Botallack (, meaning "Talek's dwelling") is a village in west

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, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives in the east to the A30 road, near

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. The village is included in the St Just in Penwith division on

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. The original 1970s

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television series '' Poldark'' was filmed partly in Botallack, using Manor Farm as Nampara. The

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, part of the Tregothnan estate, is a

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, dating from the 17th century. Lae Maen Veor (Cornish: ''Legh Men Veur'' meaning ''great stone ledge''), or Botallack Head, is a headland to the north west of Botallack. The local

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

Geography

The village is in a former tin mining area between the town of

St Just in Penwith St Just (), also known as St Just in Penwith, is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives, Cornwall, St Ives to the A3 ...

and the village of Pendeen. The Botallack Mine, former tin mines, are low down the cliffs north of Botallack.

Notable residents

* Roger Hilton (1911–1975), an

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ist and winner of the Orpen prize while studying at the

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in 1930. * Rose Hilton (1931–2019), a Post-Impressionist painter, who moved to Botallack in 1965 and had a solo show at

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in 1977 and a retrospective exhibition at

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in 2008.

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Populated coastal places in Cornwall St Just in Penwith Villages in Cornwall {{Penwith-geo-stub