Old Paraffin Store

Old Paraffin Store is a building in Gerrans, Cornwall, England. Old Paraffin Store is situated nearby to the historic site WW1 Practise Trenches, as well as near St Anthony’s Lighthouse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Anthony’s Lighthouse and Great Molunan Beach.

St Anthony’s Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Pline, Public domain.

St Anthony's Lighthouse is the lighthouse at St Anthony Head, on the eastern side of the entrance to Falmouth harbour, Cornwall, UK. The harbour is also known as Carrick Roads and is one of the largest natural harbours in the world. St Anthony’s Lighthouse is situated 550 feet southwest of Old Paraffin Store.

Great Molunan Beach

Beach

Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Molunan Beach is situated 1,100 feet north of Old Paraffin Store.

St Mawes Castle

Castle

Photo: Cbichescu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St Mawes Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, 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. St Mawes Castle is situated 1 mile northwest of Old Paraffin Store.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bohortha and St Mawes.

Bohortha

Village

Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bohortha is a coastal village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the east side of the Roseland Peninsula two miles south of Portscatho.

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.

Pendennis Point

Locality

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Pendennis Point is a locality.

Old Paraffin Store

Type: Building
Location: Gerrans, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.14253° or 50° 8′ 33″ north

Longitude

-5.01503° or 5° 0′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C2P4XVM+2X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 146452067

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include WW1 Practise Trenches and Little Molunan.

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