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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 ]
The Ship Inn is a Grade II listed public house in Porthleven, Cornwall, England. [1] Dating to around 1805, it stands on Mount Pleasant Road, overlooking Porthleven harbour from its western side. It is constructed of painted rubble with granite dressings. It is two storeys with a basement. [2] Some sources claim the building dates to the 17th ...
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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 .
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.
Wheal Trewavas was a copper mine in Cornwall, England, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Porthleven. The ruined engine houses remain, on sea cliffs overlooking Mount's Bay, just east of Trewavas Head. The site is a Scheduled Monument. [1]
Penrose (Cornish: Penros) is a house (in private ownership) and National Trust estate amounting to 1536 acres, east of Porthleven and in the civil parish of Sithney, Cornwall, England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The estate includes Loe Pool and Loe Bar which was given into the ownership of the National Trust in 1974 by Lt. Cdr. J. P. Rogers, and stretches ...
Officer Commanding 617 Squadron Bomber Command Royal Air Force later known as the Dambusters, who carried out the daring and successful bombing raid on the German dams of the Ruhr in 1943. Guy's mother was a member of an old Porthleven family of Master Mariners and Porthleven was Guy's English home. 1918–1944 [199]