St Anthony Head
St Anthony Head is a National Trust property situated at the southernmost tip of the Roseland Peninsula, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, overlooking the entrance to one of the world's largest natural harbours: Carrick Roads and the estuary of River Fal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Vernon39, Public domain.
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland on the Roseland Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Saint Anthony Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Anthony’s Lighthouse and Great Molunan Beach.
St Anthony’s Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Pline, Public domain.
St Anthony's Lighthouse is the lighthouse at St Anthony Head, on the eastern side of the entrance to Falmouth harbour, Cornwall, UK. The harbour is also known as Carrick Roads and is one of the largest natural harbours in the world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bohortha and St Mawes.
Bohortha
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bohortha is a coastal village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the east side of the Roseland Peninsula two miles south of Portscatho.
St Mawes
Village
Photo: EvaK, CC BY-SA 2.5.
St Mawes is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise. St Mawes is situated 2 miles north of St Anthony Head.
Percuil
Hamlet
Photo: ROWLAND TURNER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Percuil is a hamlet in Roseland, Cornwall, England. Percuil is on the east bank of the Percuil River and south-west of Gerrans. Percuil is situated 2½ miles north of St Anthony Head.
St Anthony Head
- Categories: promontory, headland, and landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“St Anthony Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Saint Anthony Head”
- Cebuano: “St Anthony Head”
- German: “Saint Anthony Head”
- German: “St. Anthony Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint Anthony Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St Anthony Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Anthony Head”
- Polish: “St Anthony Head”
- Swedish: “Saint Anthony Head”
- Swedish: “St Anthony Head”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St Anthony Head”. Photo: Vernon39, Public domain.