11 Facts About Porthcurno

Porthcurno is a small village covering a small valley and beach on the south coast of Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom.

Porthcurno is largely not farms or fisherman's cottages today, having its linear centre inland, centred 6.

Porthcurno is unusually well known for its size because of its history as a major international submarine communications cable station.

Porthcurno was chosen in preference to the busy port of Falmouth because of the reduced risk of damage to the cables caused by ships' anchors.

Cable office at Porthcurno was a critical communications centre and considered at serious risk of attack during the Second World War, being only about 100 miles from the port of Brest in occupied France.

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Cliffs and coastline around Porthcurno are officially designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Coastal areas around Porthcurno, including those formerly owned by Cable and Wireless, are now owned, preserved and maintained by the National Trust and the remainder by the local parish council on behalf of Cornwall Council.

Porthcurno Bay has been described as "floored by glorious white sand that shines through translucent water".

Name Porthcurno evolved from the 16th century Cornish spelling 'Porth Cornowe'.

Porthcurno valley was declared a protected place and as many as 300 troops were deployed in the immediate area to guard the station.

Porthcurno mistakenly concluded that Marconi's efforts posed no threat to their cable business.