railway station
Railway station
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Quintrell Downs railway station serves the village of Quintrell Downs in Cornwall, England. It is 300 miles 16 chains measured from the zero point at London Paddington, on the Atlantic Coast Line.
Spaceport Cornwall
Aerodrome
Photo: Tmedia1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cornwall Airport Newquay is the main commercial airport for Cornwall, England located at Mawgan in Pydar, 4 NM northeast of the town of Newquay on Cornwall's north coast.
St Columba’s Church, St Columb Minor
Church
St Columb Minor Church is a late 15th-century Church of England parish church Diocese of Truro in St Columb Minor, Cornwall, United Kingdom…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Columb Major and Newquay.
St Columb Major
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Columb Major is a town in North Cornwall. The designation Major distinguishes it from the smaller settlement and parish of St Columb Minor on the coast.
Newquay
Photo: Proper Handsome, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newquay is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries with an airport and a spaceport, and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast, approximately 12 miles north of Truro and 20 miles west of Bodmin.
Quintrell Downs
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quintrell Downs is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, close to Newquay, at the junction of the A392 and A3058 roads. It is named after the surrounding area of moorland.
Porth Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Category: body of water
- Location: Colan, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.4204° or 50° 25′ 14″ northLongitude
-5.0012° or 5° 0′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C2PCXCX+5GOpenStreetMap ID
way 102696153OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q7231743
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Satellite Map
Discover Porth Reservoir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cornish to Welsh—“Porth Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Cornish: “Kreun Porthbyghan”
- French: “Porth Reservoir”
- Welsh: “Kreun Porthbyghan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Trebarva and Spitfire Corner.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Colan and Kernow Solar Farm.
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