What is Boscastle?
[[Image:Boscastlesrsteel.jpg|thumb|right| Boscastle Harbour]] '''Boscastle''' is a village and fishing port on the north coast of [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom]], and 14&nbsp;miles (23&nbsp;km) south of [[Bude]] and 5&nbsp;miles (8&nbsp;km) north-east of [[Tintagel]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 ''Bude & Clovelly'' {{ISBN|9780319231456}}</ref> The name of the village comes from Bottreaux Castle, a 12th-century fortress, of which little survives. There is no church in Boscastle but there are churches at Forrabury and Minster. Boscastle [[harbour]] is a natural inlet protected by two stone harbour walls built in 1584 by Sir [[Richard Grenville]]. The oldest part of Boscastle surrounds the harbour; more modern residential building extends up the valleys of the Rivers Valency and Jordan. A [[flash flood]] on 16 August 2004, caused extensive damage to the village. Residents were trapped in houses and elsewhere as the roads turned into rivers.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3570940.stm ''BBC news: Dozens rescued from flash floods''] Retrieved on 25 August 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/interesting/20040816.html Met office]</ref> In the largest peacetime rescue operation ever launched in the UK, 91 people were rescued and there were no deaths. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Villages in Cornwall]]