WW2 RAF Aviation Fuel Tank

WW2 RAF Aviation Fuel Tank is a historic site in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England. WW2 RAF Aviation Fuel Tank is situated nearby to Pendennis Castle Museum, as well as near the historic site WW2 Barrage Balloon Site (site of).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pendennis Castle and Falmouth Docks Railway Station.

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 1,000 feet south of WW2 RAF Aviation Fuel Tank.

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 2,200 feet west of WW2 RAF Aviation Fuel Tank.

Little Dennis Blockhouse, Pendennis Castle

Castle

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Dennis Blockhouse, Pendennis Castle is situated 2,300 feet southeast of WW2 RAF Aviation Fuel Tank.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flushing and St Mawes.

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.

St Mawes

Village

Photo: EvaK, CC BY-SA 2.5.

St Mawes is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise. St Mawes is situated 1½ miles northeast of WW2 RAF Aviation Fuel Tank.

Mylor Churchtown

Village

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

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 RAF Aviation Fuel Tank.

WW2 RAF Aviation Fuel Tank

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.14965° or 50° 8′ 59″ north

Longitude

-5.04641° or 5° 2′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C2P4XX3+VC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1006753209

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pendennis Castle Museum and WW2 Barrage Balloon Site (site of).

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