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 the church St Levan.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Austell Community Hospital and Penrice Academy.

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.

Penrice Academy

School

Penrice Academy is a secondary academy school and former specialist Language College in St Austell, Cornwall, England. The school has an enrollment of 1,428. It is run by the Cornwall Education Learning Trust. Penrice Academy is situated 1 mile north of Porthpean Beach.

Rashleigh Arms Hotel

Pub

Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rashleigh Arms Hotel is a pub, which is situated 3,900 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″ north

Longitude

-4.76564° or 4° 45′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C2Q86FM+9P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 903026640

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

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Highlights include WW2 Anti-tank Pimple and St Levan.

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