The Wooldown torch
The Wooldown torch is a memorial in Looe, South Cornwall, England. The Wooldown torch is situated nearby to the pub The Fisherman’s Arms, as well as near the museum Old Guildhall, Looe.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Guildhall, Looe and St Mary’s Church.
Old Guildhall, Looe
Museum
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Guildhall is a municipal building in Higher Market Street in Looe, Cornwall, England. The structure, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building. Old Guildhall, Looe is situated 660 feet southwest of The Wooldown torch.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Mary's Church is a former Church of England parish church in Looe, Cornwall. St Mary’s Church is situated 730 feet southwest of The Wooldown torch.
Banjo Pier
Lighthouse
Photo: roger geach, CC BY-SA 2.0.
A Banjo Pier is a pier in the shape of a banjo. The most notable example is probably the Banjo Pier in Looe, Cornwall, England, as it was the first and thus the prototype for many others around the world. Banjo Pier is situated 1,200 feet south of The Wooldown torch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Looe and Plaidy.
Plaidy
Suburb
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plaidy is an eastern suburb of Looe, Cornwall, England, UK. Plaidy Beach is a sandy beach and Millendreath Beach is at its eastern end. The writer Eleanor Hibbert lived near Plaidy Beach during World War II and used it as the basis for one of her pen names, Jean Plaidy.
Millendreath
Locality
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Millendreath is a hamlet in the parish of St Martin-by-Looe, Cornwall, England, situated two miles east of the town of Looe. A station was to be built at Millendreath as part of the proposed St Germans & Looe Railway in the late 1930s, but the railway was abandoned without the station having been built.
The Wooldown torch
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “The Torch and its cannons were installed in 2005 too commemorate the 200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Looe, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.35429° or 50° 21′ 16″ northLongitude
-4.45115° or 4° 27′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9G3X+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 6819328870OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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