Porth Nanven

Porth Nanven is a beach in the far west of , England, . It is located half-a-mile west of the town of . The beach is at the seaward end of the and is part of the Aire Point To Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Wikipedia
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ballowall Barrow and St Just Library.

Archaeological site
Photo: Frances Watts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a prehistoric funerary cairn which Ashbee and Hencken state contains several phases of use from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. It is situated on the cliff top at Ballowall Common, near in Cornwall, England, UK. is situated 1,100 feet north of Porth Nanven.

Library
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1 mile east of Porth Nanven.

Ruins
Photo: Hanton01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a ruins, which is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Porth Nanven.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cot Valley and Boscean.

Locality
is located half-a-mile south of in west , . It has a very mild microclimate. The stream which runs down the valley discharges into the Atlantic Ocean at Nanven.

Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of , on the Penwith peninsula in west , England, United Kingdom, approximately half-a-mile northwest of St Just.

Locality
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, sometimes referred to as Nancherrow Valley, is a steep-sided valley in , . The Tregeseal River flows down the valley and discharges into the Atlantic a few hundred yards north of , half-a-mile north-east of the village of .

Porth Nanven

Latitude
50.11939° or 50° 7′ 10″ north
Longitude
-5.70062° or 5° 42′ 2″ west
Open location code
9C2P479X+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1049578750
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­beach
Wiki­data ID
Q7231741
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