Port Isaac, Cornwall

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Isaac

2024: "Port Isaac (Cornish: Porthysek)[3] is a small fishing village[4] on the Atlantic coast of north Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. The nearest towns are Wadebridge and Camelford, each ten miles (16 km) away. A nearby hamlet, Port Gaverne, is sometimes considered to be part of Port Isaac. The meaning of the village's Cornish name, Porthysek, is "corn port", indicating a trade in corn from the arable inland district.

From 2004 to 2022, the village served as the backdrop to the ITV television series Doc Martin. It also is home to the sea-shanty singing group Fisherman's Friends. 

Port Isaac is located on the South West Coast Path, and apart from people walking the 630 miles (1,010 km) long National Trail there are shorter walks in the area using this path as part of their route.[15][16]

There is an alley in Port Isaac, known as Temple Bar, that is particularly narrow.[17] In the 1978 edition of Guinness Book of Records, it was dubbed the world's narrowest thoroughfare. Locals refer to it as Squeeze-ee-belly Alley.

The church of St Peter was built as a chapel-of-ease in the parish of St Endellion in 1882–84; Port Isaac became a separate parish in 1913, though more recently it has returned to St Endellion parish. The church is built of granite and stone and the style adopted was Early English.[18] The former Methodist chapel has been converted into a pottery and art gallery.

The village has had three Nonconformist places of worship: the oldest was a Quaker meeting house, 1806; from 1832 it was used by the Baptists but was converted to a dwelling house in 1871. The United Methodist chapel (1846) and the Wesleyan Methodist chapel are both now closed. The nearest Roman Catholic church is in Tintagel.

Locations in and around the village have been used for a number of films and television series, including:

• Poldark (1975–77), a BBC television series, used locations in the area.
• Tarry-Dan Tarry-Dan Scarey Old Spooky Man (1978), BBC supernatural play.
• The Nightmare Man (1981), BBC drama serial, filmed in and around the village – which doubled for a Scottish island.
• Oscar and Lucinda (1997), film.
• Saving Grace (2000), a comedy film, was filmed in and around the village.
• DIY SOS (2001), featured the village hall being decorated.
• Doc Martin (2004–2022), ITV series, ten series filmed in the port (using the fictional name of "Portwenn"; also used in the Sky Pictures movies Doc Martin and Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie under its true name "Port Isaac").
• The Shell Seekers (2006), a television production with Vanessa Redgrave, where the village was used as the backdrop and many scenes were shot in the main street.
• Fisherman’s Friends (2019), a film about the shanty-singing band of the same name and its sequel Fisherman's Friends: One and All (2022)."

Address

Port Isaac

Church Hill

Port Isaac

PL29 3RQ

Email

stendellionpc@gmail.com

Phone

Website

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Isaac

http://www.portisaac-online.co.uk/

https://www.stendellionpc.com/

https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/port-isaac-lifeboat-station

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St Endellion Public toilet

2 New Rd

Port Isaac

PL29 3SB

+ The Old School Hotel

21 Fore St

Port Isaac

PL29 3RD

+ Co-op Food - Port Isaac - New Road

31 New Rd

Port Isaac

PL29 3SD