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
Unitary authority
  • Cornwall
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
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UK
England
Cornwall
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) 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. 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

  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