# Penberth

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{{Short description|Village in Cornwall, England}}
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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](/source/Cornish_Language_Partnership).</ref> is a valley, coastal village and [cove](/source/cove) on the [Penwith peninsula](/source/Penwith) in [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall), England. It is approximately {{convert|7|mi|km}} southwest of [Penzance](/source/Penzance). Most of the village is within the parish of [St Buryan](/source/St_Buryan) and the boundary with [St Levan](/source/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](/source/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](/source/mackerel), [lobster](/source/lobster) and [crab](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Runnel_Stone) and back, rowing races for 4-oared ″crabbers″, [sculling](/source/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](/source/Community_radio_in_the_United_Kingdom) station is [Coast FM](/source/Coast_FM_(West_Cornwall)) (formerly Penwith Radio), which broadcasts on 96.5 and 97.2 [FM](/source/FM_broadcasting).<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>

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

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