WW2 Coastal Gun Battery
WW2 Coastal Gun Battery is a bunker in Gerrans, Cornwall, England. WW2 Coastal Gun Battery is situated nearby to St Anthony’s Lighthouse, as well as near the historic site WW1 Practise Trenches.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 520 feet southwest of WW2 Coastal Gun Battery.
Great Molunan Beach
Beach
Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Molunan Beach is situated 1,500 feet north of WW2 Coastal Gun Battery.
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 WW2 Coastal Gun Battery.
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.
Percuil
Hamlet
Photo: ROWLAND TURNER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Percuil is a hamlet in Roseland, Cornwall, England. Percuil is on the east bank of the Percuil River and south-west of Gerrans. Percuil is situated 2 miles north of WW2 Coastal Gun Battery.
WW2 Coastal Gun Battery
- Type: Bunker
- Wheelchair access: yes
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: Gerrans, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.1417° or 50° 8′ 30″ northLongitude
-5.01402° or 5° 0′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C2P4XRP+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 344166907OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunkerOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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