Falmouth Lifeboat Station

Falmouth Lifeboat Station can be found in a building shared with HM Coastguard in the heart of Falmouth Docks, on Tinners Lane in Falmouth, a Port town approximately 11 miles due south of Truro, sitting on the western shore of Carrick Roads, the River Fal estuary, on the south-east coast of the county of Cornwall, England.

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Falmouth Docks Railway Station and National Maritime Museum Cornwall.

Falmouth Docks Railway Station

Railway station

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Falmouth Docks railway station is situated in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. It was opened in 1863 as the terminus of the Maritime Line from Truro, although since 1970 Falmouth Town has been the principal station for the town. Falmouth Docks Railway Station is situated 840 feet east of Falmouth Lifeboat Station.

National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Museum

Photo: Vernon39, Public domain.

The National Maritime Museum, Cornwall is located in a harbourside building at Falmouth in Cornwall, England. The building was designed by architect M. National Maritime Museum Cornwall is situated 580 feet west of Falmouth Lifeboat Station.

Pendennis Castle

Castle

Photo: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0.

Pendennis Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, England between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal. Pendennis Castle is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Falmouth Lifeboat Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pendennis Point and Flushing.

Pendennis Point

Locality

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Pendennis Point is a locality.

Flushing

Village

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Flushing is a coastal village in the civil parish of Mylor, west Cornwall, UK. It is 3 miles east of Penryn and 10 miles south of Truro. It faces Falmouth across the Penryn River, an arm of the Carrick Roads.

Mylor Churchtown

Village

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Mylor Churchtown is a coastal village in Cornwall, England. It is the church town of the ecclesiastical parish of Mylor and is situated at the mouth of Mylor Creek, approximately three miles north of Falmouth. Mylor Churchtown is situated 2 miles north of Falmouth Lifeboat Station.

Falmouth Lifeboat Station

Type: Building
Description: Royal National Lifeboat Institution base in Cornwall, United Kingdom
Category: lifeboat station
Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.15132° or 50° 9′ 5″ north

Longitude

-5.05913° or 5° 3′ 33″ west

Operator

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Open location code

9C2P5W2R+G8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 64435529

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q5432593

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