WW2 Searchlight for Coastal Gun Battery (remains of)
WW2 Searchlight for Coastal Gun Battery (remains of) is a bunker in Looe, South Cornwall, England. WW2 Searchlight for Coastal Gun Battery (remains of) is situated nearby to the lighthouse Banjo Pier, as well as near East Looe Beach.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Banjo Pier and Old Guildhall, Looe.
Banjo Pier
Lighthouse
Photo: roger geach, CC BY-SA 2.0.
A Banjo Pier is a pier in the shape of a banjo. The most notable example is probably the Banjo Pier in Looe, Cornwall, England, as it was the first and thus the prototype for many others around the world. Banjo Pier is situated 340 feet north of WW2 Searchlight for Coastal Gun Battery (remains of).
Old Guildhall, Looe
Museum
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Guildhall is a municipal building in Higher Market Street in Looe, Cornwall, England. The structure, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building. Old Guildhall, Looe is situated 1,100 feet northwest of WW2 Searchlight for Coastal Gun Battery (remains of).
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Mary's Church is a former Church of England parish church in Looe, Cornwall. St Mary’s Church is situated 990 feet north of WW2 Searchlight for Coastal Gun Battery (remains of).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Looe and Plaidy.
Plaidy
Suburb
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plaidy is an eastern suburb of Looe, Cornwall, England, UK. Plaidy Beach is a sandy beach and Millendreath Beach is at its eastern end. The writer Eleanor Hibbert lived near Plaidy Beach during World War II and used it as the basis for one of her pen names, Jean Plaidy.
Millendreath
Locality
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Millendreath is a hamlet in the parish of St Martin-by-Looe, Cornwall, England, situated two miles east of the town of Looe. A station was to be built at Millendreath as part of the proposed St Germans & Looe Railway in the late 1930s, but the railway was abandoned without the station having been built.
WW2 Searchlight for Coastal Gun Battery (remains of)
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: Looe, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.35006° or 50° 21′ 0″ northLongitude
-4.45113° or 4° 27′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9G2X+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 570706417OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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