Mawnan
in Cornwall of England, United Kingdom
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Newquay Cornwall Airport (23 mi) - Land's End Airport (25 mi)
- Plymouth City Airport (49 mi)
- St. Mary's Airport (55 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (86 mi)
- Swansea Airport (113 mi)
- Cardiff International Airport (117 mi)
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Brest Bretagne Airport (119 mi) - Haverfordwest Airport (119 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (136 mi)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (Unesco heritage, 21 mi)
- Killiow Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.107 and -5.096 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 6' 26" and W -5° 5' 44"
- 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: 10:38 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:35 am and 4:35 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
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
Explore Mawnan
Mawnan in Cornwall (England) is a city in United Kingdom about 238 mi (or 382 km) south-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Mawnan is now 10:38 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 10 airports in the vicinity of Mawnan, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Newquay Cornwall Airport in a distance of 23 mi (or 38 km), North. 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 21 mi (or 34 km), East. Also, if you like golfing, there is an option about 11 mi (or 17 km). away. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Falmouth, Perranarworthal, Wendron, St. Day and Chacewater. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 13°C / 55 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 73% |
| Air Pressure | 1026 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 56% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
12°C (53 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
12°C (53 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Budock Vean
Merchants Manor
St Michael's Hotel & Spa
Anacapri Guest House
South Point Antigua
Meudon
Penmorvah Manor
Penmere Manor Hotel
Hawthorne Dene Hotel
The Falmouth Hotel
Videos from this area
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Coast Path Swanpool Falmouth - Cornwall
From http://www.visitcornwall.tv The coast path leading to Maenporth beach that starts above Swanpool beach. Spectacular views along the coast to St Anthony Lighthouse , Pendennis and the...
Kayak Trip - Maenporth to Helford River - Cornwall UK
Kayak trip on 20th October 2012 from Maenporth Falmouth UK to Helford River. Easy 2 hour paddle, head land off the Helford was a little choppy. On the night of the 30 December 1978, the Scottish...
Falmouth, Swanvale fire 1944
Incendiary bomb 30th May 1944, The last great air assault on Cornwall concerned a massive widespread raid directed at Falmouth and it's immediate environs. - A direct hit on a one and a quarter...
Oyster Self Catering Apartment Falmouth Cornwall
Luxury Self catering Apartment right on the Beach !
SJ4000 cam in water at Falmouth
Me messing about with my new SJ4000 camera in the sea at Swanpool beach in Falmouth, Cornwall.
4K Trebah Gardens 2nd December 2014
4K Trebah Gardens 2nd December 2014. A quick walk around the gardens using a GoPro 4 on a Steadicam. More of a test than anything. There will also be a trip around Falmouth in 4K uploaded later.
video2.mov: Glendurgan gardens to Helford
See the entire trip at http://www.everytrail.com.
video3.mov: Glendurgan gardens to Helford
See the entire trip at http://www.everytrail.com.
Kayaking out of Gillan Creek
Trip from Maenporth to Gillan and back - Lovely weather , flat seas .
Cornish Treasures.mov
One of my favourite places to dive in the UK is Cornwall. The water is a little clearer than the rest of the south coast and there's so much to see. The majority of this footage was shot on...
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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.
Durgan
Durgan (Cornish: Dowrgeun, meaning otters) is a hamlet in the parish of Mawnan, south Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated beside the Helford River four miles (6 km) south of Falmouth. The hamlet consists of approximately 15 properties, many owned by the National Trust, and has a permanent population of 10. The majority of the properties are second homes or holiday lets. Durgan has a beach popular with boaters, swimmers and holiday makers.
Helford River
The Helford River is a ria (flooded river valley) in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is fed by a number of small streams into its many creeks. There are seven creeks on the Helford; from west to east these are Ponsontuel Creek, Mawgan Creek, Polpenwith Creek, Polwheveral Creek, Frenchman's Creek, Port Navas Creek, and Gillan Creek, the best known of which is Frenchman's Creek, made famous by Daphne du Maurier in her novel of the same name.
Glendurgan Garden
Glendurgan Garden (Cornish: Glynn Dowrgeun, meaning deep valley of otters) is a National Trust garden situated above the hamlet of Durgan on the Helford River in Mawnan Smith, near Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Glendurgan Garden was laid out by Alfred Fox in the 1820s and 1830s. In 1962 Glendurgan Garden was given to the National Trust by Cuthbert and Philip Fox. The garden is notable for a cherry laurel maze, created in 1833.
Trebah
Trebah (Cornish: Tre Worabo, meaning Gorabo's farm) is a 26-acre sub-tropical garden situated in Cornwall near Glendurgan Garden and above the Helford River.
Maenporth
Maenporth (Cornish: Meyn Borth, meaning stones cove) is a cove and beach in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately two miles (3 km) south-southwest of Falmouth on the estuary of the River Fal. Maenporth cove faces east across Falmouth Bay with views towards Pendennis Castle and the lighthouse on St Anthony Head. The South West Coast Path runs through Maenporth. Behind the cove, wetland supports varied birdlife including the Grey Heron and the Little Egret.
Mawnan
Mawnan (Cornish: Maunan, meaning St Maunan) is a civil parish in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the former administrative district of Kerrier and is bounded to the south by the Helford River, to the east by the sea, and to the west by Constantine parish. The population was 1,454 in the 2001 census.
St Anthony-in-Meneage
St Anthony-in-Meneage is a coastal civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is in the Meneage district of The Lizard peninsula. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 171. The village is situated on a peninsula between the Helford River and Gillan Harbour on the west side of Falmouth Bay, five miles (8 km) south of Falmouth and seven miles (11 km) east of Helford at grid reference SW 782 256.
The Gear Rout
The Gear Rout was a Cornish insurrection of 1648 following the end of the English Civil War. It involved some 500 Cornish rebels who fought on the Royalist side against the Parliamentarian forces of Sir Hardress Waller. Cornish forces had fought on the Royalist side in the defence of the Duchy against the New Model Army in the Civil War and had perceived it as a war of national liberation against the English Parliament, which the Cornish ultimately lost.
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Saint Anthony › South-East, Saint Anthony (source)
Falmouth: Harbour Lights, Falmouth (source)
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