Lower Porthpean

{{Short description|Hamlet in Cornwall, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use British English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image= Beach at Porthpean - geograph.org.uk - 1313479.jpg |static_image_width= 250px |static_image_caption= Porthpean Beach |country= England |region= South West England |map_type=Cornwall |official_name= Lower Porthpean |cornish_name= Porthbian Woles |civil_parish= |unitary_england= Cornwall |lieutenancy_england =Cornwall |os_grid_reference= SX031507 |coordinates = {{coord|50.323|-4.767|display=inline,title}} |population = |population_ref = |post_town= |postcode_area= |postcode_district= |dial_code= | |hide_services=yes }} '''Lower Porthpean''' ({{langx|kw|Porthbian Woles}}) is a coastal hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK.<ref name=OS200>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin (Camelford & St Austell)''|ISBN=978-0-319-22938-5|publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=}}</ref> It is close to Higher Porthpean and {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} south of St Austell.<ref>Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet 186''. 1961.</ref>

==Cornish wrestling== Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, were held in Porthpean in the 1900s.<ref name="WBCA15071965">West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 15 July 1965.</ref>

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Category:Hamlets in Cornwall