Roche
Introduction
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Roche
Image: © Tony Atkin Taken: 17 Sep 2005
The village of Roche, pronounced "Roach", is situated between Goss Moor to the north and the St Austell granite to the south. It is one of Cornwall's "clay" villages. The main industry hereabouts being the extraction of china clay. This photograph is looks north towards the village centre on the road from St Austell. The yellow building in the foreground is the Poacher's Inn.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.406208
Longitude
-4.834248