Gyllyngvase
Gyllyngvase is one of the four beaches associated with Falmouth, Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, and is west of Pendennis Castle. It is to the south of Falmouth town centre, but was an essentially rural area as recently as the late 19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Konrad Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Gylly Beach” and “Gyllyngvase Beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Falmouth Town Railway Station and Swanpool.
Falmouth Town Railway Station
Railway stop
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Falmouth Town railway station is the most central of the stations in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. It is unstaffed; the station and the trains are operated by Great Western Railway.
Swanpool
Lagoon
Swanpool is a small coastal saline lagoon with a shingle bar, separating it from the beach of the same name. The South West Coast Path crosses the bar.
Pendennis Castle
Castle
Photo: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flushing and Budock Water.
Flushing
Village
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.
Budock Water
Village
Budock Water is a village and former manor in the civil parish of Budock, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated two miles west of Falmouth. Budock Water is situated 1½ miles west of Gyllyngvase.
Bareppa
Hamlet
Bareppa is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, three miles southwest of Falmouth. It is in the civil parish of Mawnan. Bareppa is situated 2 miles southwest of Gyllyngvase.
Gyllyngvase
- Category: landform
- Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.14416° or 50° 8′ 39″ northLongitude
-5.06743° or 5° 4′ 3″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9C2P4WVM+M2OpenStreetMap ID
way 115970111OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gyllyngvase” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gylly Beach”
- Cebuano: “Gyllyngvase Beach”
- Cornish: “An Gilen Vas”
- Italian: “Gyllyngvase”
- Swedish: “Gyllyngvase Beach”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pennance Point and Falmouth Bay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include WW2 Dragon’s Teeth and Gyllyngvase Beach.
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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 “Gyllyngvase”. Photo: Konrad Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.