Lizard Serpentine Works

Lizard Serpentine Works is a ruins in Grade–Ruan, Cornwall, England. Lizard Serpentine Works is situated near the islet Black Rock, as well as near the hamlet Poltesco.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Lizard and Kennack Sands.

Lizard

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Lizard is a peninsula in West Cornwall in the South West. The name may be derived from the Cornish expression Lys Ardh, which means "High Court". The Lizard contains Britain's most southerly point, the Lizard Point.

Kennack Sands

Beach

Photo: Simon Huguet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kennack Sands is a beach and sand-dune system on the east coast of the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, UK. Kennack Sands is situated 1 mile northeast of Lizard Serpentine Works.

St Mary

Church

Photo: J3Mrs, CC BY 3.0.

St Mary is a church, which is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Lizard Serpentine Works.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poltesco and Kuggar.

Poltesco

Hamlet

Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Poltesco is a hamlet and valley in the parish of Grade-Ruan, on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, UK. The lower part of the valley is owned by the National Trust and was once the site of a stone industry that exported carved ornaments to the rest of Britain and Europe.

Kuggar

Village

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kuggar is a hamlet in the parish of Grade-Ruan in Cornwall, England. Kuggar, within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, lies off the A3083 road, between the villages of St Ruan and Gwendreath.

Ruan Minor

Village

Photo: Thomas E Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grade–Ruan is a civil parish on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, approximately ten miles south of Falmouth. It is a rural parish bounded to the east by St Keverne parish and by the sea; to the west by Mullion and Cury parishes; and to the south by Landewednack parish.

Lizard Serpentine Works

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Grade–Ruan, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

49.99781° or 49° 59′ 52″ north

Longitude

-5.17264° or 5° 10′ 22″ west

Open location code

8CXPXRXG+4W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 502737884

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Black Rock and Sea Acres 9 hole course.

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