Pentewan Valley is one of four new

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es created on 1 April 2009 for the St Austell district of mid

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, England, United Kingdom. The population including Gracca, Lavalsa Meor, London Apprentice and

Lower Porthpean Lower Porthpean is a coastal hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is close to Higher Porthpean Higher Porthpean is a village south of Duporth and contiguous with Lower Porthpean in Cornwall, England. It has a small church, dedicated to St L ...

at the 2011 Census was 826. The new parish is the largest of the four by area and is rural in character. It includes the settlements of Trewhiddle, London Apprentice and Pentewan and is represented by nine councillors. Pentewan, the coastal village from which the new parish derives its name, is approximately three miles (5 km) south of St Austell.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' The name Pentewan Valley also applies to the valley of the St Austell River between St Austell and the sea at Pentewan village.

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