Penpol Creek
Penpol Creek is a small, tidal inlet on the south coast of Cornwall, on the north shore of the much larger Restronguet Creek, itself a tributary inlet of the Carrick Roads. The name 'Penpol' is from the village at the head of the creek: its name is the Cornish Pen Pol, just meaning 'head of the creek'. Today Penpol hamlet is part of the wider village stretching all around the creek and known as Chycoose.
The creek is technically a 'ria'; a tidal inlet formed in a valley draowned at the end of the Ice Age. It is about three-quarters of a mile west of Feock village and four miles south of Truro.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Restronguet Creek was a busy commercial waterway with extensive wharves on the north bank, and Penpol was a small port engaged in the export of tin and copper from the mines a few miles to the north and there were wharves at Point Quay served by an extension of the Redruth and Chasewater Railway; trains on this section of line were hauled by horses from Devoran, a mile upstream on the Fal.
Outside links
- Location map: 50°12’30"N, 5°4’20"W
References
- Acton, Viv (1993) Life by the Fal: Years of change at Point and Penpol, Penpol, Landmark Publications ISBN 1-873443-10-2
