The B3306, also known as the West Cornwall Coast Road, is a major

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of southwestern

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. It connects St Ives in the east to St Just in the west, and eventually joins the

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to the northeast of

Sennen Sennen (''Cornish: Sen Senan'' or ''Sen Senana'') is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sennen village is situated approximately eight miles (13 km) west-southwest of Penzance.Ordnance Survey: Landra ...

in the southwest of the Penwith peninsula. This thirteen-mile road is often voted one of the greatest driving roads in the United Kingdom for its scenery, with most of the road having views both across the

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to the north, and the Cornish moorland to the south. It hugs the coastline for a great proportion of its length.

Description

The road begins in the town of St Ives, adjacent to St Ives Library, on the junction with the

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at . In St Ives it is initially known as "Gabriel Street" and then "The Stennack" and "Higher Stennack". The road ends at the junction with the

at , outside St Just. Notable settlements it passes through (from St Ives to the southwest) include Zennor, Boswednack, Treen,

Porthmeor Porthmeor (from kw, Porth Meur, meaning "large cove") is a hamlet that consists of two farms, Higher and Lower Porthmeor, in the parish of Zennor in Cornwall, England. It should not be confused with Porthmeor beach at St Ives. Higher Porthmeor ...

Morvah Morvah is a civil parish and village on the Penwith peninsula in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Geography The village is centred approximately eight miles (13 km) west-southwest of St Ives and north-west of Penzance.Ordnance Su ...

, Bojewyan,

Pendeen Pendeen (from kw, Penn Din meaning "headland fort", previously known as kw, Boskaswal Wartha, meaning "Caswal's high dwelling") is a village and ecclesiastical parish on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is north-northe ...

, Trewellard, Carnyorth, Botallack, Kenidjack, St Just, Bosavern and Kelynack.,
B3306 road
The bridge near St Just, dated to the early 19th century, became a Grade II listed building on 21 September 1973. A number of notable

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sites lie alongside or immediately off this road, including

Zennor Quoit Zennor Quoit is a ruined megalithic burial chamber or dolmen, located on a moor about a mile (1.6 km) east of the village of Zennor, Cornwall, England, UK. It dates to 2500–1500 BC. Aside from the roof, which collapsed some time between ...

Sperris Quoit Sperris Quoit is a ruined megalithic burial chamber or dolmen, and one of a type of tomb unique to West Penwith, located on a moor around 365 metres northeast of Zennor Quoit, being roughly halfway between Zennor and Amalveor, Cornwall. It is ...

Chûn Quoit Chûn Quoit is one of the best preserved of all Neolithic quoits (also called dolmens or cromlechs) in western Cornwall, United Kingdom. Chûn Quoit is located in open moorland near Pendeen and Morvah. Standing on a ridge, near the much la ...

and

Lanyon Quoit Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 2 miles southeast of Morvah. It collapsed in a storm in 1815 and was re-erected nine years later, and as a result the dolmen is now very different from its original appearance. Loca ...

. The road is tight and twisting, and challenging to drivers. In early 2009, after heavy rain and flooding near Zennor, the road was closed at Chykembro Culvert because of flood damage to its foundations.Cornwall Council
Emergency Road Closures
retrieved 22 April 2012 File:B3306 North Coast Road2 Tom Corser.jpg, B3306 North Coast Road File:The B3306 near Boscubben - geograph.org.uk - 1617224.jpg, The B3306 near Boscubben (northeast of Zennor) File:The B3306 at Boswednack - geograph.org.uk - 1483664.jpg, The B3306 at Boswednack

References

External links

{{Portal, Cornwall
Video on a motorbike along the B3306
Roads in Cornwall Scenic routes in the United Kingdom