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Gooseham

50°55′08″N 4°31′08″W / 50.919°N 4.519°W / 50.919; -4.519

Gooseham
Hamlet
A stream and garden at Gooseham
Gooseham is located in Cornwall
Gooseham
Gooseham
Location within Cornwall
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CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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50°55′10″N 4°31′13″W / 50.91957°N 4.52023°W / 50.91957; -4.52023

Gooseham (Cornish: Pras an Woodh, meaning meadow of the goose)[1] is a hamlet in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated six miles (11 km) north of Bude and is approximately one kilometre south of the border with Devon.[2] The Marsland Valley nature reserve is near the hamlet. It is in the civil parish of Morwenstow, and its size been described by a resident as consisting of just "two houses and a wood rick."

Gooseham lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

References

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  1. ↑ "Gooseham". Map. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly ISBN 978-0-319-23145-6
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