Cawsand (
Cornish: Porthbugh) is a small village overlooking
Plymouth Sound in
Cornwall,
England,
United Kingdom. Linked to
Kingsand it was once on the border of
Devon and Cornwall but the border has since been moved. Once a renowned smuggling centre the houses are now being bought up to use as holiday lets. Its seafront (the Bound) is about three houses long consisting of two houses and a hotel (the Cawsand Bay Hotel and Galleon Restaurant). The village is part of
Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, and there are frequent bus and ferry services to the city of
Plymouth. It is sometimes known as being in the
Forgotten Corner of Cornwall. The area around Cawsand is known as the
Rame Peninsula. The village lies within the Parish of Maker and Rame, named after the two nearest churches.
Cawsand Fort stands above the village, but has now been converted into residential flats.
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