Lander’s Monument

Lander's Monument is a memorial to Richard Lander on Lemon Street, in Truro, the county town of Cornwall in south west England. The monument is a grade II* listed building.

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Monument
Description: monument in Truro, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Lander Monument”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St John the Evangelist’s Church, Truro and Truro Cathedral.

St John the Evangelist’s Church, Truro

Church

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St John the Evangelist's Church, Truro is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Truro, Cornwall. St John the Evangelist’s Church, Truro is situated 380 feet northeast of Lander’s Monument.

Truro Cathedral

Church

Photo: tracey maclean, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Truro, Cornwall. It was built between 1880 and 1910 to a Gothic Revival design by John Loughborough Pearson on the site of the parish church of St Mary. Truro Cathedral is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Lander’s Monument.

Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery

Museum

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

The Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, formerly known as the Royal Cornwall Museum, is a museum in Truro, England, which holds an extensive mineral collection rooted in Cornwall's mining and engineering heritage. Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery is situated 1,600 feet north of Lander’s Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calenick and Kea.

Calenick

Hamlet

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Calenick is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kea, about a mile south of Truro in Cornwall, England, UK. It is at the head of Calenick Creek, which opens into the River Truro near Sunny Corner.

Kea

Village

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Kea is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a "large straggling parish" in a former mining area south of Truro. Kea village is situated just over one mile southwest of Truro. Old Kea is situated two miles to the east on the west bank of the Truro River at grid reference SW 843 417.

Malpas

Village

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Malpas is a riverside village, and former port, in the civil parish of St Clement, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated two miles southeast of the city of Truro, on the confluence of the Truro River and the Tresillian River. Malpas is situated 1½ miles southeast of Lander’s Monument.

Lander’s Monument

Category: historic site
Location: Truro, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.25939° or 50° 15′ 34″ north

Longitude

-5.05484° or 5° 3′ 17″ west

Open location code

9C2P7W5W+Q3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1046699486

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

Wikidata ID

Q17533999

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