Porthcothan (Cornish: Porthkehodhon)[1] is a coastal village between Newquay and Padstow in Cornwall, England, UK.[2] It is within the civil parish of St Eval.
Porthcothan
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 Porthcothan beach looking down from the north at low tide, towards the former Arch rock | |
  Porthcothan Location within Cornwall | |
| OS grid reference | SW8574572018 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PADSTOW |
| Postcode district | PL28 |
| Dialling code | 01841 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Porthcothan lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
The sandy beach is popular with tourists and surfers and is patrolled by lifeguards during the day in the summer; local surf schools sometimes use the beach for tuition. There is a pay-and-display car park and a small grocery shop near the beach. In January 2014, storm Anne reduced a local arch, Jan Leverton's Rock, to rubble.[3][4]
History
editAs with many coves in Cornwall Porthcothan has legends of smuggling, and there is a large cave some mile inland that is reputed to have been used to store the smuggled goods.[5]
Notable people
editNotable former residents include the early science fiction author J. D. Beresford[6] and the playwright Nick Darke.[7] The novelist D. H. Lawrence lived locally at one time, but did not get on with the local populace who accused him of spying during World War I.[5][6]
See also
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- Other coastal villages and bays nearby
- Other villages nearby
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Ordnance Survey Landranger 200; Newquay, Padstow & surrounding area, 1:50 000. 1988
- ^ "UK storms: Further flooding risk as heavy rain forecast". BBC News. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "Storms smash iconic Cornish rock formation at Porthcothan". Western Morning News. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ a b Rendell, Joan (1983). North Cornwall in the Old Days. St Teath: Bossiney Books. p. 25. ISBN 0-906456-79-7.
- ^ a b Harrison, Andrew (2017). ""A new continent of the soul": D.H. Lawrence, Porthcothan and the necessary fiction of Cornwall". Journal of D. H. Lawrence Studies. 4. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Michell, Roger (15 June 2005). "Obituary: Nick Darke". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
External links
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