Penberth ( kw, Benbryhi) is a valley, coastal village and

cove A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. Coves usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often situated within a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creeks, or recesses in a coast are o ...

on the

Penwith peninsula Penwith (; kw, Pennwydh) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after one ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

, England. It is approximately southwest of Penzance. Most of the village is within the parish of

St Buryan St Buryan ( kw, Pluwveryan) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village of St Buryan is situated approximately west of Penzance along the B3283 to ...

and the boundary with

St Levan St Levan ( kw, Selevan) is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is rural with a number of hamlets of varying size with Porthcurno probably being the best known. Hewn out of the cliff at Minac ...

follows the Penberth river. Penberth Cove was once home to a

pilchard "Sardine" and "pilchard" are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae. The term "sardine" was first used in English during the early 15th century, a folk etymology says it comes from the ...

fishing industry 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. Penberth's first regatta was held on Saturday, 27 August 1881. There were races for and boats to the

Runnel Stone The Runnel Stone ( kw, Men Reunel, meaning ''stone abounding in seals''), or Rundle Stone, is a hazardous rock pinnacle about south of Gwennap Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It used to show above the surface at low water until a steamship stru ...

and back, rowing races for 4-oared ″crabbers″, sculling races for punts, a 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. The local

community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popula ...

station is Coast FM (formerly Penwith Radio), which broadcasts on 96.5 and 97.2 FM.

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Villages in Cornwall Populated coastal places in Cornwall Fishing communities in England Penwith {{Penwith-geo-stub