B3306 road

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Major road in Cornwall, England

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::summary Major road in Cornwall, England ::

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The B3306, also known as the West Cornwall Coast Road, is a major road of southwestern Cornwall. It connects St Ives in the east to St Just in the west, and eventually joins the A30 road to the northeast of Sennen in the southwest of the Penwith peninsula. This thirteen-mile road is often considered one of the greatest driving roads in the United Kingdom for its scenery, with most of the road having views both across the Celtic Sea to the north, and the Cornish moorland to the south. It hugs the coastline for a great proportion of its length.

Description

The road begins in the town of St Ives, adjacent to St Ives Library, on the junction with the A3074 road at . In St Ives it is initially known as "Gabriel Street" and then "The Stennack" and "Higher Stennack". The road ends at the junction with the A30 road at , outside St Just. Notable settlements it passes through (from St Ives to the southwest) include Zennor, Boswednack, Treen, Porthmeor, Morvah, Bojewyan, Pendeen, Trewellard, Carnyorth, Botallack, Kenidjack, St Just, Bosavern and Kelynack. The bridge near St Just, dated to the early 19th century, became a Grade II listed building on 21 September 1973.

A number of notable early Bronze Age or Neolithic sites lie alongside or immediately off this road, including Zennor Quoit, Sperris Quoit, Chûn Quoit and Lanyon Quoit.The following references apply to these ancient sites along the B3306 road:

  • Lanyon Quoit, Zennor Quoit and Chûn Quoit:
  • Lanyon Quoit and Zennor Quoit:
  • Lanyon Quoit and Zennor Quoit:
  • Chûn Quoit:
  • Zennor Quoit and Sperris Quoit—the book states "Sperris Quoit, 400yds ENE of Zennor Quoit.": The road is tight and twisting, and challenging to drivers. In early 2009, after heavy rain and flooding near Zennor, the road was closed at Chykembro Culvert because of flood damage to its foundations.

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File:B3306 North Coast Road2 Tom Corser.jpg|B3306 North Coast Road File:The B3306 near Boscubben - geograph.org.uk - 1617224.jpg|The B3306 near Boscubben (northeast of Zennor) File:The B3306 at Boswednack - geograph.org.uk - 1483664.jpg|The B3306 at Boswednack

References

References

  1. Smallcombe, Mike. (2019-01-27). "The Cornwall road trip which is one of the best in Europe". Cornwall Live.
  2. "Maps". [[Google Maps]].
  3. "Bridge Under B3306 Road, St Just". British Listed Buildings.
  4. Cornwall Council, [http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=18425 Emergency Road Closures], retrieved 22 April 2012

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