Lion Rock
Lion Rock is in Isles of Scilly, West Country, England. Lion Rock is situated nearby to the locality Chad Girt, as well as near the village Lower Town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Teän and Round Island Light.
Teän
Island
Photo: Chris Walpole, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Teän is an uninhabited island to the north of the Isles of Scilly archipelago between Tresco, 1.5 kilometres to the west, and St Martin's, 300 metres to the east.
Round Island Light
Lighthouse
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Round Island Lighthouse, in the Isles of Scilly was designed by William Tregarthen Douglass for Trinity House and completed in 1887. At the time of building it was one of three lights in the Isles of Scilly, the others being the Bishop Rock and St Agnes lighthouse.
St Helen’s
Island
Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
St Helen's is one of the fifty or so uninhabited islands in the archipelago of the Isles of Scilly and has an approximate area of 0.1885 square kilometres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower Town and Middle Town.
Lower Town
Village
Photo: Darren Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Town is the westernmost settlement on the island of St Martin's in the Isles of Scilly, England. One of the island's two quays is located here, sometimes referred to as the Hotel Quay, as the only hotel on the island, Karma St Martin's, is located by it.
Middle Town
Hamlet
Photo: Argovian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Middle Town is a small settlement on the island of St Martin's in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is situated slightly inland, approximately 0.4 miles east of Lower Town Quay, and on the road between the larger settlements of Lower Town and Higher Town.
Higher Town
Village
Photo: John Davey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Higher Town is the easternmost and largest settlement on the island of St Martin's in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is situated just inland, though the more modern of the island's two quays is just south of the settlement and is named Higher Town Quay.
Lion Rock
- Type: Coastline
- Also known as: “Lion’s Rock”
- Category: landform
- Location: Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.98257° or 49° 58′ 57″ northLongitude
-6.30243° or 6° 18′ 9″ westOpen location code
8CXMXMMX+22OpenStreetMap ID
way 237898554OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineGeoNames ID
2644422
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