Pentire Head

Pentire Head grid reference SW934802 is a headland on the Atlantic coast in North Cornwall, England, UK and is approx one mile square. The headland projects north-west with Pentire Point at its north-west corner and The Rumps promontory at its north-east corner. The origin of the name is from Cornish pen (head) and tir (land): another headland with the name Pentire is further west near Crantock. Pentire Point and Stepper Point stand at either side of the mouth of the River Camel estuary (Pentire to the north-east, Stepper to the south-west). To the south of Pentire Point is the small seaside resort of Polzeath.... Mehr