Blue Anchor is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depi ...

in mid

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlan ...

, England, United Kingdom. It is in the

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St Enoder St Enoder ( kw, Eglosenoder) is a civil parish and hamlet in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated five miles (8 km) southeast of Newquay. There is an electoral ward bearing this name which includes St Columb Road. The populatio ...

It is situated on the old course of the A30 road (now re-routed south of the settlement as a

dual carriageway A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...

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) between the villages of

Fraddon Fraddon is a village in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, in the parish of St Enoder (where the 2011 census population was included). It is roughly midway between Newquay and St Austell and is south of the linked villages of St Columb Road ...

and

Penhale Penhale ( kw, Pennhal) is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is about six miles (10 km) east-southeast of Newquay and ten miles (16 km) west-southwest of Bodmin.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' The ...

.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' The Blue Anchor Inn is alleged to have been the first stop the King's Messenger made on his journey to announce the victory at the

Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval battle, naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy, French and Spanish Navy, Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–De ...

in October 1805.

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