Loe Bar Beach looking NW:: OS grid SW6424 :: Geograph British Isles

SW6424 : Loe Bar Beach looking NW

near to Porthleven, Cornwall, Great Britain

Loe Bar Beach looking NW

This beach is a spit of sand at the end of what was once a tidal estuary to the inland town of Helston on the Lizard peninsula. In earlier times the locals would cut a channel through this beach and release the water to prevent flooding in Helston.
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2002

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Grid Square: SW6424, 22 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Malcolm Etherington (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 21 July, 2002 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 10 April, 2007
Category: Geological feature (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SW 641 242 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:4.2991N 5:17.8595W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SW 643 240
View Direction: Northwest (about 315 degrees)