Holywell, Cornwall

Coordinates: 50°23′N 5°8′W / 50.383°N 5.133°W / 50.383; -5.133

The beach at Holywell Bay

Holywell (Cornish: Tregew)[1] is a coastal village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at Holywell Bay (Cornish: Porth Heylyn),[1] about three miles (5 km) west-southwest of Newquay.[2]

Holywell beach adjoins the settlement to the northwest and Penhale Camp, an army training establishment regularly used by cadets, is half-a-mile to the southwest.[2][3] On the north side of Holywell beach Holywell Cave is accessible at low tide and contains many pools formed by natural buildup of minerals.[4] In the cave is St Cubert's holy well.[5]

W. J. Burley, the author of the Wycliffe novels, lived in Holywell until his death in 2002.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. 1 2 Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  3. ↑ Wikimapia website, retrieved April 2010
  4. ↑ Secret Shrines: In a Dark Sea Cave....by Paul Broadhurst
  5. ↑ Ellis, P. B. (1992) The Cornish Saints. Penryn: Tor Mark Press, pp. 9-10
  6. ↑ BBC website; news of Burley's death at Holywell; retrieved April 2010

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