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, England.Photo: Alison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Commerce
- Description: radio communication site on Goonhilly Downs, Cornwall, UK
- Also known as: “BT Goonhilly Downs” and “Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Halliggye Fogou and Church of St Martin.
Halliggye Fogou
Archaeological site
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. 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 Cross Lanes.
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.
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.
Garras
Village
Photo: Ron Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garras is a village in the parish of Mawgan-in-Meneage, in west Cornwall, England, UK. Garras is situated 2 miles northwest 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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.0491° or 50° 2′ 57″ northLongitude
-5.18214° or 5° 10′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C2P2RX9+J4OpenStreetMap ID
way 138956488OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=commercialWikidata 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: “古恩希利衛星地面站”
- Chinese: “貢希利衛星地球站”
- 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: “Estacion Terrena Goonhilly”
- Spanish: “Estación Terrena Goonhilly”
- Welsh: “Selva Lorell Goon Helghi”
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