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Wheal Penrose

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Wheal Penrose is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall, covering 0.01 km². It is one of 148 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It is one of the smaller SSSIs in the county. It lies within Cornwall National Landscape National Landscape.

St Erth Station is about 14 km away to the north-west. Nearby SSSIs include Loe Pool and Tremearne Par.

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Cornwall National Landscape

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Padstow

The best of Cornwall's coast and moor, gathered into a dozen protected stretches around the county

Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

0.1 km S · spans 4 counties

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.1 km SW · spans 24 counties

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Porthleven

Village

Britain's most southerly port, its harbour framed by the landmark clock-tower institute and a growing reputation for food.

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Photo of Church of St Winwaloe, Gunwalloe, a church in Cornwall, south west England.

Church of St Winwaloe, Gunwalloe

Church near Gunwalloe

The 'Church of the Storms', set almost on the beach at Church Cove with its bell tower built into the rock.

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Photo of Halliggye Fogou, a souterrain near Helford, Cornwall, south west England.

Halliggye Fogou

Souterrain near Helford

Cornwall's biggest and most intact fogou, a set of stone-walled, slab-roofed passages beneath the Trelowarren estate on the Lizard, left by an Iron Age settlement.

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