Barbican Rd Jct

Barbican Rd Jct is a bus stop in Looe, South Cornwall, England. Barbican Rd Jct is situated nearby to St Martin’s Church, St Martin-by-Looe, as well as near the school Looe Community Academy.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Martin’s Church, St Martin-by-Looe and Looe Community Academy.

St Martin’s Church, St Martin-by-Looe

Church

Photo: Paula Goodfellow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Martin's Church is a parish church in the hamlet of St Martin, Looe, Cornwall, in the Church of England Diocese of Truro. St Martin’s Church, St Martin-by-Looe is situated 460 feet west of Barbican Rd Jct.

Looe Community Academy

School

Looe Community Academy is a mixed secondary school located in East Looe in the English county of Cornwall. Previously a community school administered by Cornwall Council, Looe Community School was converted to academy status on 1 February 2012 and was renamed Looe Community Academy. Looe Community Academy is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Barbican Rd Jct.

Looe railway station

Railway station

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Looe railway station serves the twin towns of East and West Looe, in Cornwall, England. The station is the terminus of the scenic Looe Valley Line 8+3⁄4 miles south of Liskeard. It faces out across the estuary of the River Looe. Looe railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Barbican Rd Jct.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Millendreath and 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.

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.