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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Genny's Well
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Bude Nearest Village: St Gennys
Map Ref: SX149971 Landranger Map Number: 190
Latitude: 50.743927N Longitude: 4.624951W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

1 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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**St Genny's Well** submitted by KiwiBetsy : The village of St Gennys is easy to find on the map near Crackington Haven. The church is situated in a dell amongst the high cliffs of the North Cornish coast and from a seat at the far end of the graveyard you can look out over the ever surging sea quite unaware of the high cliffs just below you. Park in the carpark at the end of the road and take the path to the church. On the right hand sid... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Holy Well / Spring in Cornwall.
The village of St Gennys is easy to find on the map near Crackington Haven.

The church is situated in a dell amongst the high cliffs of the North Cornish coast and from a seat at the far end of the graveyard you can look out over the ever surging sea quite unaware of the high cliffs just below you. Park in the carpark at the end of the road and take the path to the church. On the right hand side of the path the green drops away steeply. St Gennys Well is tucked into a fold of the slope and when we visited in April 2006 the green was neatly mown and access across it to the well preserved wellhouse was not an issue … in stark contrast to the rating given above.
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