Looe

Looe (Cornish: Logh) is the principal seaside town of south-east Cornwall, UK, consisting of East Looe and West Looe. They are joined by a seven-arched Victorian bridge across the River Looe.

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West Looe (Cornish: Porthbyghan) is built around the 14th century church of Saint Nicholas which has a campanile belfry.

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East Looe has an Old Guildhall and the 13th century church of Saint Mary.

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Portlooe is a hamlet to the south of West Looe at that is not alongside the sea and consequently has no port.

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Before the Great Reform Act of 1832, West Looe and East Looe returned two MPs each to the unreformed House of Commons despite their tiny populations, becoming renowned as archetypal rotten boroughs.

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The towns were first recorded in the 13th century, and had been connected by a bridge by 1411. The current bridge was opened in 1853.

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Looe Island, about half a mile offshore, has the ruins of a medieval monastery.

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Looe is also known for the nearby Monkey Sanctuary, and is also the headquarters of British shark-fishing.

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The town has a railway station, which is the terminus of the Looe Valley branch line to Liskeard. At Liskeard, the line connects with the main Plymouth-Penzance Great Western Main Line.

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Cornwall: Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow or occasionally Curnow) is a county of England's south-west peninsula, lying west of the River Tamar....

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