Gribbin Head[1] (Cornish: an Gribyn)[2] is a promontory on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK, owned and managed by the National Trust. It separates St Austell Bay from the estuary of the River Fowey and is marked by a large tower used to aid navigation of ships approaching the local harbours. The nearest town is Fowey. The western point of the headland is called Little Gribbin.
Gribbin Head is the most southerly part of the parish of Fowey. To the north, and facing west across St Austell Bay is the small village of Polkerris, beyond which is the harbour at Par. To the east is Polridmouth cove and the Fowey estuary, where the town of Fowey itself is situated. Inland, to the north, is the Menabilly estate,[3] built for the Rashleigh family but later home to author Daphne du Maurier.[4]
The 75 metres (246 ft) high[5] promontory forms a part of the South Coast (eastern) section of the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[6] The South West Coast Path passes around Gribbin Head on its way from Minehead in Somerset to Poole in Dorset.[3]
- ^ Pamphlet -- The National Trust Coast of Cornwall - Fowey. This leaflet is No. 21 of a series of 22 which covers all the coastal properties belonging to the National Trust in Cornwall. Copyright The National Trust (Cornwall) 1990. 2nd edition 1994. Reprinted 2000.
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 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.
- ^ a b Ordnance Survey 1:25000 Explorer Map 107
- ^ Keast, John (1987) [1950]. The Story of Fowey. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran. ISBN 1-85022-035-2.
- ^ Mason, John (1991) [1989]. Walk the Cornish Coastal Path. Edinburgh: Bartholomew. ISBN 0-7028-0902-0.
- ^ "Where is the Cornwall AONB?". Cornwall AONB. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2009.