Pendeen

For the fishing lugger lost at St Ives in 1909, see List of shipwrecks in 1909.

Pendeen
Boat on the slipway at Pendeen Cove
Pendeen is located in Cornwall
Pendeen
Pendeen
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW384344
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPENZANCE
Postcode districtTR19
Dialling code01736
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Cornwall
50°09′08″N 5°39′42″W / 50.1521°N 5.6618°W / 50.1521; -5.6618

Pendeen (from Cornish: Penn Din meaning "headland fort", previously known as Cornish: Boskaswal Wartha, meaning "Caswal's high dwelling")[1] is a village and ecclesiastical parish on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England. It is 3 miles (5 kilometres) north-northeast of St Just and 7 mi (11 km) west of Penzance.[2] It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to Land's End and the A30 road.

The village has a community centre, a shop, a post office, a primary school, and a few small businesses. Community activities include an art club, a gardening club, silver marching band and a football club. Nearby settlements include Carnyorth and Trewellard and the historic Geevor Tin Mine is immediately north of the village.

The village gets its name from the headland on which Pendeen Lighthouse stands, a mile from the village. Like many other Cornish villages near the coast, Pendeen had a reputation for smuggling activities.

Pendeen is overlooked by a hill, Carn Eanes,[3] referred to locally as 'The Carn', the site of a quarry which provided the granite to build Pendeen church.

Pendeen lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the St Just in Penwith division of Cornwall Council.[4]

Pendeen is close (1 km) to the South West Coast Path and in addition has a number of local footpaths for exploring the surroundings.

  1. ^ Craig Weatherhill (2017). The Place-Names of the Land's End Peninsula. Penwith Press. p. 128. ISBN 9781999777500.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  3. ^ Land's End 1:25000. Ordnance Survey. 2003. ISBN 9780319241165.
  4. ^ "Cornwall Council Interactive Map". Cornwall Council. Retrieved 15 November 2020.