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Portnadler Bay, from Looe Island Portnadler Bay lies 1.5 miles to the south-west of the town of Looe , Cornwall . It contains a secluded beach [ 1 ] that is reachable on foot via a steep path that descends from the main coastal path .
The Loe (Cornish: An Logh), also known as Loe Pool, is the largest natural freshwater lake (50 hectares (120 acres)) in Cornwall, United Kingdom.The earliest recorded appearance of this simple name form was in 1337, when it was called "La Loo", [1] but is mentioned as 'the lake' in 1302; [2] Situated between Porthleven and Gunwalloe and downstream of Helston, it is separated from Mount's Bay ...
Looe is 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth and seven miles (11 km) south of Liskeard, [4] divided in two by the River Looe, East Looe (Cornish: Logh [1]) and West Looe (Cornish: Porthbyghan, [1] lit. "little cove") being connected by a bridge. [5] Looe developed as two separate towns each with MPs and its own mayor.
Talland (Cornish: Tallan, lit. 'hill brow church site') [1] is a hamlet and ecclesiastical parish and former civil parish, between Looe and Polperro, now in the parish of Polperro, in the Cornwall district, on the south coast of Cornwall, England (the parish includes the eastern part of the village of Polperro, where there is a chapel of ease and formerly also the town of West Looe).
South of Liskeard, the Looe Valley Line railway follows the course of the East Looe River to Looe. The railway is so close to the river that flooding is a common occurrence. [3] The lowest stretch of the rivers combine to form the tidal harbour and estuary of Looe. The combined length of the two rivers (including the tidal confluence) is 30.48 ...
Looe Island nature reserve (Cornish: Enys Lann-Managh, meaning Island of the Monk's Enclosure), also known as St George's Island, and historically St Michael's Island is a small island nature reserve [1] a mile from the mainland town of Looe off Cornwall, England. The island and its foreshore belongs to the charity, Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
It has nine "misshapen" arches, [11] of which seven span the river, one is a dry arch on the East Looe side, and one at the West Looe side forms a pedestrian passage. [ 4 ] [ 9 ] The roadway had an original uniform width of 18 ft 2 in (5.54 m), [ 4 ] but underwent a programme of widening in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
The RNLI withdrew services from Looe in 1930 on the grounds that the motor lifeboats at Fowey and Plymouth could cover the area. [ 4 ] From 1992, the RNLI stationed a lifeboat at Looe for the summer season and three years later the Spirit of the ROAC was housed in a temporary lifeboat house, provided by the East Looe Town Trust.