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Helston (Standard Written Form: Hellys) [1] is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Penzance and 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Falmouth. [2]
Gwavas is adjoining Lowertown-by-Helston. The hamlet is a rural farming hamlet which once had a shop. Gwavas is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Helston. The hamlet is notable for a German plane crash during World War II, when a farmer here heard a loud noise and went out to find a plane crashed into his field. His wife made the German men cups ...
Museum of Cornish Life (formerly Helston Museum) is a museum situated in the former market town of Helston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located immediately behind Helston Guildhall . The building was originally designed as the town's Market House in 1837.
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Edgcumbe is a hamlet 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Penryn in Cornwall, England. [1] Edgcumbe is situated on the A394 road from Helston to Penryn and is in the parish of Wendron (where the 2011 census population was included ).
It is approximately three and a half miles north-east of Helston, and is in the heart of the old Wendron mining district. The village has a pub (The Star Inn), Methodist chapel, village hall and primary school. The name Porkellis comes from the Cornish language words porth, meaning 'cove' or 'gate', and kellys, meaning 'lost'. [2]
Helston Community College offers GCSEs, BTECs and City and Guilds courses as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs. Pupils from the school take part in the annual Furry Dance, an ancient Cornish custom which is held on the Feast of St. Michael.
It is operated by the Helston Railway Preservation Company using members of the Helston Railway Preservation Society. The railway was a 8.5 miles (13.7 km) long 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge railway branch line and is the southernmost branch line in the United Kingdom.
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