Nance Wood
Nance Wood is a forest in Portreath, Cornwall, England. Nance Wood is situated nearby to the village Portreath, as well as near the locality Travellers Rest.Places of Interest
Highlights include RRH Portreath and Huer’s Hut, Portreath.
RRH Portreath
Military installation
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Remote Radar Head Portreath or RRH Portreath is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force. It has a coastal location at Nancekuke Common, approximately 1.25 kilometres north east of the village of Portreath in Cornwall, England.
Huer’s Hut, Portreath
Lighthouse
Photo: Steve Fareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huer’s Hut, Portreath is a lighthouse.
East Pool mine
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Pool mine, was a metalliferous mine in the Camborne and Redruth mining area, just east of the village of Pool in Cornwall. Worked from the early 18th century until 1945, first for copper and later tin, it was very profitable for much of its life.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Redruth and Camborne.
Redruth
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Redruth is a town in North Cornwall. The town also has a long history of tin mining and is the home of Rodda's, a dairy that is the largest producer of Cornish clotted cream.
Camborne
Town
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Camborne is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 23,831 and the population of the built up area was 20,450.
Portreath
Village
Photo: EvaK, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Portreath is a civil parish, village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about three miles west-north-west of Redruth.
Nance Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Portreath, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.2569° or 50° 15′ 25″ northLongitude
-5.276° or 5° 16′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C2P7P4F+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 555463472OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Travellers Rest and Illogan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Portreath Community Primary School and Trengove Farmhouse.
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