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Penlee Battery

Penlee Battery is a nature reserve lying on the coastal headland of on the Rame Peninsula, in southeast , England. The site was formerly the location of a gun battery, constructed between 1889 and 1892.
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Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Sign
  • Description: artillery battery and nature reserve in Cornwall, England
  • Also known as: “Penlee Battery, Cornwall Wildlife Trust”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Queen Adelaides Chapel and St Germanus’ Church, Rame.

Chapel
Photo: Brian, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Penlee Battery.

Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Germanus' Church is a Church of England church in , , , UK. Much of the existing church dates to the 13th and 15th centuries. It has been Grade I listed since 1960. is situated 3,600 feet west of Penlee Battery.

Monument
Photo: Dave Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a monument, which is situated 1 mile west of Penlee Battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penlee Point and Rame.

Locality
Photo: Mark.murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a coastal headland in , , , . The point lies at the entrance to . Bordering the sea, there is a weather station at its end.

Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the Cornwall district, in the ceremonial county of , England.

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of twin villages on the Rame Peninsula in south-east Cornwall. overlooks Plymouth Sound is within Mount Edgcumbe Country Park.

Penlee Battery

Latitude
50.32118° or 50° 19′ 16″ north
Longitude
-4.19652° or 4° 11′ 48″ west
Open location code
9C2Q8RC3+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1790353598
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­information
Wiki­data ID
Q7163079
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include WW2 Coastal Gun Battery (site of) and WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery (site of).

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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 “Penlee Battery”. Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.