Porthleven Sands
Porthleven Sands is a beach in Porthleven, West Cornwall, England. Porthleven Sands is situated nearby to the building Strawtop, as well as near the pub Ship Inn, Porthleven.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Strawtop and Ship Inn, Porthleven.
Ship Inn, Porthleven
Pub
Photo: Stuart Logan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ship Inn is a Grade II listed public house in Porthleven, Cornwall, England. Dating to around 1805, it stands on Mount Pleasant Road, overlooking Porthleven harbour from its western side. Ship Inn, Porthleven is situated 900 feet northwest of Porthleven Sands.
Saint Bartholomew’s Church
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Breage and Great Wheal Fortune.
Breage
Village
Great Wheal Fortune
Locality
Wheal Fortune or Great Wheal Fortune is the site of a mine in the civil parishes of Breage and Sithney in west Cornwall. Part of the disused mine was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its geological interest in 1991 and is also a Geological Conservation Review site of national importance for the minerals on the site. Great Wheal Fortune is situated 2½ miles north of Porthleven Sands.
Sithney
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sithney is a village and civil parish in the West of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sithney is north of Porthleven. The population including Boscadjack and Crowntown at the 2011 census was 841. Sithney is situated 2½ miles north of Porthleven Sands.
Porthleven Sands
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Porthleven, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.08127° or 50° 4′ 53″ northLongitude
-5.31502° or 5° 18′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C2P3MJM+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 554903423OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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