The Falmouth Hotel

The Falmouth Hotel is a Victorian hotel located on the seafront in Falmouth, Cornwall, overlooking Castle Beach. As the first purpose-built hotel in Falmouth, it opened on 9 May 1865 to provide to tourists due to the new railway station being linked nearby.

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Type: Hotel
Description: building in Cornwall, UK
Also known as: “Falmouth Hotel” and “Falmouth Hotel Mariners”
Address: 1 Cliff Road, Falmouth, TR11 4NZ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Falmouth Docks Railway Station and Pendennis Castle.

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. Falmouth Docks Railway Station is situated 940 feet northeast of The Falmouth Hotel.

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. Pendennis Castle is situated 2,500 feet east of The Falmouth Hotel.

National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Museum

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The National Maritime Museum, Cornwall is located in a harbourside building at Falmouth in Cornwall, England. The building was designed by architect M. National Maritime Museum Cornwall is situated 1,400 feet northwest of The Falmouth Hotel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pendennis Point and Flushing.

Pendennis Point

Locality

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Pendennis Point is a locality.

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.

Mylor Churchtown

Village

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Mylor Churchtown is a coastal village in Cornwall, England. It is the church town of the ecclesiastical parish of Mylor and is situated at the mouth of Mylor Creek, approximately three miles north of Falmouth. Mylor Churchtown is situated 2 miles north of The Falmouth Hotel.

The Falmouth Hotel

Categories: building, tourism, hotel building, and accommodation
Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.14859° or 50° 8′ 55″ north

Longitude

-5.05756° or 5° 3′ 27″ west

Elevation

46 feet (14 metres)

Open location code

9C2P4WXR+CX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 654451000

OpenStreetMap feature

building=hotel

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=hotel

GeoNames ID

12110732

Wikidata ID

Q13529095

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In Other Languages

“The Falmouth Hotel” goes by many names.

French: “The Falmouth Hotel”

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