Bishop's Quay

Bishop's Quay
Bishop's Quay
 Bishop's Quay shown within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW721254
Civil parishSt Martin-in-Meneage
Unitary authorityCornwall
Ceremonial countyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town HELSTON
Postcode district TR12
Dialling code 01326
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentSt Ives
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall

Coordinates: 50°05′07″N 5°11′12″W / 50.0853°N 5.1868°W / 50.0853; -5.1868

Bishop's Quay is a hamlet in south-west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the south bank of the tidal Mawgan Creek at its confluence with the Helford River five miles (8 km) east of Helston.[1] The Cornish Seal Sanctuary at Gweek is half-a-mile away on the north bank of the Helford River.[2][3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  2. ↑ "The Cornish Seal sanctuary". Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey 'Explorer' 1:25000 map, sheet 103, ISBN 978-0-319-24117-2


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.