Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station

Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a large radiocommunication site located on Goonhilly Downs near Helston on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, Britain.

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Type: Commerce
Description: radio communication site on Goonhilly Downs, Cornwall, UK
Also known as: “BT Goonhilly Downs”, “Estacion Terrena Goonhilly”, “Goonhilly Earth Station”, “古恩希利衛星地面站”, and “貢希利衛星地球站”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Halliggye Fogou and Church of St Martin.

Halliggye Fogou

Archaeological site

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Halliggye Fogou is one of many fogous in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The site is under the guardianship of English Heritage, and managed by the Trelowarren Estate, where the fogou is located. Entry to the fogou is free. Halliggye Fogou is situated 1½ miles northwest of Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station.

Church of St Martin

Church

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Martin is situated 1½ miles northeast of Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station.

Church of Saint Maugan

Church

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of Saint Maugan is situated 2½ miles north of Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Traboe and St Martin-in-Meneage.

Traboe

Hamlet

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Traboe is a hamlet on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Traboe is about 5 km west of St Keverne; nearby is Traboe Cross, a junction on the B3293 road.

St Martin-in-Meneage

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Martin-in-Meneage is a civil parish and village in the Meneage district of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is five miles south-southeast of Helston. St Martin-in-Meneage is situated 2 miles northeast of Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station.

Cross Lanes

Hamlet

Cross Lanes is a hamlet in the parish of Cury, Cornwall, England. Cross Lanes lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Cross Lanes is situated 2 miles west of Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station.

Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station

Category: ground station
Location: Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.0491° or 50° 2′ 57″ north

Longitude

-5.18214° or 5° 10′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C2P2RX9+J4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 138956488

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=commercial

Wikidata ID

Q1537712

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Satellite Map

Discover Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station” goes by many names.

Chinese: “貢希利衛星地面站”
Chinese: “贡希利卫星地面站”
Cornish: “Selva Lorell Goon Helghi”
Dutch: “Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station”
German: “Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station”
Portuguese: “Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station”
Spanish: “Estación Terrena Goonhilly”
Welsh: “Selva Lorell Goon Helghi”
“Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station”

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