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Padstow Lifeboat Station has been at Trevose Head west of Padstow, Cornwall, since 1967. Before that it was at Hawker's Cove on the Camel estuary between the town and the sea. The lifeboat station is run by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), and since 2006 has been the base for Tamar-class RNLB Spirit of Padstow .
The young men of Padstow they might if they would, For summer is acome unto day, They might have built a ship and gilded her with gold, In the merry morning of May. The young women of Padstow might if they would, For summer is acome unto day, They might have made a garland with the white rose and the red, In the merry morning of May.
Padstow (/ ˈ p æ d s t oʊ /; Cornish Standard Written Form: Lannwedhenek [2]) is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Wadebridge, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Bodmin and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Newquay. [3]
A lifeboat for Padstow had been launched from Hawker's Cove, north of the town and on the west side of the estuary, since 1827. Silting of the river gradually made launches more difficult so, in 1967, Padstow Lifeboat Station was moved out of the estuary to Trevose Head.
Trevose Head (right of photo) seen from the north-west (the two nearer headlands (left of photo) are Stepper Point and Gunver Head) Trevose Head Lifeboat Station. Trevose Head (Cornish: Penn Trenfos, meaning farm of the wall's headland [citation needed]) (grid reference) is a headland on the Atlantic coast of north Cornwall, on the south-western coast of Great Britain.
The Padstow to Rock ferry The Black Tor Ferry , [ 1 ] also known as the Padstow to Rock Ferry , is a passenger ferry which crosses the tidal River Camel in north Cornwall , United Kingdom . The ferry carries pedestrians and cyclists only (not vehicles).
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