Towns & cities · South West England
Sancreed
Sancreed — village in Cornwall, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Penzance · 5.8 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Sancreed is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 628 people. Address: TR19. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Cornwall, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.1090°, -5.6100°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Aire Point to Carrick Du SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: West Penwith Moors and Downs SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Sancreed (Cornish: Eglossankres) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately three miles (5 km) west of Penzance. Sancreed civil parish encompasses the settlements of Bejouans, Bosvennen, Botreah, Drift, Sancreed Churchtown, Trenuggo, and Tregonnebris. It is bounded by St Just parish to the west, Madron parish to the northeast, and St Buryan and Paul parishes to the south. The parish comprises 4,608 acres (18.65 km2) of land including Drift Reservoir, which provides drinking water for the area.
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Background
History
At Carn Euny is a noteworthy prehistoric settlement with considerable evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement. Excavations on this site have shown that there was activity at Carn Euny as early as the Neolithic period. There is evidence that shows that the first timber huts were built about 200 BC, but by the 1st century BC, these had been replaced by stone huts. The remains of these stone huts are still visible today as is the fogou, an underground man-made passage of unknown purpose. Like many Cornish communities Sancreed can trace its foundation by a legendary saint, in this case St Credan or Sancredus, a follower of St Petroc of Bodmin and Padstow. The church itself is…
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- Coordinates
- 50.1090, -5.6100
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- Sancreed
- Postcode
- TR19
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Ives
- Population
- 628
- Nearest railway station
- Penzance — 5.8 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q752502 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sancreed (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Sancreed church and war memorial cornwall.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Wayside cross-head in Sancreed churchyard on churchyard wall by west gate
Wayside cross-head in Sancreed churchyard on churchyard wall by west gate — a Grade II*-listed church in england-south-west, United Kingdom.
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Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 20m south east of the church
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sancreed?
- Sancreed is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TR19), in the parish of Sancreed.
- Is Sancreed a protected site?
- Yes — Sancreed is part of the Aire Point to Carrick Du SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the West Penwith Moors and Downs SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Sancreed free to visit?
- Yes, Sancreed is free to enter.
- How do I get to Sancreed?
- The nearest railway station is Penzance, about 5.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TR19.