Treen () is a hamlet in the parish of

Zennor Zennor (; (village) or (parish)) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish includes the villages of Zennor, Boswednack and Porthmeor and the hamlet of Treen. Zennor lies on the north coast, about no ...

, on the north coast of the

Penwith Penwith (; ) is an area of Cornwall, England, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former Non-metropolitan district, local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after one ...

peninsula in

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, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the

B3306 road The B3306, also known as the West Cornwall Coast Road, is a major road of southwestern Cornwall. It connects St Ives, Cornwall, St Ives in the east to St Just in Penwith, St Just in the west, and eventually joins the A30 road to the northeast o ...

which connects St Ives to the

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. At

Gurnard's Head Gurnard's Head (, meaning ''desolate one''; ) is a prominent headland on the north coast of the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England. The name is supposed to reflect that the rocky peninsula resembles the head of the gurnard fish. Geography ...

nearby on the coast is one of the many cliff castles on the Cornish coast which was formerly a

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Lookout. To the east of Gurnard's Head is

Treen Cove Treen Cove () is a tidal beach on the north coast of the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK. It is about half a mile northwest of the hamlet of Treen, and nestles between Lean Point to the east and Gurnard's Head to the west. The name of ...

.Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189''. 1961 The area is owned by the

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. The Gurnard's Head Hotel is situated on the B3306 and in the 1960s was noted for a

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at the front of the building. It is not to be confused with the larger village of

Treen Treen (literally "of a tree") is a generic name for small handmade functional household objects made of wood. Treen is distinct from furniture, such as chairs, and cabinetry, as well as clocks and cupboards. Before the late 17th century, when sil ...

on the south coast of the Penwith peninsula, less than 10 miles away.

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Hamlets in Cornwall Zennor {{Penwith-geo-stub