Porth Kidney Sands
Porth Kidney Sands is a beach in Hayle, West Cornwall, England. Porth Kidney Sands is situated nearby to the historic site WW2 Minefield (site of), as well as near St Uny’s Church, Lelant.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carbis Bay railway station and Lelant railway station.
Carbis Bay railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carbis Bay railway station is on the St Ives Bay Line in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom and serves the village and beach of Carbis Bay, a community that only adopted this name after the arrival of the railway in 1877. Carbis Bay railway station is situated 1 mile west of Porth Kidney Sands.
Lelant railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lelant railway station is on the waterfront of the Hayle estuary below the village of Lelant in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Lelant railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Porth Kidney Sands.
St Uny’s Church, Lelant
Church
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St Uny Church, Lelant, is the Church of England parish church of Lelant, Cornwall, England. It is dedicated to Saint Uny who is also the patron saint of Redruth. It is a Grade I listed building. St Uny’s Church, Lelant is situated 3,000 feet southeast of Porth Kidney Sands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Towans and Lelant.
The Towans
Hamlet
Towan is found in many placenames in Cornwall. However, The Towans usually refers to the three-mile stretch of coastal dunes which extends north-east from the estuary of the River Hayle to Gwithian beach with a midpoint near Upton.
Lelant
Village
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Lelant or Uny Lelant is a village in the civil parish of St Ives in, west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on the west side of the Hayle Estuary, about 2+1⁄2 miles southeast of St Ives and one mile west of Hayle.
Carbis Bay
Photo: Vdemedina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carbis Bay is a seaside resort and village in Cornwall, England. It lies 1 mile southeast of St Ives, on the western coast of St Ives Bay, on the Atlantic coast. The South West Coast Path passes above the beach.
Porth Kidney Sands
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Hayle, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.19501° or 50° 11′ 42″ northLongitude
-5.44452° or 5° 26′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C2P5HW4+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 304055818OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include WW2 Minefield (site of) and cemetery chapel.
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