Figgy Dowdy’s Well
Figgy Dowdy’s Well is a spring in Lanner, Cornwall, England. Figgy Dowdy’s Well is situated nearby to Carn Marth Quarry, Open air theatre, as well as near the theater building Carn Marth Theatre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carn Marth and Gwennap Pit.
Carn Marth
Peak
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carn Marth is the name of a hill in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, near Redruth. It is 235 m high, and is well known for the granite quarried from it in the past. The name of the hill comes from the Cornish language words karn and margh, meaning 'horse'.
Gwennap Pit
Photo: Gwyn Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gwennap Pit is situated 3,700 feet north of Figgy Dowdy’s Well.
Redruth railway station
Railway station
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Redruth station serves the town of Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom; it is situated on the Cornish Main Line between Truro and Camborne. The station is 309 miles 68 chains down the line from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. Redruth railway station is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Figgy Dowdy’s Well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Busveal and Trevarth.
Busveal
Hamlet
Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Busveal is a mining settlement in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is located approximately one mile east of Redruth. It is in the civil parish of St Day.
Trevarth
Hamlet
Trevarth is a hamlet in the parish of Lanner, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The name Trevarth comes from the Cornish language words tre, meaning 'farm' or 'settlement', and margh, meaning 'horse', an element it shares with nearby Carn Marth.
Comford
Village
Comford is a small settlement in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately 3 miles southeast of Redruth on the A393 road and very close to Gwennap.
Figgy Dowdy’s Well
- Type: Spring
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lanner, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.22149° or 50° 13′ 17″ northLongitude
-5.20472° or 5° 12′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C2P6QCW+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 12860118190OpenStreetMap feature
natural=spring
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Highlights include Carn Marth Quarry, Open air theatre and Carn Marth Theatre.
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