Looe

For other uses, see Looe (disambiguation).

Looe
Looe is located in Cornwall
Looe
Looe
Location within Cornwall
Population5,112 (United Kingdom Census 2011)
OS grid referenceSX254533
Civil parish
  • Looe
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOOE
Postcode districtPL13
Dialling code01503
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°21′14″N 4°27′14″W / 50.354°N 4.454°W / 50.354; -4.454

Looe (/ˈluː/; Cornish: Logh,[1] lit. 'deep water inlet') is a coastal town and civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, with a population of 5,280 at the 2011 census.[2][3]

Looe is 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth and seven miles (11 km) south of Liskeard,[4] divided in two by the River Looe, East Looe (Cornish: Logh[1]) and West Looe (Cornish: Porthbyhan,[1] lit. "little cove") being connected by a bridge.[5] Looe developed as two separate towns each with MPs and its own mayor.

The town centres around a small harbour and along the steep-sided valley of the River Looe which flows between East and West Looe to the sea beside a sandy beach. Offshore to the west, opposite the stonier Hannafore Beach, lies Looe Island.

  1. ^ a b c "List of Place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel" (PDF). Cornish Language Partnership. May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Looe East Ward". Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Looe West and Lansallos ward". Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
  5. ^ "Background information for Looe and the Looe Harbour". looeharbour.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2018.