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©Martin Meggs
©Rod Allday
Former commercial quay now used for yacht storage.
©Bob Jones
Dist:0.1km<br/>On a day of typical Cornish mizzle, this view is taken from the head of the tidal stretch of the Helford River at Gweek.
©Trevor Harris
Dist:0.1km<br/>Viewed from the window of a gap in the trees by the road from Mawgan.
©Jonathan Billinger
Dist:0.1km<br/>Viewed from the bridge.
©Rod Allday
Dist:0.2km<br/>Now known as 'The Old Cornmill', Lower Mill has been converted into apartments. It was once worked by two large diameter waterwheels, one of which survives as a feature
©Martin Bodman
Dist:0.2km<br/>Traditional boat building methods causing a well-earned double look. Larch Planking on Oak Frames. Stunning.
©Bill Booth
Dist:0.2km<br/>This is just about at the tidal limit here. The bridge carries the unclassified, but important, road from Helston and the Lizard to Falmouth, via Gweek.
©Dr Neil Clifton
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©Row17
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©Colin Pyle
Dist:0.2km<br/>The sheltered Helford River is much favoured by the boating fraternity for its many miles of beautiful trouble-free sailing. The upper limit of navigation is Gweek, and many boats are kept here, where the tidal range is only small.
©Dr Neil Clifton
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©nick macneill
Dist:0.3km<br/>The road bridge is behind the photographer,and is the limit of normal tides.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.3km<br/>Gweek, Helston, Cornwall, Meneth. Gweek is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 5 km east of Helston. The civil parish was created from part of the parish of Constantine by boundary revision in 1986. The name Gweek is derived either from the postulated Cornish word gwig, meaning "village", or from the Old English wic, meaning "hamlet". Both originate in Latin 'vicus' correctly pronounced with a soft 'u' and essentially meaning 'neighbourhood'. Gweek village has a pub, the Gweek Inn, a shop, a tea garden and a restaurant. The village is also home to the National Seal Sanctuary, Gweek. Gweek is at the head of navigation of the Helford River. It has been a port since Roman times and was a thriving port in the Tudor period, with its own Customs House.
©Helmut Zozmann

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