Fowey

English Channel port, England, United Kingdom

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Fowey, English Channel port, Cornwall unitary authority, southwestern England.

Fowey lies on the west bank of the sheltered Fowey estuary near the river’s outlet into the English Channel. It held a leading position among Cornish ports from the 14th to the 16th century because of its export of tin. The area’s tin mines closed by the late 20th century, but the port continued to export kaolin (china clay) quarried locally at Saint Austell. Pop. (2001) 2,273; (2011) 2,315.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.