Hayle

Hayle
Port Town
Hayle Viaduct from a hill by the estuary mouth
Hayle is located in Cornwall
Hayle
Hayle
Location within Cornwall
Population8,939 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSW561371
Civil parish
  • Hayle
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHAYLE
Postcode districtTR27
Dialling code01736
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteOfficial website
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°11′10″N 5°25′08″W / 50.186°N 5.419°W / 50.186; -5.419
Sketch map showing Hayle and St Ives Bay

Hayle (Cornish: Heyl,[1] lit. "estuary") is a port town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the mouth of the Hayle River (which discharges into St Ives Bay) and is approximately seven miles (11 km) northeast of Penzance.[2]

Hayle parish was created in 1888 from part of the now defunct Phillack parish, with which it was later combined in 1935, and incorporated part of St Erth in 1937. The modern parish shares boundaries with St Ives to the west, St Erth to the south, Gwinear and Gwithian in the east, and is bounded to the north by the Celtic Sea.

  1. ^ "List of Place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel" (PDF). Cornish Language Partnership. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7