Par Coastal Gun Battery
The Par Coastal Gun Battery was a coastal gun battery constructed in the summer of 1940 when Britain was facing the threat of invasion from Nazi Germany. It is on the former site of the Par Consols Mine, overlooking Par Docks.Photo: Flappy Pigeon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Historic site
- Description: disused artillery battery in Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Cornish Lorry Battery”, “Par Coastal Gun Battery (The Bunkers)”, and “Par Gun Battery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Par Railway Station and Church of the Good Shepherd.
Par Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Par railway station serves the villages of Par, Tywardreath and St Blazey, Cornwall, England. The station is 281 miles 66 chains down the line from London Paddington, measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. Par Railway Station is situated 3,300 feet north of Par Coastal Gun Battery.
Church of the Good Shepherd
Church
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of the Good Shepherd is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Par Coastal Gun Battery.
The Par Inn
Pub
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Par Inn is a pub, which is situated 1,100 feet north of Par Coastal Gun Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Par and St Blazey Gate.
Par
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Par is in South Cornwall. A village and fishing port at the edge of Par Sands between St Austell and Fowey and half a mile from Twywardreath village and nearby to the hamlet of Polmear, at the bottom of Polmear Hill.
St Blazey Gate
Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Blazey Gate is a settlement in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in the civil parish of St Blaise. It is situated between the towns of St Blazey and Par on the A390 to St Austell.
Polmear
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Polmear is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located on the A3082 road close to Par Sands and the village of Par. Part is in the civil parish of Fowey and part in Tywardreath and Par parish.
Par Coastal Gun Battery
- Categories: artillery battery, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.34711° or 50° 20′ 50″ northLongitude
-4.7089° or 4° 42′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C2Q87WR+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 603855036OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q101244742
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