Gwinear Downs | |
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Location within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SW604349 |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Hayle |
Postcode district | TR27 |
Gwinear Downs is a hamlet in the parish of Crowan, Cornwall, England. [1] [2] It is in the civil parish of Camborne.
Gwinear–Gwithian is a coastal civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It includes the villages of Connor Downs, Gwinear, Gwithian, Reawla and Rosewarne. The parish is situated approximately two miles (3 km) east of Hayle two miles (3 km) west of Camborne.
Angarrack is a village, in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian a mile to the east of Hayle. Immediately south of the village Angarrack viaduct carries the Cornish mainline railway over the Angarrack River. The name comes from An Garrek which means "The Rock" in the Cornish language. According to the Ordnance Survey the spelling is Angarrack but on signs near the village, it is variously spelled Angarrack, Angharrack, or Angarrick.
Colan is a village and civil parish in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles (5 km) east of Newquay. The electoral ward is called Colan and Mawgan. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,256 The hamlets of Bosoughan, Chapel, Gwills, Kestle Mill, Lane, Mountjoy, Quintrell Downs, Trebarber and Trencreek are in the parish. Fir Hill Woods near Nanswhyden, contains the ruins of Fir Hill Manor. Colan Church dates to the thirteenth century.
Connor Downs is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, in the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithian. It is situated approximately two miles (3 km) east of Hayle and about two miles south-southeast of Gwithian churchtown. The name "Connor" was originally the name of Connerton, the medieval manor of the parish of Gwithian.
Crowan is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is about three-and-a-half miles (6 km) south of Camborne. A former mining parish, all of the mines had shut by 1880.
Towan is found in many placenames in Cornwall. However, The Towans usually refers to the three-mile (5 km) stretch of coastal dunes which extends north-east from the estuary of the River Hayle to Gwithian beach with a midpoint near Upton.
Fraddam is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is two miles (3 km) southeast of Hayle. It is in the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithian
Reawla is a hamlet in Penwith district in Cornwall. It is in the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithian.
Gwinear may refer to:
Gwinear is a small village in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is about two miles (3 km) east of Hayle and overlooks the Angarrack valley. It is in the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithian.
Coswinsawsin is a hamlet in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England.
Deveral is a hamlet in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England.
Helston Water is a hamlet northwest of Carnon Downs in Cornwall, England. It is in the civil parish of Kea
Lelant Downs is a hamlet in the parish of Ludgvan, Cornwall, England.
Mountjoy is a hamlet in the civil parish of Colan in Cornwall, England. It is on the A392 road, east of Quintrell Downs.
Nancegollan is a village in the civil parish of Crowan in west Cornwall, England. Nancegollan is on the B3303 road and south-east of Leedstown. The railway line from Helston to Hayle passed through the village.
Nancemellin is a hamlet in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England.
Trenerth is a hamlet in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Mulberry Downs Quarry is a disused opencast quarry, mining tin, in Cornwall, England, UK. The site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), noted for its geological characteristics.
Newlyn Downs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in north Cornwall, England, UK, noted for its biological characteristics.
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