The harbour at Boscastle, Cornwall, UK

• Contributor: patrick nairne / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: KW0477
• File size: 31.1 MB (2.3 MB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 4043 x 2690 px | 34.2 x 22.8 cm | 13.5 x 9 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 23 August 2017
• Location: Boscastle, United Kingdom

More information

Boscastle is a village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, UK, in the civil parish of Forrabury and Minster.It lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has the same protection as a National Park. A flash flood on 16 August 2004 caused extensive damage to the village. Residents were trapped in houses as the roads turned into rivers: people were trapped on roofs, in cars, in buildings and on the river's banks. and the village's visitor centre was washed away. The harbour is a natural inlet protected by two stone harbour walls built in 1584 by Sir Richard Grenville and is the only significant harbour for 20 miles along the coast.