Pendennis Point

Pendennis Point is a locality in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England. Pendennis Point is situated nearby to the locality Black Rock, as well as near Falmouth Bay.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pendennis Castle and Falmouth Docks Railway Station.

Pendennis Castle

Castle

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Pendennis Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, England between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal.

Falmouth Docks Railway Station

Railway station

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Falmouth Docks railway station is situated in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. It was opened in 1863 as the terminus of the Maritime Line from Truro, although since 1970 Falmouth Town has been the principal station for the town.

St Mawes Castle

Castle

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St Mawes Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Mawes and Flushing.

St Mawes

Village

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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 1½ miles northeast of Pendennis Point.

Flushing

Village

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Flushing is a coastal village in the civil parish of Mylor, west Cornwall, UK. It is 3 miles east of Penryn and 10 miles south of Truro. It faces Falmouth across the Penryn River, an arm of the Carrick Roads. Flushing is situated 2 miles northwest of Pendennis Point.

Bohortha

Village

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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. Bohortha is situated 2 miles east of Pendennis Point.

Pendennis Point

Type: Locality
Description: cape in Cornwall, UK
Categories: cape and headland
Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.14361° or 50° 8′ 37″ north

Longitude

-5.04271° or 5° 2′ 34″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

9C2P4XV4+CW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 550114960

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

2640479

Wikidata ID

Q24639051

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pendennis Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Pendennis Point”
Cornish: “Penn Dinas”
Swedish: “Pendennis Point”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Little Dennis and Half Moon Battery.

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