OS grid reference SX434502 Country England Post town TORPOINT Local time Tuesday 3:03 AM Ceremonial county Cornwall UK parliament constituency South East Cornwall | Region South West Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district PL10 Dialling code 01752 Civil parish Maker-with-Rame | |
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Cawsand (Cornish: Porthbugh) and Kingsand are twin villages in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula and is in the parish of Maker-with-Rame (where the 2011 census population was included).
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Map of Cawsand, Torpoint, UK
Cawsand overlooks Plymouth Sound and adjoins Kingsand, formerly on the border of Devon and Cornwall (the border has since been moved and now is situated on the River Tamar). Once a renowned smuggling village, Cawsand now has three public houses (the Cross Keys Inn, the Devonport Inn and the Halfway house Inn) and a hotel (the Cawsand Bay Hotel).
Cawsand is within Mount Edgcumbe Country Park. There are frequent bus services to the city of Plymouth which is three miles to the north across Plymouth Sound. There is also a ferry service in the summer (from Cawsand beach to Plymouth Hoe) and a pilot gig club (Rame Gig Club).
The Rame Peninsula is sometimes known as being in the Forgotten Corner of Cornwall.
Cawsand Fort
Cawsand Fort (at 50°19′56″N 4°12′9″W) is sited just above the village. The fort is an 1860s Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom fort built on the site of a 1779 battery to mount about 10 guns to cover the western entrance to Plymouth Sound by the breakwater. Released by the Ministry of Defence in 1926 it remained derelict until it was converted into residential accommodation.
Twinning
Cawsand is twinned with Porspoder in Brittany, France.