St Agnes is a village and parish on Cornwall’s north coast, south-west of Perranporth. Its coastal scenery sits within a historic mining district, with old workings and harbour remains contributing to the landscape around it.
A nineteenth-century gazetteer describes a community closely connected with nearby mines and a small harbour receiving coal, lime and slate. The coast was somewhere supplies arrived and people worked, not simply somewhere they went to admire the view.
St Agnes later lay on the Chacewater–Newquay railway. Its village, former station and coastal mine sites are distinct destinations. The town-level pin provides orientation; the route entry explains its place between the main line and the north-coast settlements.
Where it is
St Agnes, Cornwall
50.312, -5.204 · Position source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Agnes,_Cornwall
Village orientation — approximate
Visiting and access
A location reference, not confirmation of public access or a visitor entrance.
Sources
Source: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5106 Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Agnes,_Cornwall
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