Perrancombe
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 Perrancoombe | |
  Perrancombe Location within Cornwall | |
| OS grid reference | SW751527 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PERRANPORTH |
| Postcode district | TR6 |
| Dialling code | 01872 |
Perrancoombe (Cornish : Kommperan) is a hamlet near Perranzabuloe in Cornwall, England. [1] The name Perrancoombe comes from the Cornish language words Peran or Saint Piran, and komm, meaning 'small valley' or 'dingle'. [2]
Cape Cornwall is a small headland in West Cornwall, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Land's End near the town of St Just. Until the first Ordnance Survey in the early 19th-century, Cape Cornwall was believed to be the most westerly point in Cornwall.
Perranzabuloe is a coastal civil parish and a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Perranzabuloe parish is bordered to the west by the Atlantic coast and St Agnes parish, to the north by Cubert parish, to the east by St Newlyn East and St Allen parishes and to the south by Kenwyn parish. The hamlet is situated just over a mile (2 km) south of the principal settlement of the parish, Perranporth; the hamlet is also seven miles (11 km) south-southwest of Newquay. Other settlements in the parish include Perrancoombe, Goonhavern, Mount and Callestick. The parish population was 5,382 in the 2001 census, increasing to 5,486 at the 2011 census.
The River Inny is a small river in East Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. A tributary of the River Tamar, the Inny is about twenty miles (32 km) long from its source near Davidstow on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor to its confluence with the Tamar at Inny Foot near Dunterton.
Goonhavern is a village in Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Perranzabuloe. It is located along the A3075 road, about two miles east of Perranporth.
The River Allen in north Cornwall is one of two rivers in Cornwall which share this name. In this case the name is the result of a mistake made in 1888 by Ordnance Survey, replacing the name Layne with Allen which is the old name for the lower reaches of the Camel. The other River Allen runs through Truro.
Brea is a village in Cornwall, England, UK, between the towns of Camborne and Redruth. It is in the civil parish of Carn Brea and consists of Brea, Lower Brea, and Higher Brea. A small stream, the Red River, flows through the village and a hill, Carn Brea dominates the landscape to the east, along with its monument to Francis Basset.
Copperhouse is an eastern suburb of Hayle in west Cornwall, England. It grew up around the Copperhouse Foundry, which was run by Sandys, Carne and Vivian.
Eastcott is a hamlet 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Bude in Cornwall, England. The hamlet is 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Gooseham in the civil parish of Morwenstow and lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Gwenter is a hamlet in the parish of St Keverne, Cornwall, England.
Hallworthy is a hamlet in the parish of Treneglos, Cornwall, England. It is at a crossroads on the A395 road from Davidstow to Launceston. To the east is a plantation called Wilsey Down Forest. It is in the civil parish of Davidstow
Harrowbarrow is a village in the parish of Calstock in east Cornwall, England.
Mongleath is a hamlet in the parish of Budock, Cornwall, England.
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.
Pantersbridge is a hamlet in the parish of St Neot, Cornwall, England, UK. It is about one mile south of Warleggan on the road from St Neot to Cardinham and on the River Warleggan. Early spellings of the name include Pontyesu in 1241 and Ponteisu, circa 1250, Pontewysy in 1359, becoming Pontwise Bridge, or Pontowise bridge by 1613.
Penbeagle is a suburb of St Ives in Cornwall, England, UK.
Pengegon is a residential area east of Camborne, Cornwall, England, which has a fish and chip shop, a playground and memorial to local teen Shakira Pellow. From 2013 to 2021, Pengegon was included in the Camborne Treslothan division on Cornwall Council. After boundary changes at the 2021 local elections, it was placed in the new Four Lanes, Beacon and Troon division.
Penhalurick is a hamlet in the parish of Stithians, Cornwall, England.
Ponsongath is a hamlet west of Coverack in west Cornwall, England.
Tolcarne is the name of a number of places in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The name Tolcarne is derived from Cornish Talkarn i.e. "hill-brow tor". A carn is a pile of stones and is the same as tor in Devon.
The River Lerryn is a river in east Cornwall, England, UK, a tributary of the River Fowey. The Lerryn is the largest of the tributaries which enter the estuary of the Fowey. The river is tidal up to the village of Lerryn. The landscape of the Lerryn catchment is rural and includes heathland, moorland and rough pasture in the upper reaches and broadleaf, coniferous and mixed plantation woodland in the lower. This catchment includes four SSSIs, including Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor. The Lerryn rises at Fairy Cross on the southern slopes of Bodmin Moor and flows south-southwest until it enters the Fowey estuary.
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