Helford Passage
Appearance
50°06′00″N 5°07′48″W / 50.09991°N 5.12989°W
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Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Falmouth |
Postcode district | TR11 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
Helford Passage (Cornish: Treth Heyl, meaning Estuary Beach) is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the north bank of the Helford River opposite Helford approximately five miles (8 km) south-southwest of Falmouth.[1] The village is in the civil parish of Mawnan; before 1986, it was in the parish of Constantine.
A pedestrian ferry operates daily from Easter to October between Helford Passage and Helford[2]
Helford Passage lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
The gardens at Trebah, the National Trust's Glendurgan Garden, are a short walk away.
References
[edit]- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
- ^ Cornwall Council website; list of ferries. Retrieved April 2010
External links
[edit] Media related to Helford Passage at Wikimedia Commons