Pont Pill

50°20′02″N 4°37′26″W / 50.334°N 4.624°W / 50.334; -4.624

Pont Pill (Cornish: Pyll Por' Reun, meaning creek of seal cove) is a tidal river in Cornwall, England. It joins the River Fowey at Penleath Point just below the memorial to Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch at the north-east corner of Fowey harbour. Pont Pill is only navigable at high tide.

Unspoiled by development, Pont Pill is popular with bird watchers, walkers, sailors and sport fishermen. The best way to see Pont Pill is by small boat at high water when it is possible to reach the bridge a mile-and-a-half upriver at Pont (Old Cornish: Pont Pyll, meaning bridge of the creek) the end of the navigable water. Walkers can see Pont Pill from hills that surround the river by following the Hall Walk between Bodinnick and Polruan.

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