Beaches · South West England
Porthcurno
Also known as: Porthcurno Beach
In or near Porthcurno.
Porthcurno is a beach in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Summer (Jun–Aug)
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
Porthcurno is located in Cornwall, with the postcode TR19 6JU. Entry to the beach is free. The nearest railway station is not specified, so please check local transport options for access.
About
Porthcurno is a named beach on the United Kingdom coastline. Also known as: Porthcurno Beach. Coordinates: 50.0428°, -5.6504°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Treen Cliff SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Porthcurno (Cornish: Porthkornow, meaning "pinnacle cove", see below) is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom. It is the main settlement in a civil and an ecclesiastical parish, both named St Levan, which comprise Porthcurno, diminutive St Levan itself, Trethewey and Treen. It is centred 6.6 miles (10.6 km) west of the railway, market, and resort town of Penzance and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from Land's End, the most westerly point of the English mainland. Road access is via the north end of the valley along a long cul-de-sac with short branches off the B3283 and land traditionally associated with the village, including its beach, is on the South West Coast Path.
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Background
Description
Porthcurno is unusually well known for its size because of its history as a major international submarine communications cable station. In the late nineteenth century, the remote beach at Porthcurno became internationally famous as the British termination of early submarine telegraph cables, the first of which was landed in 1870, part of an early international link stretching from the UK to India, which was then a British colony. Porthcurno was chosen in preference to the busy port of Falmouth because of the reduced risk of damage to the cables caused by ships' anchors. In 1872, the Eastern Telegraph Company (ETC) Limited was formed which took over the operation of the cables and built a…
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- Coordinates
- 50.0428, -5.6504
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- St. Levan
- Postcode
- TR19 6JU
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Ives
- Official site
- househttps
Sources
- osm: w97955671 (ODbL)
- commons: Storm at Porthcurno - geograph.org.uk - 582162.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- wikipedia: Porthcurno (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Porthcurno?
- Porthcurno is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TR19 6JU), in the parish of St. Levan.
- What is Porthcurno?
- Porthcurno is a beach in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Porthcurno?
- Drivers can use postcode TR19 6JU.
- Is Porthcurno a protected site?
- Yes — Porthcurno is part of the Treen Cliff SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Porthcurno free to visit?
- Yes, Porthcurno is free to enter.
- How do I get to Porthcurno?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TR19 6JU. It sits within the St Ives parliamentary constituency.