WW2 Pillbox

WW2 Pillbox is a bunker in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England. WW2 Pillbox is situated nearby to the cemetery Quaker Burial Ground, as well as near St Francis CofE Primary School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Penmere railway station and Swanpool.

Penmere railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Penmere railway station serves the northern part of Falmouth, Cornwall, England. It is on the Maritime Line between Truro and Falmouth Docks. The station is managed by, and the trains operated by, Great Western Railway. Penmere railway station is situated 2,800 feet east of WW2 Pillbox.

Swanpool

Lagoon

Swanpool is a small coastal saline lagoon with a shingle bar, separating it from the beach of the same name. The South West Coast Path crosses the bar. Swanpool is situated 1 mile southeast of WW2 Pillbox.

All Saints’ Church, Falmouth

Church

Photo: Andrewrabbott, Public domain.

All Saints' Church, Falmouth is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro located in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All Saints’ Church, Falmouth is situated 1 mile east of WW2 Pillbox.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Budock Water and Penryn.

Budock Water

Village

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Budock Water is a village and former manor in the civil parish of Budock, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated two miles west of Falmouth.

Penryn

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Penryn is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the Penryn River about 1 mile northwest of Falmouth. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 8,489 and the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 11,195.

Bissom

Hamlet

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Bissom is a hamlet in south Cornwall, United Kingdom, situated half-a-mile east of Penryn. Most of Bissom falls within the civil parish of Penryn but Bissom Farm is situated in Mylor civil parish. It is in the civil parish of Feock. Bissom is situated 1½ miles north of WW2 Pillbox.

WW2 Pillbox

Type: Bunker
Categories: building and military installation
Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.14949° or 50° 8′ 58″ north

Longitude

-5.09511° or 5° 5′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C2P4WX3+QX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8567420330

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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