Rock, Cornwall

Rock
Rock Sailing Club and the estuary looking west
Rock is located in Cornwall
Rock
Rock
Location within Cornwall
Population1,203 2011 Census
OS grid referenceSW933757
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWADEBRIDGE
Postcode districtPL27
Dialling code01208
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°32′37″N 4°55′06″W / 50.5437°N 4.9182°W / 50.5437; -4.9182
The ferry vessel Black Tor II approaching Rock from Padstow

Rock (Cornish: Pennmeyn)[1] is a coastal fishing village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[2] It is opposite Padstow on the north-east bank of the River Camel estuary. The village is in the civil parish of St Minver Lowlands[3] about 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Wadebridge.[4][5]

  1. ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ^ "Must see fishing villages in Cornwall". Travel Daily News. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ^ Cornwall Council online mapping Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved June 2010
  4. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  5. ^ Ordnance Survey: Explorer map (scale 1:25000); Sheet 106 Newquay & Padstow ISBN 978-0-319-24016-8