Penberth

Coordinates: 50°3′N 5°38′W / 50.050°N 5.633°W

Penberth Cove

Penberth (Cornish: Benbryhi)[1] is a valley, coastal village and cove on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Penzance. Most of the village is within the parish of St Buryan and the boundary with St Levan follows the Penberth river.[2]

Penberth Cove was once home to a pilchard fishing industry[3] and is one of the last remaining traditional fishing coves in Cornwall, with a handful of local fishermen still making their living from fishing for mackerel, lobster and crab. There was also a cut flower industry, the produce being sent to London via train from Penzance.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Beale, Jenny (October 2012). "Penwith South Coast Walk with Adam Sharpe June 17th 2012". Cornwall Archaeological Society Newsletter (130): 3. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

External links

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