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Porthleven (/ ˌ p ɔː θ ˈ l ɛ v ən /; Cornish: Porthlynn) is a town, civil parish and fishing port near Helston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly port in Great Britain, it was a harbour of refuge when this part of the Cornish coastline was infamous for wrecks in the days of sail. [ 1 ]
Porthleven and Helston West (Cornish: Porthleven ha Hellys West) [1] [2] is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. The current Councillor is Andrew Wallis, a member of the Independent Alliance .
Breage and Crowan, Goldsithney, Grade-Ruan and Landewednack, Gulval and Heamoor, Helston North, Helston South, Lelant and Carbis Bay, Ludgvan and Towednack, Madron and Zennor, Marazion and Perranuthnoe, Meneage, Morvah, Mullion, Pendeen and St Just, Penzance Central, Penzance East, Penzance Promenade, Penzance South, Porthleven and Sithney, St ...
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 ...
Sithney (Cornish: Merthersydhni) [1] is a village and civil parish in the West of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Sithney is north of Porthleven.The population including Boscadjack and Crowntown at the 2011 census was 841.
21 November – Vigilantia bound for Hamburg from Lisbon with a cargo of salt, tobacco, sugar and lemons was wrecked west of Porthleven with the loss of the captain, three crew and all the cargo. Five men were saved. [41] 29 December – Rotterdam ship the Nebotis Vineyard ( Dutch Republic) with a cargo of wine wrecked near Porthleven. [41]
Penrose House is located at OS Grid Ref: SW 640 258. The current Grade II listed house consists of an irregular square plan ranged around a small courtyard with 17th-century U-shaped plan front to the northwest. The 17th-century country house was constructed for the Penrose family, probably for John Penrose who died in 1679; remodelled and ...
Porthleven Football Club is a Cornish football club based in Porthleven in Cornwall. Founded in 1896, the club competed in the South Western League from 1967 to 1977 and again from 1989 until the dissolution of the league in 2007, when they joined the new South West Peninsula League. They currently play in the St Piran League Premier Division West.