WW2 Air Raid Shelter

WW2 Air Raid Shelter is a bunker in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England. WW2 Air Raid Shelter is situated nearby to Falmouth Docks Railway Station, as well as near Bar Road Post Office.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Falmouth Docks Railway Station and National Maritime Museum Cornwall.

Falmouth Docks Railway Station

Railway station

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Falmouth Docks railway station is situated in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. It was opened in 1863 as the terminus of the Maritime Line from Truro, although since 1970 Falmouth Town has been the principal station for the town. Falmouth Docks Railway Station is situated 390 feet northeast of WW2 Air Raid Shelter.

National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Museum

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The National Maritime Museum, Cornwall is located in a harbourside building at Falmouth in Cornwall, England. The building was designed by architect M. National Maritime Museum Cornwall is situated 1,300 feet northwest of WW2 Air Raid Shelter.

Pendennis Castle

Castle

Photo: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0.

Pendennis Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, England 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. Pendennis Castle is situated 2,400 feet southeast of WW2 Air Raid Shelter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pendennis Point and Flushing.

Pendennis Point

Locality

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Pendennis Point is a locality.

Flushing

Village

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Flushing is a coastal village in the civil parish of Mylor, west Cornwall, UK. It is 3 miles east of Penryn and 10 miles south of Truro. It faces Falmouth across the Penryn River, an arm of the Carrick Roads.

Mylor Churchtown

Village

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Mylor Churchtown is a coastal village in Cornwall, England. It is the church town of the ecclesiastical parish of Mylor and is situated at the mouth of Mylor Creek, approximately three miles north of Falmouth. Mylor Churchtown is situated 2 miles north of WW2 Air Raid Shelter.

WW2 Air Raid Shelter

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

50.14992° or 50° 8′ 60″ north

Longitude

-5.05647° or 5° 3′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C2P4WXV+XC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9288317695

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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