What is Looe?
[[File:RiverLooe.jpg|thumb|River Looe]] '''Looe''' is a small coastal town and fishing port in southeast [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom]]. As of the 2001 census, 5,280 people lived there. Looe is divided into two parts by the [[River Looe]], '''East Looe''' and '''West Looe''' being connected by a bridge. The town is about 20 miles (32&nbsp;km) west of the city of [[Plymouth, Devon|Plymouth]] and seven miles (11&nbsp;km) south of [[Liskeard]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' {{ISBN|9780319231463}}</ref> The town is around a small harbour and along the steep-sided valley of the River Looe which flows south to the [[English Channel]] beside a sandy beach. Off [[shore]] to the west is the picturesque Looe Island. Looe has a railway station at the end of the branch railway line from Liskeard. ==References== {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Towns in Cornwall]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Cornwall]]