Long Rock

{{Short description|Village in Cornwall, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2009}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Long Rock | country = England | static_image_name = File:Mounts Bay.jpg | static_image_caption = A view of Long Rock, from a helicopter | region = South West England | map_type = Cornwall | population = | population_ref = | os_grid_reference = SW497315 | coordinates = {{coord|50.12891|-5.50067|display=inline,title}} | post_town = PENZANCE | postcode_area = TR | postcode_district = TR20 | dial_code = 01736 | constituency_westminster = St Ives | unitary_england = Cornwall Council | lieutenancy_england = Cornwall | cornish_name = Carrek Hyr }}

'''Long Rock''' ({{langx|kw|Carrek Hyr}}) is a village in west Cornwall, England. It lies approximately {{convert|1|mi|km}} east of Penzance and {{convert|1|mi|km}} west of Marazion, in the civil parish of Ludgvan.

==Geography== thumb|200px|The offshore rock that the village is named after

The village is named after the offshore tidal ''Long Rock''.{{efn|The ''Long Rock'' itself lies at {{gbmapping|SW498308}}.<ref>{{cite map |title=OS Explorer Land's End |date=2015 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |location=Southampton |isbn=978 0 319 24304 6}}</ref>}} Long Rock is on the shore of Mount's Bay, at the centre of the {{convert|3|mi|km|1}} beach, which stretches from Penzance to Marazion. The beach is backed by a sea wall, along which the Cornish Main Line and the South West Coast Path run.

==Amenities== thumb|The former public toilets were sold at auction for £160,000

The nearest primary schools are located in Gulval and Ludgvan, with the nearest secondary school, Humphry Davy School, in Penzance.

There is a shop, post office, two pubs (one offering B&B), a care home, an equestrian and agricultural supplier, a hall which can be hired, two motorbike training places, a car rental business and several car sales businesses. The industrial estate contains a glass merchant, a computer repairer, a vet and a solar energy firm.

Long Rock Playing Field Association recently received a grant to install new play equipment. Penwith District Council built a new 'amenity area' in a field close to the A30.

Marazion Marsh, an RSPB nature reserve leased from Lord St Levan, is situated half-a-mile east of the village.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marazion Marsh |url=https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/marazion-marsh/ |website=RSPB |access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref>

A Wesleyan chapel, on the old A30 between Long Rock and Newtown, opened on 21 June 1889. It was a replacement for an old, decaying ″clob″ building at Newtown.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Opening of a New Wesleyan Chapel at Longrock, Ludgvan |work=The Cornishman |issue=573 |date=27 June 1889 |page=6}}</ref>

==Transport== thumb|A train runs along the Cornish Main Line thumb|The GWR depot at Long Rock

The nearest railway station is at {{rws|Penzance}}; Great Western Railway operates local and inter-city services to the rest of South West England, South Wales, the Wessex region and London.<ref>{{Cite web |work=Great Western Railway |title=Train Times |date=14 December 2025 |access-date=8 April 2026 |url=https://www.gwr.com/travel-information/train-times}}</ref>

Long Rock is the site of a railway motive power depot. Formerly catering to steam locomotives, it is operated by Great Western Railway and is the most south-westerly depot on the National Rail network. Now known as Penzance TMD, it is a refuelling and servicing depot for diesel locomotives and multiple units.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bennett |first1=Alan |title=The Great Western Railway in West Cornwall |date=1988 |publisher=Runpast Publications |isbn=1-870754-12-3}}</ref>

Long Rock has regular bus services to Penzance, Camborne, St Ives and Truro, operated by Go Cornwall Bus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Long Rock bus services |website=Bustimes.org |access-date=8 April 2026 |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/long-rock}}</ref>

A dual carriageway bypass carries the A30 road north of the village; the land beside the road has been extensively developed with light industry and a retail park.

Penzance Heliport is situated between Long Rock and Penzance. The original heliport was demolished in 2014 and a Sainsburys supermarket, car park and trading estate was built on the site. In 2019, a new heliport was built on a site opposite trading estate, {{convert|10|yd|m}} away from the original. In spring 2020, a scheduled service to the Isles of Scilly commenced.

The villages lies on The Cornish Way network of cycle paths.

==Media== The local community radio station is Coast FM (formerly Penwith Radio).<ref>{{cite news |title=Volunteer run Penwith Radio to change its name to Coast FM |url=https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/14510092.Volunteer_run_Penwith_Radio_to_change_its_name_to_Coast_FM |website=Falmouthpacket.co.uk |access-date=4 February 2017}}</ref>

==Cornish wrestling== William Couch Jeffery (1826–1899),<ref name="CRT03111899">''Death of a Cornish wrestler'', Cornubian and Redruth Times, 3 November 1899, p5.</ref> was from Long Rock and was champion middleweight<ref name="C28011904">''Wrestlers of the past'', Cornishman - Thursday 28 January 1904, p5.</ref> of Cornwall for a quarter of a century including the 1840s and 1850s.<ref name="CT15051884">''Wrestling at Redruth'', The Cornish Telegraph, 15 May 1884, p8.</ref><ref name="C15051884">''Wrestling at Redruth'', Cornishman - Thursday 15 May 1884, p5.</ref><ref name="C09111899">''Death of a manly wrestler'', Cornishman, 9 November 1899, p2.</ref> He won many prizes in Cornwall as well as London.<ref name="C09111899"/> He was initially a miner and then a market gardener and fisherman.<ref name="CRT03111899"/> He spent some time in Australia and it was said that he had beaten the Australian champion wrestler, who was an Irishman after walking 160 miles to the match.<ref name="C02111899">''Death of a Cornish wrestler and respected man'', Cornishman - Thursday 02 November 1899, p5.</ref><ref name="C09111899"/>

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==External links== {{commons category}} {{Portal|Cornwall}} {{Cornwall|state=collapsed}}

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