Prislow Woods

Prislow Woods is a forest in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England. Prislow Woods is situated nearby to the village Budock Water, as well as near the locality Pennance Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pendennis Castle and Penmere 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.

Penmere railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Penmere railway station serves the northern part of Falmouth, Cornwall, England. It is on the Maritime Line between Truro and Falmouth Docks. The station is managed by, and the trains operated by, Great Western Railway.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penryn and Budock Water.

Penryn

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Penryn is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the Penryn River about 1 mile northwest of Falmouth. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 8,489 and the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 11,195.

Budock Water

Village

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Budock Water is a village and former manor in the civil parish of Budock, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated two miles west of Falmouth.

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.

Prislow Woods

Type: Forest
Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.1471° or 50° 8′ 50″ north

Longitude

-5.0841° or 5° 5′ 3″ west

Open location code

9C2P4WW8+V9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 470434862

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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