WW2 Pillbox

WW2 Pillbox is a bunker in Hayle, West Cornwall, England. WW2 Pillbox is situated near the garden Cliff Bungalows, as well as near the historic site WW2 Minefield (site of).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Hayle railway station and St Uny’s Church, Lelant.

Hayle railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hayle railway station serves the small town of Hayle, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is on the Cornish Main Line 7 miles north-east of Penzance, 319 miles 31 chains from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. Hayle railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of WW2 Pillbox.

St Uny’s Church, Lelant

Church

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St Uny Church, Lelant, is the Church of England parish church of Lelant, Cornwall, England. It is dedicated to Saint Uny who is also the patron saint of Redruth. It is a Grade I listed building. St Uny’s Church, Lelant is situated 3,200 feet southwest of WW2 Pillbox.

Lelant railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lelant railway station is on the waterfront of the Hayle estuary below the village of Lelant in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is 322 miles 6 chains from London Paddington, measured via St Erth and Box, on the St Ives Bay Line between Lelant Saltings and Carbis Bay. Lelant railway station is situated 1 mile south of WW2 Pillbox.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Towans and Phillack.

The Towans

Hamlet

Towan is found in many placenames in Cornwall. However, The Towans usually refers to the three-mile stretch of coastal dunes which extends north-east from the estuary of the River Hayle to Gwithian beach with a midpoint near Upton.

Phillack

Village

Photo: Ivan Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Phillack is a village in the parish of Hayle, in west Cornwall, England. It is about one mile northeast of Hayle and half-a-mile inland from St Ives Bay on Cornwall's Atlantic Ocean coast.

Lelant

Village

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Lelant or Uny Lelant is a village in the civil parish of St Ives in, west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on the west side of the Hayle Estuary, about 2+1⁄2 miles southeast of St Ives and one mile west of Hayle.

WW2 Pillbox

Type: Bunker
Categories: building and military installation
Location: Hayle, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.1966° or 50° 11′ 48″ north

Longitude

-5.43025° or 5° 25′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C2P5HW9+JW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 578588147

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cliff Bungalows and WW2 Minefield (site of).

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Places to explore: The Bluff Inn and RNLI Lookout.

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