Watch Croft Explained

Watch Croft
Elevation M:252
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:225
Listing:Marilyn
Location:West Penwith, Cornwall
Grid Ref Uk:SW420357
Topo:OS Landranger 203, Explorer 102
Coordinates:50.1645°N -5.6117°W

Watch Croft (Cornish: Carnonbigh) is a prominent hill, 252m (827feet) high[2] overlooking the north coast of Cornwall, UK.[3] Its prominence of 225 metres qualifies it as a Marilyn, one of only five in Cornwall. The others are Brown Willy (420 m), Kit Hill (334 m), Hensbarrow Beacon (312 m) and Carnmenellis (252 m). It is the highest point in West Penwith.[4]

Watch Croft is located within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the St Just Mining District World Heritage Site,[4] on the White Downs in the Cornish region of West Penwith, 7 kilometres WNW of Penzance, about 7½ kilometres northeast of St. Just and about a kilometre from the north Cornish coastline. The summit is a rock tor. There are views across Mount's Bay to the Lizard, south to Ding Dong Mine and north to Pendeen Watch.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jackson. Mark. More Relative Hills of Britain. Relative Hills of Britain. 31 March 2013. 166.
  2. The Database of British and Irish Hills gives the height as 253 m and prominence as 226 m.
  3. [Ordnance Survey]
  4. http://www.savepenwithmoors.com/2013%20WATCH%20CROFT.pdf Watch Croft/Trevean
  5. http://www.oliverscornwall.co.uk/oliverscornwallcountrysidepenwith.html#Watch Watch Croft