Guard Room

Guard Room is a building in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England. Guard Room is situated nearby to Pendennis Castle Museum, as well as near Pendennis Shore Dive.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pendennis Castle and Falmouth Docks Railway Station.

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.

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 2,200 feet northwest of Guard Room.

National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Museum

Photo: Vernon39, Public domain.

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 3,500 feet northwest of Guard Room.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pendennis Point and Flushing.

Pendennis Point

Locality

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Pendennis Point is a locality.

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 Guard Room.

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 Guard Room.

Guard Room

Type: Building
Roof shape: gabled
Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.14699° or 50° 8′ 49″ north

Longitude

-5.04836° or 5° 2′ 54″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C2P4XW2+QM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 142797188

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

roof-shape=gabled

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