Portwrinkle

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| country = England

| map_type = Cornwall

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| coordinates = {{coord|50.362|-4.311|display=inline,title}}

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| official_name = Portwrinkle

| cornish_name = Porthwykkel

| population =

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| civil_parish = Sheviock

| unitary_england= Cornwall

| lieutenancy_england = Cornwall

| region = South West England

| constituency_westminster = South East Cornwall

| post_town = TORPOINT

| postcode_district = PL11

| postcode_area = PL

| dial_code = 01503

| os_grid_reference = SX357539

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Portwrinkle ({{langx|kw|Porthwykkel}})[http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515091028/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 |date=15 May 2013 }} : [http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=79ba408d-7c02-499e-8cd6-b18dd48de58d&version=-1 List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515091028/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=79ba408d-7c02-499e-8cd6-b18dd48de58d&version=-1 |date=15 May 2013 }}. Cornish Language Partnership. is a small coastal village in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at the western end of Whitsand Bay five miles (8 km) south-west of Saltash.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston {{ISBN|978-0-319-23146-3}}

Portwinkle was traditionally a fishing village and the old 17th century walls of the pilchard cellars are still standing, although they have been incorporated into housing. The village has a harbour and two beaches are accessible from it. Although the village has no shops, apart from the beach car park cafe, there is a post office in nearby village of Crafthole.

The Whitsand Bay Hotel – formerly a mansion called Thanckes House in nearby Torpoint, dismantled and re-erected in Portwrinkle – closed in 2018 but ({{asof|2022|lc=y}}) the Grade II listed building still stands, awaiting redevelopment.{{cite news |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/torpoint-mansion-moved-brick-brick-5255103 |title=Torpoint mansion moved brick by brick to become Cornish seaside hotel |date=5 April 2021 |newspaper=Plymouth Herald}}

Eglarooze Cliff

Eglarooze Cliff ({{langx|kw|Eglos Ros}}), to the west of the village, is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its biological interest. The cliff is noted to contain 2 Red Data Book endangered plant species; the slender bird's-foot trefoil and carrot broomrape.{{cite web|title=Eglarooze Cliff|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003125.pdf|publisher=Natural England|access-date=31 October 2011|year=1986}}

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