Portwrinkle

Human settlement in England
Portwrinkle is located in Cornwall
Portwrinkle
Portwrinkle
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSX357539Civil parish
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  • Cornwall
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Region
  • South West
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townTORPOINTPostcode districtPL11Dialling code01503PoliceDevon and CornwallFireCornwallAmbulanceSouth Western UK Parliament
  • South East Cornwall
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UK
England
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50°21′43″N 4°18′40″W / 50.362°N 4.311°W / 50.362; -4.311

Portwrinkle (Cornish: Porthwykkel)[1] is a small coastal village in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at the western end of Whitsand Bay five miles (8 km) south-west of Saltash.[2]

Portwinkle was traditionally a fishing village and the old 17th century walls of the pilchard cellars are still standing, although they have been incorporated into housing. The village has a harbour and two beaches are accessible from it. Although the village has no shops, apart from the beach car park cafe, there is a post office in nearby village of Crafthole.

The Whitsand Bay Hotel – formerly a mansion called Thanckes House in nearby Torpoint, dismantled and re-erected in Portwrinkle – closed in 2018 but (as of 2022[update]) the Grade II listed building still stands, awaiting redevelopment.[3]

Eglarooze Cliff

Eglarooze Cliff (Cornish: Eglos Ros), to the west of the village, is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its biological interest. The cliff is noted to contain 2 Red Data Book endangered plant species; the slender bird's-foot trefoil and carrot broomrape.[4]

References

  1. ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
  3. ^ "Torpoint mansion moved brick by brick to become Cornish seaside hotel". Plymouth Herald. 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Eglarooze Cliff" (PDF). Natural England. 1986. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

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