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{{Short description|Twin villages in Cornwall, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{More citations needed|auto=yes|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |map_type= Cornwall |coordinates = {{coord|50.3311|-4.2021|display=inline,title}} |label_position= top |official_name= Cawsand |cornish_name= Porthbugh |static_image_name= The Square Cawsand - geograph.org.uk - 1609248.jpg |static_image_caption= The Square, Cawsand |population= |population_ref= |civil_parish= [[Maker-with-Rame]] |unitary_england= [[Cornwall Council|Cornwall]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Cornwall]] |region= South West England |constituency_westminster= [[South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|South East Cornwall]] |post_town= TORPOINT |postcode_district = PL10 |postcode_area= PL |dial_code= 01752 |os_grid_reference= SX434502 }} '''Cawsand''' ({{Langx|kw|Porthbugh}}; [[Literal translation|lit]]. ''Cow Cove'')<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-27 |title=Cawsand |url=https://www.akademikernewek.org.uk/place-names/content/cawsand |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Map |language=en}}</ref> and [[Kingsand]] ([[Cornish language|Cornish]]: ''Porthruw'')<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-27 |title=Kingsand |url=https://www.akademikernewek.org.uk/place-names/content/kingsand |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Map |language=en}}</ref> are twin villages in southeast [[Cornwall]], England, United Kingdom.<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-23146-3}}</ref> The village is situated on the [[Rame Peninsula]] and is in the [[parish]] of [[Maker-with-Rame]]. Cawsand overlooks [[Plymouth Sound]] and adjoins [[Kingsand]], formerly on the border of [[Devon]] and Cornwall (the border has since been moved and now is situated on the [[River Tamar]]). Cawsand has two public houses: the Cross Keys Inn on Armada Road, not trading and for sale in September 2022, and the Bay bar, overlooking Cawsand beach. Cawsand is within [[Mount Edgcumbe Country Park]]. There are frequent bus services to the city of [[Plymouth]] which is three miles to the north across Plymouth Sound. There is also a ferry service in the summer (from [[Cawsand Bay]] to [[Plymouth Hoe]]) and a pilot gig club (Rame Gig Club). The Rame Peninsula is considered part of the [[Forgotten Corner of Cornwall]].
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