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Portwrinkle is a small coastal hamlet in south-east Cornwall. It is at the western end of Whitsand Bay. It was traditionally a fishing village and the old 17th century walls of the pilchard cellars are still standing, although they have now been incorporated into housing. The village has two beaches and a harbour.
The first quay was built at Portwrinkle in 1612 to support the local pilchard fishing seines. The quay and harbour were rebuilt in 1792 – much enhanced with the new two storey Pilchard Cellars for processing and packing the pilchards. By the mid 1800’s pilchards had been replaced by mackerel and this fishery continued up to the early 1900s. As the old seine collectives wound up at the start of the Great War, fishing was continued by just a handful of local families and visitors to the hamlet. Commercial fishing slowly declined in the latter half of the twentieth century and the final commercial boat completed its last season at Portwrinkle in 2020.
www.cornwallharbours.co.uk/our-harbours/portwrinkle
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Portwrinkle is a small coastal hamlet in south-east Cornwall. It is at the western end of Whitsand Bay. It was traditionally a fishing village and the old 17th century walls of the pilchard cellars are still standing, although they have now been incorporated into housing. The village has two beaches and a harbour.
The first quay was built at Portwrinkle in 1612 to support the local pilchard fishing seines. The quay and harbour were rebuilt in 1792 – much enhanced with the new two storey Pilchard Cellars for processing and packing the pilchards. By the mid 1800’s pilchards had been replaced by mackerel and this fishery continued up to the early 1900s. As the old seine collectives wound up at the start of the Great War, fishing was continued by just a handful of local families and visitors to the hamlet. Commercial fishing slowly declined in the latter half of the twentieth century and the final commercial boat completed its last season at Portwrinkle in 2020.
www.cornwallharbours.co.uk/our-harbours/portwrinkle