Tudor Gun Tower

Tudor Gun Tower is a castle in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England. Tudor Gun Tower is situated nearby to Half Moon Battery, as well as near Pendennis Castle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pendennis Castle and Falmouth Docks Railway Station.

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.

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 2,700 feet northwest of Tudor Gun Tower.

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 4,000 feet northwest of Tudor Gun Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pendennis Point and St Mawes.

Pendennis Point

Locality

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Pendennis Point is a locality.

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 northeast of Tudor Gun Tower.

Flushing

Village

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

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. Flushing is situated 1½ miles northwest of Tudor Gun Tower.

Tudor Gun Tower

Type: Castle
Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.14606° or 50° 8′ 46″ north

Longitude

-5.04662° or 5° 2′ 48″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C2P4XW3+C9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 142797184

OpenStreetMap feature

building=castle

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Half Moon Battery and Pendennis Castle Museum.

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