Spaceport Cornwall
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.Photo: Tmedia1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: spaceport in the UK
- Also known as: “(3) Spaceport Cornwall” and “CornallSpaceport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Porth Reservoir and St Columba’s Church, St Columb Minor.
Porth Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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…
Carnanton House
House
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Carnanton House is a Georgian country house in Mawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall, England. It stands in a wooded estate at the head of the Lanherne valley adjacent to Newquay Airport and is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Columb Major and St Eval.
St Columb Major
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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.
St Eval
Village
St Eval is a civil parish and hamlet in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is about four miles southwest of Padstow. The parish population at the 2011 census was 960.
Saint Columb Minor
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Columb Minor is a village in the civil parish of Newquay, on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. St Columb alone by default refers to the nearby St Columb Major; both the town and the village are named after the 6th century saint Columba of Cornwall and have churches dedicated to her.
Spaceport Cornwall
- Categories: spaceport, organization, and transportation
- Location: St Mawgan, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.4385° or 50° 26′ 19″ northLongitude
-4.9971° or 4° 59′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C2QC2Q3+95OpenStreetMap ID
way 1105816254OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeWikidata ID
Q108551216
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Satellite Map
Discover Spaceport Cornwall from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Dutch—“Spaceport Cornwall” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “康沃尔航天发射场”
- Chinese: “康沃尔航天港”
- Dutch: “Spaceport Cornwall”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Carloggas and Spitfire Corner.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Newquay Airport Fire Station and Carnanton Estate Gardens.
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