Porthcothan

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Porthcothan
Cornish: Porthkehodhon
Cornwall
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Porthcothan Beach
Location
Grid reference: SW719858
Location: 50°30’29"N, 5°1’20"W
Data
Post town: Padstow
Postcode: PL28
Dialling code: 01841
Local Government
Council: Cornwall
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Cornwall

Porthcothan is a coastal village between Newquay and Padstow in Cornwall. It is close by St Eval and within its civil parish.

Porthcothan is within the 'Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty', as is almost a third of the county.

The sandy beach is popular with tourists and surfers and is patrolled by lifeguards during the day in the summer; local surf schools sometimes use the beach for tuition. There is a pay-and-display car park and a small grocery shop near the beach.

In January 2014, Storm Anne reduced a local arch, Jan Leverton's Rock, to rubble.[1][2]

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