Pendennis Castle
Pendennis Castle is a hill in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England and has an elevation of 194 feet. Pendennis Castle is situated nearby to the locality Pendennis Point, as well as near Pennance Point.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pendennis Castle and Little Dennis Blockhouse, Pendennis Castle.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Mawes and Flushing.
St Mawes
Village
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St Mawes is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise. St Mawes is situated 1½ miles northeast of Pendennis Castle.
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. Flushing is situated 1½ miles northwest of Pendennis Castle.
Mylor Churchtown
Village
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 Pendennis Castle.
Pendennis Castle
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 194 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.1463° or 50° 8′ 47″ northLongitude
-5.04692° or 5° 2′ 49″ westElevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
9C2P4XW3+G6GeoNames ID
12615970
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