Freathy
Freathy is a beach and coastal settlement on the Rame Peninsula in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Freathy is accessible by the coast road along which runs the South West Coast Path.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Freathy, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HMS Scylla and All Saints Church, Millbrook.
HMS Scylla
Reef
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Scylla was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built at Devonport Royal Dockyard, the last RN frigate to be built there as of 2025. Scylla was commissioned in 1970, taken out of service in 1993 in accordance with Options for Change, and sunk as an artificial reef in 2004 off Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.
All Saints Church, Millbrook
Church
Photo: Ajsmith141, CC BY-SA 4.0.
All Saints Church is a Church of England parish church in Millbrook, Cornwall, England, UK. It was built in 1893–95 and has been Grade II listed since 1987. The war memorial on the edge of the church grounds also became Grade II listed in 2016. All Saints Church, Millbrook is situated 1½ miles east of Freathy.
Scraesdon Fort
Military installation
Photo: Bill Booth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scraesdon Fort, near the village of Antony, is one of several forts in South East Cornwall which formed part of the ring of forts surrounding Plymouth to protect Plymouth Sound and, in particular, the naval dockyard of Devonport from enemy naval attack. Scraesdon Fort is situated 2 miles north of Freathy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St John and Antony.
St John
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John is a coastal civil parish and a village in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 3 miles south of Saltash and 1.5 miles south-west of Torpoint.
Antony
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Antony is a village and coastal civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula about three miles west of Torpoint and has a shop, a pub and a garage. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 438. Antony is situated 1½ miles north of Freathy.
Anderton
Neighborhood
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anderton is a settlement in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located at grid reference SW 431 519. There are also places called Anderton in the parishes of Launcells and St Juliot. Anderton is situated 2 miles east of Freathy.
Freathy
- Category: locality
- Location: St. John, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.34745° or 50° 20′ 51″ northLongitude
-4.2516° or 4° 15′ 6″ westElevation
236 feet (72 metres)Open location code
9C2Q8PWX+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 478561571OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Freathy” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فريثي”
- Basque: “Freathy”
- Cornish: “Frydhi”
- Dutch: “Freathy”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فريثى”
- French: “Freathy”
- Irish: “Freathy”
- Polish: “Freathy”
- Scots: “Freathy”
- Welsh: “Freathy”
- Welsh: “Frydhi”
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Explore places such as Efford’s Bridge and Millbrook.
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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 “Freathy”. Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.