Penhale Explained

Country:England
Map Type:Cornwall
Coordinates:50.3803°N -4.9422°W
Official Name:Penhale
Cornish Name:Pennhal
Civil Parish:St Enoder
Unitary England:Cornwall
Lieutenancy England:Cornwall
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:North Cornwall
Post Town:ST. COLUMB
Postcode District:TR9
Postcode Area:TR
Dial Code:01726
Os Grid Reference:SW909575

Penhale (Cornish: Pennhal)[1] is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about six miles (10 km) east-southeast of Newquay and ten miles (16 km) west-southwest of Bodmin.[2]

The village is on the course of the A30 trunk road. The road used to run through the village but is now re-routed half-a-mile south as a dual carriageway bypass.

Penhale is in the civil parish of St Enoder and the nearest villages are St Columb Road and Indian Queens.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin