Porthcothan

Porthcothan
Cornish: Porthkehodhon

Porthcothan beach looking down from the north at low tide, towards the former Arch rock
Porthcothan
 Porthcothan shown within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW719858
Civil parishSt Eval
Unitary authorityCornwall
Ceremonial countyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town PADSTOW
Postcode district PL28
Dialling code 01841
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentNorth Cornwall
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Coordinates: 50°30′29″N 5°01′20″W / 50.5081°N 5.0221°W

Porthcothan (Cornish: Porthkehodhon)[1] is a coastal village between Newquay and Padstow in Cornwall, England, UK. It is within the civil parish of St Eval.

Porthcothan lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.

The sandy beach is popular with tourists and surfers and is patrolled by lifeguards during the day in the summer; local surf schools sometimes use the beach for tuition. There is a pay-and-display car park and a small grocery shop near the beach. In January 2014, storm Anne reduced a local arch, Jan Leverton's Rock, to rubble.[2][3]

Notable residents

Notable former residents include the early science fiction author J. D. Beresford, the novelist D. H. Lawrence and the playwright Nick Darke.

See also

Other coastal villages and bays nearby
Other villages nearby

References

  1. ↑ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ↑ "UK storms: Further flooding risk as heavy rain forecast". BBC News. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Storms smash iconic Cornish rock formation at Porthcothan". Western Morning News. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

External links

Media related to Porthcothan at Wikimedia Commons