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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pendennis Castle and Little Dennis Blockhouse, Pendennis Castle.
Pendennis Castle
Castle
Photo: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Little Dennis Blockhouse, Pendennis Castle
Castle
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Dennis Blockhouse, Pendennis Castle is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Tudor Gun Tower.
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 2,800 feet northwest of Tudor Gun Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Mawes and Flushing.
St Mawes
Village
Photo: EvaK, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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
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.
Mylor Churchtown
Village
Mylor Churchtown is a coastal village in Cornwall, England. It is the church town of the ecclesiastical parish of Mylor and is situated at the mouth of Mylor Creek, approximately three miles north of Falmouth. Mylor Churchtown is situated 2 miles north 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″ northLongitude
-5.04662° or 5° 2′ 48″ westLevels
1Open location code
9C2P4XW3+C9OpenStreetMap ID
way 142797184OpenStreetMap feature
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Half Moon Battery and Pendennis Castle Museum.
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