Skewjack

Skewjack is a plot of land in west , England, United Kingdom. It is situated about 1.5 miles east of on the B3315 road. It was the site of RAF Sennen, and is now the site of a Fibre-optic Link Around the Globe building.
Wikipedia
Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: village in Cornwall, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Skewjack, Cornwall”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Sennen’s Church and Minack Theatre.

Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Sennen's Church, Sennen is a parish church in the Church of England located in , , England, UK.

Garden
Photo: Chef, Public domain.
The is an open-air theatre, constructed above a gully with a rocky granite outcrop jutting into the sea. The theatre is at , four miles from in , England. is situated 2 miles southeast of Skewjack.

Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an Iron Age promontory fort or 'cliff castle' close to in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sennen and Mayon.

Village
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a coastal civil parish and a village in , England, United Kingdom. village is situated approximately eight miles west-southwest of .

Village
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet on the A30 main road north of in west , England. is about 7 miles south-west of . Much of the land in belonged to the manor of , and in the early 17th century the land was divided between six heiresses, one of whom married John St Aubyn.

Locality
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in west , England, United Kingdom, on the B3315 to road and within the civil parish of . is 8 miles west of Penzance and 2 miles east of Land's End.

Skewjack

Latitude
50.06528° or 50° 3′ 55″ north
Longitude
-5.68165° or 5° 40′ 54″ west
Open location code
9C2P3889+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 533629181
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q597094
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Satellite Map

Discover Skewjack from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Skewjack” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Skewjack”
  • Dutch: “Skewjack”
  • French: “Skewjack”
  • Irish: “Skewjack”
  • Polish: “Skewjack”
  • Welsh: “Skewjack”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Trevilley and Lower Bosistow.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include WW2 Chain Home Radar Station CH17 Sennen (remains of) and First And Last Inn.

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