Picklecombe Seat

Picklecombe Seat is a historic site in Maker-with-Rame, Cornwall, England. Picklecombe Seat is situated nearby to the historic site WW2 Z Battery (site of), as well as near the ruins The Folly.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Edgcumbe Country Park and Mount Edgcumbe House.

Mount Edgcumbe Country Park

Park

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is a grade I listed country park in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The 885 acres country park is on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound and the River Tamar. Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is situated 2,400 feet west of Picklecombe Seat.

Mount Edgcumbe House

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mount Edgcumbe House is a stately home in south-east Cornwall and is a Grade II listed building, whilst its gardens and parkland are listed as Grade I in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is situated in the parish of Maker on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound; its main entrance is in the village of Cremyll. Mount Edgcumbe House is situated 3,100 feet north of Picklecombe Seat.

The Folly

Ruins

Photo: Y.ssk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Folly is a ruins, which is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Picklecombe Seat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maker and Cremyll.

Maker

Hamlet

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maker is a village between Cawsand and Rame Head, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The name means a ruin or old wall in Cornish, possibly because the church was built from the ruins of West Stonehouse in Cremyll.

Cremyll

Hamlet

Photo: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cremyll is a small coastal village in the civil parish of Maker-with-Rame, in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Cremyll is on the Rame Peninsula facing Plymouth Sound. The village is about 9 miles by road or 0.5 miles by boat from Plymouth.

Drake’s Island

Hamlet

Photo: Janipewter, Public domain.

Drake's Island is a 6.5-acre island approximately 500 metres from land in Plymouth Sound, the stretch of water south of the city of Plymouth, Devon. The rocks which make up the island are volcanic tuff and lava, together with marine limestone of the Devonian period.

Picklecombe Seat

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Maker-with-Rame, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.34597° or 50° 20′ 46″ north

Longitude

-4.17339° or 4° 10′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C2Q8RWG+9J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 555148055

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=folly

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include WW2 Z Battery (site of) and WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of).

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