Southdown, Cornwall

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Southdown
Cornwall

Southdown
Location
Grid reference: SX429526
Location: 50.353,-4.209 -4.209
Data
Post town: Torpoint
Postcode: PL10
Local Government
Council: Cornwall

Southdown is a coastal village in south-eastern Cornwall, on the banks of the Hamoaze east of Millbrook on the on the Insworke Peninsula, a promontory forming part of the Rame Peninsula, about five miles south of Saltash.

Southdown Quay was originally built as a naval victualling yard and later became a brickworks. The quay is now the Southdown Marina.

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