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The Helford River () is a ria ( flooded river valley ) located in Cornwall, England, UK, and not a true river.
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However, the parishes northeast of the Helford River are in Camborne and Redruth parliamentary constituency
To the north, The Lizard peninsula is bordered by the civil parishes of Breage, Porthleven, Sithney, Helston, Wendron, Gweek and — across the Helford River — by Constantine, Kerrier and Mawnan.
This can be crossed at very low tide, but most walkers follow the lanes round the head of the creek to reach Dennis Head at the mouth of the Helford River.
It includes some 10 miles of coast from Nare Point at the mouth of the Helford River to Kennack Sands, and the Manacles offshore.
The lowest part of the Fal along with the Helford River is designated as the Fal and Helford Special Area of Conservation under the Habitats Directive for the shallow bays and inlets, sandbanks and mudflats, and for its salt marshes.
Gweek is at the head of navigation of the Helford River.
It is situated beside the Helford River four miles ( 6 km ) south of Falmouth.
Durgan is known for boating on the Helford River and the Fal estuary and was the home port of Captain George Vancouver.
The Helford River as viewed from Trebah gardens
The growth of eco and sustainable tourism has seen the development of tourism by Helford River Expeditions focusing on the natural surroundings.
The river is unique in that it is not wholly managed by a specific port or river authority but that it brings together major environmental groups and organisations interested in its, ( the rivers ) protection and development and introducing and recommending safe guards, such as Helford River Marine Conservation Group.
Helford village, on the south bank, has a shop / Post Office, Helford River Sailing Club and pub, The Shipwrights.
A campaign group has been set up to protect and preserve Port Navas Quay and to reverse associated environmental damage in the Helford River Area: this is Preserve Port Navas Quay.
Glendurgan Garden is a National Trust garden situated above the hamlet of Durgan on the Helford River in Mawnan Smith, near Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Trebah is a sub-tropical garden situated in Cornwall near Glendurgan Garden and above the Helford River ().
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To cross this wider river means following it inland to Helford where there is a ferry across to Helford Passage on the north bank.
* Peterlee holds a two day event called the Peterlee Show, which is held at the end of the summer holidays ( usually the first weekend of September ) on Helford Road Cricket Ground, which is not far from Victor Pasmore's Apollo Pavilion.
Part of the area is also designated as an Important Plant Area and a SSSI ( Lower Fal & Helford Intertidal ) for the relatively undisturbed transitions from tidal mud through saltmarsh and scrub to woodland.
There are seven creeks on the Helford, from west to east these are Ponsontuel Creek, Mawgan Creek, Polpenwith Creek, Polwheveral Creek, Frenchman's Creek, Port Navas Creek, and Gillan Creek, the best known of which is Frenchman's Creek, made famous by Daphne du Maurier in her novel of the same name.
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The five main beaches starting next to Pendennis Castle and moving along the coast towards the Helford river are Castle, Tunnel, Gyllyngvase, Swanpool and Maenporth beaches.
The main areas of settlement that adjoin the river are Gweek, Port Navas, Helford village, Helford Passage and Durgan.
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* Reynolds, Ann ( 2000 ) Helford Estuary Historic Audit ; for the Cornwall Archaeological Unit.
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* Helford, Elyce Rae, in Gary Westfahl, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Greenwood Press, 2005: 289-291.
Some people take a short cut from Gillan Creek to Helford by a path through Manaccan.
* Elyce Rae Helford ( 2001 ) " The Future of Political Community: Race, Ethnicity, and Class Privilege in Novels by Piercy, Gomez, and Misha ", Utopian Studies: Journal of the Society for Utopian Studies, v. 12, n. 2, pp. 124 – 42 ( 2001 ).
The show was executive produced by Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock and Bruce Helford.
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