WW2 Barrage Balloon Site (site of)

WW2 Barrage Balloon Site (site of) is a historic site in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England. WW2 Barrage Balloon Site (site of) is situated nearby to the sports venue Ships and Castles, as well as near Queen Elizabeth Dock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Falmouth Docks Railway Station and Pendennis Castle.

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 1,000 feet west of WW2 Barrage Balloon Site (site of).

Pendennis Castle

Castle

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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 1,600 feet southeast of WW2 Barrage Balloon Site (site of).

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 2,400 feet west of WW2 Barrage Balloon Site (site of).

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

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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

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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 east of WW2 Barrage Balloon Site (site of).

WW2 Barrage Balloon Site (site of)

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

50.15026° or 50° 9′ 1″ north

Longitude

-5.05143° or 5° 3′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C2P5W2X+4C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1006754736

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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