Penlee Point
Penlee Point is a coastal headland in Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Maker-with-Rame, Cornwall, UK. The point lies at the entrance to Plymouth Sound. Bordering the sea, there is a weather station at its end.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mark.murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: promontory on the Rame Peninsula in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Penlee Point, Rame”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Queen Adelaides Chapel and Penlee Battery.
Penlee Battery
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penlee Battery is a nature reserve lying on the coastal headland of Penlee Point on the Rame Peninsula, in southeast Cornwall, England. The site was formerly the location of a gun battery, constructed between 1889 and 1892.
St Germanus’ Church, Rame
Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Germanus' Church is a Church of England church in Rame, Cornwall, England, UK. Much of the existing church dates to the 13th and 15th centuries. It has been Grade I listed since 1960.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rame and Cawsand.
Rame
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rame is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Maker-with-Rame, in the Cornwall district, in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, England.
Cawsand
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cawsand is one of twin villages on the Rame Peninsula in south-east Cornwall. Cawsand overlooks Plymouth Sound Cawsand is within Mount Edgcumbe Country Park.
Kingsand
Village
Photo: Bobo12345, Public domain.
Kingsand and Cawsand are twin villages in southeast Cornwall, United Kingdom. The villages are situated on the Rame Peninsula and are in the parish of Maker-with-Rame.
Penlee Point
- Categories: headland, tourism, and scenic viewpoint
- Location: Maker-with-Rame, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.31781° or 50° 19′ 4″ northLongitude
-4.18865° or 4° 11′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C2Q8R96+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 8294540316OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Penlee Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Penlee Point”
- French: “Penlee Point”
- German: “Penlee Point”
- Swedish: “Penlee Point”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rame Head and Wiggle.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery (site of) and WW2 Coastal Gun Battery (site of).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Penlee Point”. Photo: Mark.murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.