MOUSEHOLE is a large and important fishing village in this parish, half a mile south of the Church Town and 3 miles from Penzance. There is an excellent granite pier, erected in 1870—71 at a cost of about £5,000, and forming a perfectly sheltered harbour for fishing craft. This is a coast-guard station, with a master and seven men: harbour master, Henry Downing Porter. Here are Wesleyan and United Free Methodist chapels.