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Portreath
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Portreath () is a civil parish, village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about three miles (5 km) west-north-west of Redruth. The village extends along both sides of a stream valley and is centred on the harbour and beach. West of the harbour entrance and breakwater are two sandy beaches that are popular with holidaymakers, surfers and naturists.
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Place details
- Locality
- Portreath
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 963
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- Portreath Harbour by Kernow Skies.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Portreath harbour at low tide
- UK place.official_name
- Portreath
- UK place.cornish_name
- Porthtreth
- UK place.population
- 1,336
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census including Bridge and Cambrose)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Camborne and Redruth
- UK place.post_town
- REDRUTH
- UK place.postcode_district
- TR16
- UK place.postcode_area
- TR
- UK place.dial_code
- 01209
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SW655455
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Tramroads and railways
- Nancekuke
- Sport
- Nance Wood
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Portreath () is a civil parish, village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about three miles (5 km) west-north-west of Redruth. The village extends along both sides of a stream valley and is centred on the harbour and beach. West of the harbour entrance and breakwater are two sandy beaches that are popular with holidaymakers, surfers and naturists.
Portreath lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. Separately, in early 2017, the village was looking to be a hedgehog-friendly village. It would join Burton Fleming in the East Riding of Yorkshire as one of a handful of hedgehog-friendly villages in the UK.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Portreath” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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