Coastwatch Lookout Station

Coastwatch Lookout Station is a building in Cornwall, West Country, England. Coastwatch Lookout Station is situated nearby to Toll Pedn Pennwydh, as well as near the locality Gwennap Head.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porthgwarra Beach and St Levan’s Church, St Levan.

St Levan Church, St Levan is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Levan, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Until 1864 the church was a chapelry of the Royal Peculiar of the Deanery of St Buryan. St Levan’s Church, St Levan is situated 1 mile east of Coastwatch Lookout Station.

Porthchapel Beach

Beach

Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Porthchapel Beach is a secluded beach located on the south coast of the Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall, England. Situated near the village of St Levan, it is renowned for its white shell-sand, turquoise waters, and rugged granite cliffs with the The Independent naming it as the sixth most beautiful beach in Cornwall in 2025.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gwennap Head and Porthgwarra.

Gwennap Head

Locality

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gwennap Head is a headland on the south coast of the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is within the parish of St Levan and approximately 4 miles south of Land's End, and less than 1 mile north-west of Porthgwarra, the nearest village.

Porthgwarra

Hamlet

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Porthgwarra is a small coastal village in the civil parish of St Levan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom situated between Land's End and Porthcurno. Access to the cove is via a minor road off the B3283 road at Polgigga and leads to the car park in the village.

St Levan

Photo: Worm That Turned, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St Levan is a parish in the south coast of West Cornwall, near Land's End. It consists of the villages of St Levan, Porthcurno, Trethewey and Treen. It is home to the spectacular open-air Minack Theatre overlooking the sea to the Logan Rock.

Coastwatch Lookout Station

Type: Building
Location: Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.03702° or 50° 2′ 13″ north

Longitude

-5.68062° or 5° 40′ 50″ west

Operator

National Coastwatch Institution

Open location code

9C2P28P9+RQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 134572548

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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