Porthpean Beach
Porthpean Beach is a beach in St Austell Bay, Cornwall, England. Porthpean Beach is situated nearby to the historic site WW2 Anti-tank Pimple, as well as near St Levan’s Church, Porthpean.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Levan’s Church, Porthpean and St Austell Community Hospital.
St Levan’s Church, Porthpean
Church
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Levan's Church, Porthpean is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Higher Porthpean, Cornwall. St Levan’s Church, Porthpean is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Porthpean Beach.
St Austell Community Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Austell Community Hospital is a health facility in Porthpean Road, St Austell, Cornwall, England. It is managed by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. St Austell Community Hospital is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Porthpean Beach.
Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre
Museum
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Shipwreck Treasure Museum located in Charlestown, Cornwall, England, was a historical museum housing over 8,000 artifacts from 165 different shipwrecks. Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre is situated 4,000 feet northeast of Porthpean Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Higher Porthpean and Charlestown.
Higher Porthpean
Hamlet
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Higher Porthpean is a village south of Duporth and contiguous with Lower Porthpean in Cornwall, England. It has a small church, dedicated to St Levan that is a Grade II building, and that seats 48 people.
Charlestown
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Charlestown is a coastal village directly south-east of St Austell in South Cornwall. The village is notable for its use as a filming location for the TV show Poldark.
Tregorrick
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tregorrick is a hamlet south of St Austell, in the Pentewan Valley civil parish, mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet was part of the Penrice estate and today consists of approximately 52 dwellings with a population of about 65 people.
Porthpean Beach
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: St Austell Bay, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.32347° or 50° 19′ 25″ northLongitude
-4.76564° or 4° 45′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C2Q86FM+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 903026640OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include WW2 Anti-tank Pimple and Duporth Beach.
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