Porthtowan | |
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Porthtowan | |
Location within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SW695475 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | St Agnes |
Postcode district | TR4 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
Porthtowan (Cornish Standard Written Form: Porth Tewyn, meaning landing place at the sand dunes) is a small village in Cornwall, England, UK, which is a popular summer tourist destination. Porthtowan is on Cornwall's north Atlantic coast about 3.5 km (2.2 mi) southwest of St Agnes, 6 km (3.7 mi) north of Redruth, 16 km (9.9 mi) west of Truro and 24 km (15 mi) southwest of Newquay in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, a World Heritage Site.
Porthtowan is popular with surfers and industrial archaeologists; former mine stacks and engine houses dot the landscape.[1] It lies on the South West Coast Path.