Golant
in Cornwall of England, United Kingdom
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Newquay Cornwall Airport (16 mi) - Plymouth City Airport (24 mi)
- Land's End Airport (49 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (60 mi)
- MOD St. Athan (89 mi)
- Swansea Airport (89 mi)
- Cardiff International Airport (91 mi)
- Haverfordwest Airport (102 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (110 mi)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (Unesco heritage, 16 mi)
- China Fleet Country Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.363 and -4.643 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 21' 48" and W -4° 38' 33"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:24 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:34 am and 4:32 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Touring Golant
Golant in Cornwall (England) is a town located in United Kingdom about 212 mi (or 341 km) west of London, the country's capital place.
Time in Golant is now 08:24 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 9 airports nearby Golant, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Newquay Cornwall Airport in a distance of 16 mi (or 26 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape in a distance of 16 mi (or 25 km), South. Also, if you like the game of golf, there is an option about 19 mi (or 31 km). away. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Helland, Duloe, Roche, North Hill and Tregoney. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 54 °F
| Morning Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 79% |
| Air Pressure | 1027 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 35% of sky |
| General Conditions | Scattered clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
12°C (53 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
11°C (52 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
12°C (53 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Artist's House
The Fowey Hotel
BEST WESTERN FOWEY VALLEY
The Royal Oak Inn
Brambles B&B
The Old Quay House
Videos from this area
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Cascade Holiday Cottage - view from the balcony
Cascade Holiday Cottage This panoramic video shows the breathtaking views from our cottage, across the Fowey Estuary, at Golant in Cornwall.
Kayak Cornwall: Fowey to Looe via Polperro
What a great piece of coastline this is and a kayak trip well worth considering when in Cornwall. Kevin and I were joined by Guy, who is now fully fit and very active after a three months recovery...
The Hungry Sailors visit South Torfrey Farm
The Hungry Sailors visit South Torfrey Farm to taste our delicious Goose and Turkey, fresh from the farm.
The Hall Walk - Fowey
Great video of the famous Hall Walk in Fowey.
Cornwall Design Season - Edens Container - A Sea Scape
Cornwall Design Season - Edens Container - A Sea Scape Just one of a number of containers placed around Cornwall with exhibits inside them.
Lifeboat Day, Fowey 2010
R.N.L.I. Lifeboat Day in Fowey, Cornwall. Saturday July 24th 2010. Trent & D class lifeboats exercising with a Seaking helicopter from R.N.A.S. Culdrose. In the background is H.M.S. Cornwall,...
Voyage of the Royalist
Footage of our trip from Falmouth to Portsmouth, via Fowey (pron. 'foy'!) Apologies to anyone I've 'beheaded' - it was a very blowy day!
Cat dips paw into milk jug and licks it.
Whilst on holiday in wet and windy Cornwall this cute cat jumped onto the table and helped him self to the milk from my cup of tea. Meow Meow Meow.
Timelapse film of the building of a Fowey River class dinghy (Hull number 64) by Marcus Lewis
The traditional maritime skills project in Cornwall has been following a number of projects. There was an opportunity to record the building of the Fowey River clinker sailing dinghy (hull...
Spearfishing grey mullet Cornwall UK
First attempt spearing with the go-pro. A grey mullet shot on 1st June 2013 in Cornwall UK. Gun is a Seatec gabbino 90cm, and camera was a Go Pro hero 3 on a headmount. Wetsuit is a 5mm Elios...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
River Fowey
The River Fowey is a river in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It rises at Fowey Well (originally Cornish: Fenten Fowi, meaning spring of the river Fowey) about 1-mile north-west of Brown Willy on Bodmin Moor, not far from one of its tributaries rising at Dozmary Pool and Colliford Lake, passes Lanhydrock House, Restormel Castle and Lostwithiel, then broadens at Milltown before joining the English Channel at Fowey. The estuary is called Uzell (Cornish: Usel, meaning howling place).
Royal Fowey Yacht Club
The Royal Fowey Yacht Club is located in a waterfront setting at Fowey, on the south coast of Cornwall one of the UK's most secure harbours. Its antecedents can be traced back to 1880; its third Honorary Secretary, from 1893, was Arthur Quiller-Couch, who became Sir Arthur. The minutes and descriptions of Yacht races, up to 1897 are in his handwriting.
Castle Dore
Castle Dore is an Iron Age and early mediaeval hill fort near Fowey in Cornwall, United Kingdom located at grid reference SX103548.
Fowey railway station
Fowey railway station was a station in Fowey, Cornwall on the Fowey to Newquay line. It was opened on 20 June 1876 when a passenger service was introduced on the line, which had been opened by the Cornwall Minerals Railway on 1 June 1874. The next station was Par (St Blazey). The station had two platforms with loading docks and a goods shed. It was situated at Caffa Mill Pill on the north side of the town by the River Fowey.
Golant railway station
Golant railway station was opened on 1 July 1896 by the Great Western Railway. It was a simple platform on the waterside at the south end of Golant village, next to a level crossing that gave access to a slipway. It was the only intermediate station between Lostwithiel and Fowey.
St Sampson, Cornwall
St Sampson is a civil parish in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Formally known as the parish of Golant (Golant is a small village on the west bank of the Fowey river) the parish is bounded on the north by Lanlivery, on the east by the river Fowey which separates it from St Winnow, St Veep and Lanteglos-by-Fowey, on the south by Fowey, and on the west by Tywardreath.
Sawmills Studio
Sawmills Studios, created in 1974 near Golant on the banks of the River Fowey in Cornwall, England is best known as the recording studio used by musicians such as Robert Plant, Oasis, The Coronas, The Verve, Supergrass, Muse, The Holloways, Razorlight, The Stone Roses, The Dukes of Stratosphear and Ride. Founded by record producer Tony Cox in 1974, the studio building is located on its own tidal creek on the banks of the River Fowey in Cornwall.
St Sampson's Church, Golant
St Sampson's Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Golant, Cornwall, England, UK; it is dedicated to St Sampson of Dol. St Sampson's features in Simon Jenkins's book England's Thousand Best Churches, in which it is described as "warm and welcoming". The poet John Betjeman remarked that its pews were "extremely uncomfortable, recall the fidgets of Gus and Flora in Ravenshoe".
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Golant.
Fowey: FoweyCam − Cornwall, UK (21x PTZ), Fowey (source)
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Saint Sampsons, Saint Sampson, Golant
