Mylor Creek
Coordinates: 50°10′50″N 5°04′07″W / 50.18047°N 5.06865°W
Mylor Creek (Cornish: Pol Scathow, meaning creek of boats) is a tidal ria in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a tributary of Carrick Roads, the estuary of the River Fal and is situated approximately six miles (10 km) south of Truro and two miles (3 km) north of Falmouth .[1]
Geography[]
The creek is in Mylor civil parish[2] and forms an inland tidal lake. It is approximately 800 feet (240 m) at its widest point and just over a mile (1.8 km) long from its tidal limit at Mylor Bridge to its mouth at Mylor Churchtown where it discharges into Carrick Roads.[1]
Locations[]
- Normal Tidal Limit (NTL) at Mylor Bridge coordinates 50°11′02″N 5°04′38″W / 50.18396°N 5.07727°W grid reference SW 803 361
- Mouth (Mylor Harbour) coordinates 50°10′44″N 5°03′13″W / 50.17882°N 5.05369°W grid reference SW 821 354
History[]
At the entrance to the creek was the most westerly naval dockyard and victualling station in Britain, which, at high tide, covered 66 acres (27 ha) of water.[3] During the second half of the 19th-century it was the base for HMS Ganges, a training ship for boys, and also the Falmouth Packets. During World War II the harbour was a base for operations conducted by the French Resistance. It is now home to the last remaining fleet of oyster fishermen.[4]
Recreation[]
Carrick Roads and Cornwall's English Channel coast are popular for yachting and dinghy racing. Restronguet Sailing Club (which takes its name from Restronguet Creek a mile to the north) has its base at Mylor Harbour,[5] a large yacht marina immediately north of Mylor Churchtown.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved May 2010 - ^ "Mylor Regatta". The Cornishman. No. 115. 23 September 1880. p. 3.
- ^ "Mylor". Cornwall Guide. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Restronguet Sailing Club website; retrieved May 2010 - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-28. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Mylor Harbour website. Retrieved May 2010
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