Ships and Castles

Ships and Castles is a sports venue in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England. Ships and Castles is situated nearby to the historic site WW2 Barrage Balloon Site (site of), as well as near Falmouth Docks Railway Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Falmouth Docks Railway Station and Pendennis Castle.

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 790 feet west of Ships and Castles.

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. Pendennis Castle is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Ships and Castles.

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 2,200 feet west of Ships and Castles.

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.

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 2 miles east of Ships and Castles.

Ships and Castles

Type: Sports venue
Categories: building, recreation area, and sports location
Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.15001° or 50° 9′ north

Longitude

-5.05249° or 5° 3′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C2P5W2X+22

OpenStreetMap ID

way 142799733

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=sports_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=swimming

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=fitness

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