Upton Towans
Upton Towans is a grassland in Gwinear–Gwithian, Cornwall, England. Upton Towans is situated nearby to the peak Jack Straw’s Hill, as well as near the historic site WW2 Starfish Bombing Decoy for Hayle (site of).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Gothian’s Church, Gwithian and St Felicitas and St Piala’s Church, Phillack.
St Gothian’s Church, Gwithian
Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Gothian's Church, Gwithian is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK. Nothing is known about St Gothian, Gocianus or Gwithian. St Gothian’s Church, Gwithian is situated 1 mile northeast of Upton Towans.
St Felicitas and St Piala’s Church, Phillack
Church
Photo: Ivan Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Felicitas and St Piala’s Church, Phillack is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Phillack, Cornwall, England, UK. St Felicitas and St Piala’s Church, Phillack is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Upton Towans.
Godrevy Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Brian, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Godrevy Lighthouse was built in 1858–1859 on Godrevy Island in St Ives Bay, Cornwall. Standing approximately 300 metres off Godrevy Head, it marks the Stones reef, which has been a hazard to shipping for centuries. Godrevy Lighthouse is situated 2 miles north of Upton Towans.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gwithian and Phillack.
Gwithian
Hamlet
Gwithian is a coastal village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, in the Cornwall district, in west Cornwall, England. It is three miles north-east of Hayle and four miles east of St Ives, Cornwall across St Ives Bay.
Phillack
Village
Photo: Ivan Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Phillack is a village in the parish of Hayle, in west Cornwall, England. It is about one mile northeast of Hayle and half-a-mile inland from St Ives Bay on Cornwall's Atlantic Ocean coast.
Angarrack
Village
Angarrack is a village in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian a mile to the east of Hayle. Immediately south of the village Angarrack viaduct carries the Cornish mainline railway over the Angarrack River.
Upton Towans
- Type: Grassland
- Location: Gwinear–Gwithian, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.21204° or 50° 12′ 43″ northLongitude
-5.40071° or 5° 24′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C2P6H6X+RPOpenStreetMap ID
way 231419120OpenStreetMap feature
natural=grassland
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Highlights include Jack Straw’s Hill and WW2 Starfish Bombing Decoy for Hayle (site of).
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