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Geographical Links throughout the County of Cornwall

  
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  These pages list most of the towns and villages in Cornwall.
Each entry is a brief pen picture of the place (up to 10 lines).
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Places with names in bold letters within the description have their own entry in these pages. 		 


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Towns and Villages - P
  PADSTOW (the holy place of St Petroc) is a fishing port on the north coast at the mouth of the River Camel.

    		 
  PAR (from the Cornish porth meaning cove or beach) is a china clay port on the south coast between St Austell and Fowey.

   		  
  PENRYN (from Penn Rynn meaning "end of the slope") is situated to the north west of Falmouth.

   		  
  PENSILVA is a rural village between Liskeard and Callington.  
  PENZANCE (from Penn Sans meaning "holy head") is a fishing port at the western end of Cornwall. The Scillonian sails to the Isles of Scilly from here.

        		 
  PERRANPORTH (the beach or cove of St Piran) is a seaside village south west of Newquay.

     		  
POLPERRO (from Porth Pyra meaning "the cove of Pyra") is a picturesque fishing village on the south coast between Fowey and Looe.

     
POLRUAN (from Porth Ruan meaning "the cove of Ruan") is a fishing port on the eastern side of the mouth of the River Fowey - across from the town of Fowey.
  PORTHLEVEN (the cove of St Levan) is a fishing village near Helston.  
  PORTHTOWAN (cove of the sand dune) is a coastal village halfway between Newquay and St Ives.  
  PORT ISAAC (the cove of Isaac) is an old fishing village to the north east of Padstow. A featured location in several films including Amy Foster in 1996 and Saving Grace in 2000  
  PORTREATH (cove on the beach) is a coastal village near to Porthleven, between St Ives and Newquay.  
  PROBUS (named after the parish saint) is a large village between St Austell and Truro. It is the home of the County Demonstration Gardens.  



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