St John’s Down
St John’s Down is a hill in Millbrook, Cornwall, England and has an elevation of 381 feet. St John’s Down is situated nearby to the village Freathy, as well as near Antony.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints Church, Millbrook and Scraesdon Fort.
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.
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.
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. HMS Scylla is situated 2 miles south of St John’s Down.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St John and Freathy.
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.
Freathy
Village
Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
St John’s Down
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 381 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Millbrook, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.35523° or 50° 21′ 19″ northLongitude
-4.24356° or 4° 14′ 37″ westElevation
381 feet (116 metres)Open location code
9C2Q9Q44+3HGeoNames ID
12615953
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