Penberth

{{Short description|Village in Cornwall, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} {{coord|50|3|N|5|38|W|display=title}} thumb|Penberth Cove '''Penberth''' ({{langx|kw|Benbryghi}})<ref>[http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515091028/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 |date=15 May 2013 }} : [http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=79ba408d-7c02-499e-8cd6-b18dd48de58d&version=-1 List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515071635/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=79ba408d-7c02-499e-8cd6-b18dd48de58d&version=-1 |date=15 May 2013 }}. Cornish Language Partnership.</ref> is a valley, coastal village and cove on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England. It is approximately {{convert|7|mi|km}} southwest of Penzance. Most of the village is within the parish of St Buryan and the boundary with St Levan follows the Penberth river.<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-23148-7}}</ref>

'''Penberth Cove''' was once home to a pilchard fishing industry<ref name="beale">{{cite journal | url=http://www.cornisharchaeology.org.uk/index_htm_files/NL%20130.pdf | accessdate=16 June 2014 | first1=Jenny | last1=Beale | title=Penwith South Coast Walk with Adam Sharpe June 17th 2012 | date=October 2012 | journal=Cornwall Archaeological Society Newsletter | issue=130 | page=3 | ref=beale | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162942/http://www.cornisharchaeology.org.uk/index_htm_files/NL%20130.pdf | archivedate=14 July 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> and is one of the last remaining traditional fishing coves in Cornwall, with a handful of local fishermen still making their living from fishing for mackerel, lobster and crab. There was also a cut flower industry, the produce being sent to London via train from Penzance.<ref name="beale" />

The pilchards caught at Penberth Cove were pressed on site for their oil and to preserve them in the Big Cellar at the back of the cove.

Penberth's first regatta was held on Saturday, 27 August 1881. There were races for {{convert|20|feet}} and {{convert|18|feet}} boats to the Runnel Stone and back, rowing races for 4-oared ″crabbers″, sculling races for punts, a {{convert|400|yard}} swimming race and the greasy pole contest with a leg of mutton dangling from the top. There was also a duck hunt, where three birds ″were flung″; one of the birds was difficult to catch and was allowed to escape. Music was provided by the Buryan Artillery Volunteers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sports At Penberth Cove|work=The Cornishman|issue=164|date=1 September 1881|page=6}}</ref>

The local community radio station is Coast FM (formerly Penwith Radio), which broadcasts on 96.5 and 97.2 FM.<ref>{{cite news|title=Volunteer run Penwith Radio to change its name to Coast FM|url=http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/14510092.Volunteer_run_Penwith_Radio_to_change_its_name_to_Coast_FM|website=falmouthpacket.co.uk|accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref>

==References== {{Portal|Cornwall}} {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Penberth}}

Category:Villages in Cornwall Category:Populated coastal places in Cornwall Category:Fishing communities in England Category:Penwith