porthmeor

{{Short description|Hamlet in Cornwall, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|static_image= The main road between St Ives and St Just at Porthmeor - geograph.org.uk - 292383.jpg

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|static_image_caption= The main road (B3306) between St Ives and St Just at Porthmeor

|country= England

|region= South West England

|map_type=Cornwall

|official_name= Porthmeor

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|civil_parish= Zennor

|unitary_england= Cornwall

|lieutenancy_england =Cornwall

|os_grid_reference= SW431371

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|post_town= PENZANCE

|postcode_area=TR

|postcode_district=TR20

|dial_code= 01736

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Porthmeor (from {{langx|kw|Porth Meur}}, meaning "large cove"){{cite book |author1=Craig Weatherhill |author1-link=Craig Weatherhill |title=The Place-Names of the Land's End Peninsula |date=2017 |publisher=Penwith Press |isbn=9781999777500 |page=101}} is a hamlet{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?form=basic&q=%28anything%29&location=Porthme&go=Search...|title=Please refine your search|publisher=Geograph Britain and Ireland|accessdate=10 August 2021}} that consists of two farms, Higher and Lower Porthmeor, in the parish of Zennor in Cornwall, England.{{Cite web |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/porthmeor-cornwall/ |title=Porthmeor, Cornwall - area information, map, walks and more |website=OS GetOutside |language=en-gb |access-date=2020-01-05}} It should not be confused with Porthmeor beach at St Ives. Higher Porthmeor lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to the A30 road and Lower Porthmeor is nearer the coast.Ordnance Survey Explorer 7; Land's End, Penzance and St. Ives, 1:25 000. 1996

Porthmeor lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.