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West Penwith Rural District was a rural district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, from 1894 to 1974. It was enlarged in 1934 by the abolition of Hayle , Ludgvan , Madron , Paul , and Phillack urban districts , and also took in part of the disbanded Redruth Rural District .
Penwith also contains an artificial lake, Drift Reservoir, which is located approximately 3 miles west of Penzance. In addition to Penwith's status as a Heritage coastline, west Penwith, an area of 90 square kilometres, is considered an Environmentally Sensitive Area. Penwith lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Penzance (/ p ɛ n ˈ z æ n s / pen-ZANSS; Cornish: Pennsans) [1] is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.It is the westernmost major town in Cornwall [2] and is about 64 miles (103 km) west-southwest of Plymouth and 255 miles (410 km) west-southwest of London.
Madron (Cornish: Eglos Madern) is a civil parish and village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Madron is named after Saint Madern's Church. Its annual Trafalgar Service commemorating the death of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson was started on 27 October 1946, following a local tradition that his death was first announced on British soil in the Union Hotel, Penzance.
Redruth Rural District was a local government division of Cornwall in England, UK, between 1894 and Established under the Local Government Act 1894 , the rural district was abolished in 1934 to create Camborne–Redruth Urban District and Kerrier Rural District , as well as enlarging Truro Rural District and West Penwith Rural District .
The western part of the civil parish of Paul remained a separate, smaller parish (which did not include the village of Paul), from 1934 to 1974 in West Penwith Rural District. [ 12 ] In 2020 Cornwall Council announced that the neighbouring parishes of St Buryan and Paul would be abolished on 1 April 2021 with the land amalgamated to form a new ...
Penwith District Shown within UK and Cornwall This is a full list of all the towns , villages , hamlets and other places of note in the Penwith district of Cornwall , England, United Kingdom
This category groups together articles about places in the district of Penwith, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom Wikimedia Commons has media related to Penwith . Subcategories