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Porthallow

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with a compressor and dive shop on the beach. Diving activities and overnight camping were banned from the beach following years of late night parties, loud music and bonfires, when in 1971, Trustees from the village bought and ran the beach. The Porthallow Village Association became a charity in
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newspaper on 9 June 1881 for a newly built inn. The advertisement mentioned the serpentine specimens and fine views on the cliffs, the good river and sea fishing and the perfectly safe sea bathing. In the 1960s, the village was popular as a launch site for
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estate later owned the village and leased it to The Porthallow Pilchard Curing Company from 1914 to 1937. It was then bought by the Porthallow Institute and Reading Room.
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The geology of the Lizard is complex and of great interest to geologists. The peninsula can be divided into two areas, with an irregular boundary running between
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and to the south the Lizard District, with the geology differing greatly between the two districts. The coast to the north of the village is designated as a
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2008 and is still maintained by a voluntary group of Trustees from the village. There is a diving centre at Porthkerris, 1 km to the south.
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Porthallow, meaning "port at the end of the moor", was a flourishing fishing village in the 13th century. It was first used as a fishing base by
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operated on the Lizard Peninsula at Perhala (Porthallow), Proustock (Porthoustock), The Lizard (possibly
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An attempt was made to attract tourists to Porthallow in 1881 with an advertisement in
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parish, north of St Keverne village. One road runs through the village, and there is
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years ago when the Lizard rocks were thrust up, the Meneage Crush Zone and Meneage
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per hundred, and the rest would feed local people during the winter. The
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was formed and the rocks to the north are of thick beds of
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Cornish

Porthallow is located in Cornwall
Cornwall
OS grid reference
SW796233
London
Civil parish
St Keverne
Unitary authority
Cornwall
Ceremonial county
Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
TR12
Dialling code
Police
Devon and Cornwall
Fire
Cornwall
Ambulance
South Western
UK Parliament
St Ives

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