WW2 Pillbox

WW2 Pillbox is a bunker in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England. WW2 Pillbox is situated nearby to Falmouth Cricket Club, as well as near Falmouth School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Falmouth School and Church of the Holy Spirit.

Falmouth School

School

Falmouth School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Falmouth in the county of Cornwall. Previously a community school administered by Cornwall Council, Falmouth School converted to academy status on 1 August 2011. Falmouth School is situated 730 feet west of WW2 Pillbox.

Church of the Holy Spirit

Church

Photo: Paul Barnett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of the Holy Spirit is situated 2,000 feet east of WW2 Pillbox.

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 4,000 feet southeast of WW2 Pillbox.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penryn and Budock Water.

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.

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.

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.

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

50.15911° or 50° 9′ 33″ north

Longitude

-5.09347° or 5° 5′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C2P5W54+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8567435705

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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