Gunnislake railway station
Gunnislake railway station serves the village of Gunnislake in Cornwall, England. There are also connecting buses from here to the town of Tavistock. However the station is located in or nearer to the villages of Drakewalls and Albaston.Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “GSL”, “Gunnislake Railway Station”, and “Gunnislake Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Calstock and Sylvia’s Meadow.
Calstock
Archaeological site
Photo: Bjh21, Public domain.
Calstock is a civil parish and a large village in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the border with Devon. The village is situated on the River Tamar 6 miles south west of Tavistock and 10 miles north of Plymouth. Calstock is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Gunnislake railway station.
Sylvia’s Meadow
Nature reserve
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sylvia's Meadow is a nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest owned and managed by Cornwall Wildlife Trust. It is a herb rich, 5-hectare site situated near Gunnislake, in East Cornwall, England.
Hingston Down
Quarry
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hingston Down is a hill not far from Gunnislake in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the subject of an old rhyme, due to the prolific tin mining that formerly took place in the area: Hingston Down well ywroughtIs worth London Town dearly bought. Hingston Down is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Gunnislake railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drakewalls and Albaston.
Drakewalls
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
Drakewalls is a small village in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. It is in Calstock parish, adjacent to Gunnislake between Callington and Tavistock. Primary education is provided by Delaware Community Primary School.
Albaston
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Albaston is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of Calstock. It is located at Ordnance Survey grid reference SX 423 704.
Gunnislake
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gunnislake is a large village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately ten miles north of Plymouth The first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire, Mary Ellen Smith, was born here in 1863.
Gunnislake railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Calstock, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.51663° or 50° 30′ 60″ northLongitude
-4.21952° or 4° 13′ 10″ westElevation
469 feet (143 metres)Operator
Great Western RailwayNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“GSL”Open location code
9C2QGQ8J+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 47891203OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Gunnislake railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Gunnislake”
- Dutch: “Station Gunnislake”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة جونيسلاك”
- French: “gare de Gunnislake”
- French: “Gunnislake”
- Polish: “Gunnislake”
- Urdu: “گنس لیک ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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