Priest Cove, St. Just in Penwith

Name: Priest Cove
Address: St. Just in Penwith, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in St. Just in Penwith

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Priest Cove or Priest's Cove is a small cove one mile west of St Just, Cornwall, UK. The name is from the Cornish Porth Ust, the port or cove of St Just, which was shortened to Por’ Ust. The apostrophised name "Priest’s" is a spelling mistake and the site has no connection with the clergy. ()

Coordinates: 50°7'30"N, 5°42'22"W

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St. Just in Penwith United Kingdom

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Priest Cove – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cot Valley, Botallack Mine, Ballowall Barrow, St Just in Penwith Parish Church.

0.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Cot Valley, St. Just in Penwith
16 min walk • Cot Valley is located half-a-mile south of St Just in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a very mild microclimate. The stream which runs down the valley discharges into the Atlantic Ocean at Nanven.
1.3 miNE
Archaeological site
Botallack Mine, St. Just in Penwith
34 min walk • The Botallack Mine is a former mine in Botallack in the west of Cornwall, England, UK. Since 2006 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site – Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape.
~1450 ftSE
Prehistoric site
Ballowall Barrow, St. Just in Penwith
7 min walk • Ballowall Barrow is a prehistoric funerary cairn which Ashbee and Hencken state contains several phases of use from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. It is situated on the cliff top at Ballowall Common, near St Just in Cornwall, England, UK. It is also known as Carn Gluze Barrow.
1.2 miE
Church
St Just in Penwith Parish Church, St. Just in Penwith
31 min walk • St Just in Penwith Parish Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, UK.
1.1 miE
Amphitheatre
Plen-an-gwary, St. Just in Penwith
29 min walk • A plen-an-gwarry or plain-an-gwary, is a "playing-place" or round, a medieval amphitheatre found in Cornwall. A circular outdoor space used for plays, sports, and public events, the plen-an-gwary was a Cornish variant of a construction style found across Great Britain.
0.6 miS
Beach
Porth Nanven, St. Just in Penwith
16 min walk • Porth Nanven is a beach in the far west of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located half-a-mile west of the town of St Just. The beach is at the seaward end of the Cot Valley and is part of the Aire Point To Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest.
~1950 ftN
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Kenidjack Valley, St. Just in Penwith
10 min walk • Kenidjack Valley, sometimes referred to as Nancherrow Valley, is a steep-sided valley in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The Tregeseal River flows down the valley and discharges into the Atlantic a few hundred yards north of Cape Cornwall 50.130°N 5.703°W, half-a-mile north-east of the village of St Just.
1.2 miE
Church
Sancreed Parish Church, St. Just in Penwith
31 min walk • Sancreed Parish Church is the parish church of Sancreed, Cornwall, England, UK. It is an Anglican church in the Diocese of Truro. Sancreed Parish church lies at the heart of the village and is dedicated to St Sancredus.

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Nearby attractions include Ballowall Barrow, St. Just in Penwith (7 min walk), Kenidjack Valley, St. Just in Penwith (10 min walk), Porth Nanven, St. Just in Penwith (16 min walk), Cot Valley, St. Just in Penwith (16 min walk).

Priest Cove, St. Just in Penwith

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Priest Cove – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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