Pendeen
Pendeen is a fairly small community close to the coastline in Cornwall, Britain. It is 3 miles away from the town of and and was once part of St Just parish. It is 7 miles from the town of Penzance. Dotted around Pendeen are villages of Boscaswell, Carnyorth and Trewellard as well as historical site: Geevor Tin Mine. Pendeen features a couple of pubs, a shop, a school, a church, Pendeen Chip Van and in October 2005 has just finished building it's own town hall. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Overlooking Pendeen is a hill above the church which the locals have nicknamed "Slidehill Cemetary", because of the graves at the bottom. Like many other old Cornish coast villages, Pendeen was believed to be a secret place for smuggling activities off shore. One mile down a coast road from Boscaswell sits Pendeen Lighthouse and its noticeable fog-warning siren can be heard even from Trewellard. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Cornwall: Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow or occasionally Curnow) is a county of England's south-west peninsula, lying west of the River Tamar.... Britain: This article deals with the history of the word Britain. For clarification of terminology and an overview of articles about Britain and Ireland see British Isles (terminology).... St Just: St Just is the name of more than one place:... | ~ Table of Content ~
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~ Related Subjects ~Cornish (1) - Geevor Tin Mine (1) - Trewellard (1) - County (1) - River Tamar (1) - Peninsula (1) - England (1) - St Just (1) - Britain (1) - Cornwall (1) - Penzance (1) - Carnyorth (1) - Boscaswell (1) - Pendeen (1) -~ Community ~
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