Padstow

For the Sydney, Australia suburb, see Padstow, New South Wales.

Padstow
Padstow Inner Harbour & quayside
Padstow is located in Cornwall
Padstow
Padstow
Location within Cornwall
Population2,993 (Civil parish, 2011)
OS grid referenceSW918751
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPADSTOW
Postcode districtPL28
Dialling code01841
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°32′17″N 4°56′17″W / 50.538°N 4.938°W / 50.538; -4.938

Padstow (/ˈpædstoʊ/; Cornish Standard Written Form: Lannwedhenek[2]) is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town is situated on the west bank of the River Camel estuary, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Wadebridge, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Bodmin and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Newquay.[3] The population of Padstow civil parish was 3,162 in the 2001 census,[4] reducing to 2,993 at the 2011 census.[5] In addition an electoral ward with the same name exists but extends as far as Trevose Head. The population for this ward is 4,434.[6]

The geology of the low plateau west of Padstow has resulted in such features as Tregudda Gorge where erosion along the faultline has caused sheer cliffs to form; and Marble Cliffs which has alternating dark grey and light grey strata. The Round Hole is a collapsed sea cave.[7]

  1. ^ "Padstow Town Council | Working In Partnership For The Good Of The Community". Padstow-tc.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  4. ^ Parish population for North Cornwall district Archived 7 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine, Cornwall County Council and ONS, 2001
  5. ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Ward population 2011 census". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  7. ^ Clegg, David (2005) Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly. Leicester: Matador; p. 78