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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Looe, St Agnes, Cornwall, Par, Cornwall, Pentewan, Polzeath, Charlestown, Cornwall, Duporth Holiday Village, Crantock, Whitsand Bay, Perranporth, Trebarwith Strand, Kingsand, Rock, Cornwall, The Towans, Portreath, Fistral Beach, Carbis Bay, Trevone, Swanpool, Cornwall, Porthtowan, Carlyon Bay, Crackington Haven, Mawgan Porth, Kynance Cove, Maenporth, Port Quin, Seaton, Cornwall, Widemouth Bay, Praa Sands, Porthcothan, Treyarnon, Whitesand Bay, Harlyn, New Polzeath, Constantine Bay, Bossiney Haven, Gyllyngvase, Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps, Holywell, Cornwall, St Austell Bay, Tregirls, Daymer Bay, Readymoney Cove, Watergate Beach, Booby's Bay, Sandymouth Beach, Mother Ivy's Bay, Lusty Glaze, Pentreath, Tregardock, Vault Beach. Excerpt: Looe (Cornish: ) is a small coastal town, fishing port and civil parish in the former Caradon district of south-east Cornwall, England, with a population of 5,280 (2001 census). Looe is divided in two by the River Looe, East Looe and West Looe being connected by a bridge. The town is approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of the city of Plymouth and seven miles (11 km) south of Liskeard. The town is situated around a small harbour and along the steep-sided valley of the River Looe which flows between East and West Looe to the sea beside a sandy beach. Off shore to the west, opposite the stonier Hannafore beach, lies the picturesque St George's Island, commonly known as Looe Island. Archeological evidence, such as the so-called Giant's Hedge and the stone circle at Bin Down (from the Cornish "Bin Dun," meaning "hill fort") on a hill above East Looe, indicates that the area around Looe was inhabited as early as 1000 BC. At the time of the Domesday Book the manor of Pendrym, which included much of the site of modern-day East Looe, was held by William the Conqueror as part of his own...
