St Anthony Head
St Anthony Head is a locality in Gerrans, Cornwall, England. St Anthony Head is situated nearby to the locality Flatt Point, as well as near Carricknath Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Anthony’s Lighthouse and Great Molunan Beach.
St Anthony’s Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Pline, Public domain.
St Anthony's Lighthouse is the lighthouse at St Anthony Head, on the eastern side of the entrance to Falmouth harbour, Cornwall, UK. The harbour is also known as Carrick Roads and is one of the largest natural harbours in the world.
St Mawes Castle
Castle
Photo: Cbichescu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Mawes Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bohortha and St Mawes.
Bohortha
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bohortha is a coastal village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the east side of the Roseland Peninsula two miles south of Portscatho.
St Mawes
Village
Photo: EvaK, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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.
Percuil
Hamlet
Photo: ROWLAND TURNER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Percuil is a hamlet in Roseland, Cornwall, England. Percuil is on the east bank of the Percuil River and south-west of Gerrans. Percuil is situated 2 miles north of St Anthony Head.
St Anthony Head
- Type: Locality
- Category: cape
- Location: Gerrans, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.14171° or 50° 8′ 30″ northLongitude
-5.01448° or 5° 0′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C2P4XRP+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 550114907OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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