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  Town/Village information --- Looe --- Cornwall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Looe is located on the south coast of Cornwall, some 20 miles west of Plymouth (Devon) and 240 miles from London.
Looe Island is only just off the coast of Looe and once a year, when there is an exceptionally low tide it is just possible to walk to it.
Looe, not surprisingly, is busiest in the middle of the summer, during school holidays.
www.cornish-links.co.uk /looe.htm   (1831 words)

  
 Looe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Looe (Cornish: Logh) is a coastal town in the Caradon district of south-east Cornwall, England, UK, with a population of 5280 (2001 census).
West Looe was given free borough status sometime after this (the first known historical mention of the town dates from 1327) and in the 1230s East Looe gained the right to hold a weekly market and a Michaelmas fair.
Looe's main business today is, however, tourism, with much of the town given over to hotels, guest houses and holiday homes, along with a large number of pubs, restaurants, and shops selling beach equipment, ice cream and Cornish pasties.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Looe   (1557 words)

  
 River Looe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The River Looe is a river in south-east Cornwall, which flows into the English Channel at Looe.
South of Liskeard, the Looe Valley Line follows the course of the river to Looe.
The rivers' lowest stretches form the Looe Estuary.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Looe   (136 words)

  
 Looe, Cornwall, UK
Looe is the principal seaside town of south-east Cornwall
Looe harbour is the base for an important fishing fleet and the town is also the headquarters of British shark-fishing.
These days Looe rounds off the evening with a spectacular firework display which takes place on the town's famous banjo pier at the stroke of midnight - good vantage points are the beachfront of East Looe and the seafront at Hannafore, overlooking the harbour mouth.
www.looe.org   (961 words)

  
 About Looe
The town of Looe is divided into East and West Looe by the estuary of the Looe river.
In the past Looe was famous as an exporter of copper and arsenic obtained from the mining areas to the north.
East Looe has a very popular sandy child friendly beach just a short walk away from the narrow Cornish cobbled streets of the town, steeped in history full of stories and legends of smugglers and fishing.
www.looe.cornwall.sch.uk /about_looe.htm   (312 words)

  
 The attractions of Looe, Cornwall
The harbour quay has traditionally been the focus of attention in Looe when the fishing boats come back to harbour to unload their catches.
Looe harbour is tidal so twice in every twenty four hours it experiences both high tide and low tide - the result is a constantly changing visual scene
The banjo pier is a natural and popular point to aim for on a walk around Looe harbour, especially to see the returning fishing trawlers at high tide.
www.looe.org /attract.html   (489 words)

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