Pentewan Valley is one of four new civil parishes created on 1 April 2009 for the St Austell district of mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The population including Gracca, Lavalsa Meor, London Apprentice and Lower Porthpean at the 2011 Census was 826. [1]
The new parish is the largest of the four by area and is rural in character. It includes the settlements of Trewhiddle, London Apprentice and Pentewan and is represented by nine councillors. [2]
Pentewan, the coastal village from which the new parish derives its name, is approximately three miles (5 km) south of St Austell. [3]
The name Pentewan Valley also applies to the valley of the St Austell River between St Austell and the sea at Pentewan village.
St Austell is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 10 miles (16 km) south of Bodmin and 30 miles (48 km) west of the border with Devon.
Charlestown is a village and port on the south coast of Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of St Austell Bay. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) south east of St Austell town centre.
Creed is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Grampound with Creed, in the Cornwall district, in mid Cornwall, England. It is roughly midway between Truro and St Austell, about two miles (3 km) east of Probus. In 1961 the parish had a population of 203. On 1 April 1983 the parish was abolished to form "Grampound with Creed", part also went to St. Mewan.
Luxulyan, also spelt Luxullian or Luxulian, is a village and civil parish in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village lies four miles (6.5 km) northeast of St Austell and six miles (10 km) south of Bodmin. The population of the parish was 1,371 in the 2001 census. This had risen to 1,381 at the 2011 census.
Grampound with Creed is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
London Apprentice is a village in south Cornwall, England, UK, on the banks of St Austell River in the Pentewan Valley approximately two miles (3 km) south of St Austell.
The Lansalson branch line was a railway line built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) to serve the china clay industry in the Trenance valley near St Austell in Cornwall, UK. The line was authorised by the GWR in 1910 and after setbacks due to World War I the line opened to Bojea Sidings on 1 May 1920 for mineral and goods traffic only, and to Lansalson Sidings on 24 May 1920. It closed in 1968.
St Austell with Fowey was a municipal borough in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was created in 1968 by a merger of the historic borough of Fowey and the much more populous St Austell urban district. 50.338°N 4.794°W
Treverbyn is a civil parish and village in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Roche is a civil parish and village in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village gets its name from the 20-metre (66-foot) high Roche Rock, a quartz-schorl outcrop east of the village. Roche is the Norman-French word for Rock. The parish population at the 2011 census including Belowda, Bilberry, Carbis, Coldvreath and Criggan is 3,381, and the ward population at the same census was 3,867.
The Gover Stream is an approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long stream located in mid south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Probus is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It has the tallest church tower in Cornwall. The tower is 129 feet (39 m) high, and richly decorated with carvings. The place name originates from the church's dedication to Saint Probus. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,299, whereas the ward population taken at the same census was 3,953.
The Pentewan Railway was a 2 ft 6 in narrow gauge railway in Cornwall, England. It was built as a horse-drawn tramway carrying china clay from St Austell to a new harbour at Pentewan, and was opened in 1829. In 1874 the line was strengthened for locomotive working. It finally succumbed to more efficient operation at other ports and closed in 1918.
Pentewan is a coastal village and former port in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at grid reference SX 019 472 3 miles (4.8 km) south of St Austell at the mouth of the St Austell River.
Four new parishes were created in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom for the St Austell area on 1 April 2009. The parishes are:
The St Austell River properly known as the River Vinnick, but historically called The White River, is a 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long river located in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. 50.337°N 4.793°W. The river has also been known as the "red river" due to tin streaming and mining activity upstream.
Levalsa Meor is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is half a mile south of London Apprentice and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west from St Austell. It is in the civil parish of Pentewan Valley.
Tregorrick is a hamlet south of St Austell in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Holy Trinity Church, St Austell is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in St Austell, Cornwall.
Mevagissey was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2009 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by Mevagissey and St Austell Bay, St Goran, Tregony and the Roseland, and St Mewan and Grampound.
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