Gweek

Gweek
The east bank of the river, viewed from the quay
Gweek is located in Cornwall
Gweek
Gweek
Location within Cornwall
Population581 (United Kingdom Census 2001)
667 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSW705268
Civil parish
  • Gweek
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHELSTON
Postcode districtTR12
Dialling code01326
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°05′46″N 5°12′32″W / 50.096°N 5.209°W / 50.096; -5.209
Gweek Village Hall

Gweek (Cornish: Gwig, meaning forest village) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles (5 km) east of Helston.[2] The civil parish was created from part of the parish of Constantine by boundary revision in 1986. The name Gweek is first recorded as Gwyk in 1358 and is derived from the Cornish word gwig, meaning "forest village", cognate with the Welsh gwig and Old Breton guic.[3] Gweek village has a pub, the Black Swan,[4] and a combined shop and post office. The village is also home to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary.

Gweek 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.

  1. ^ "parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  3. ^ Weatherhill, Craig (2007) Cornish Place Names and Language. Ammanford: Sigma Press
  4. ^ "The Black Swan".