Porthtowan

Porthtowan
Porthtowan
Porthtowan is located in Cornwall
Porthtowan
Porthtowan
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW695475
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSt Agnes
Postcode districtTR4
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°16′56″N 5°14′13″W / 50.28234°N 5.23682°W / 50.28234; -5.23682

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.

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