WW2 Pillbox

WW2 Pillbox is a bunker in St Keverne, Cornwall, England. WW2 Pillbox is situated near the hamlet Porthallow, as well as near the pub The Five Pilchards Inn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: The Five Pilchards Inn and Church of Saint Anthony.

The Five Pilchards Inn

Pub

Photo: Derek Voller, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Five Pilchards Inn is a pub.

Church of Saint Anthony

Church

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Church of Saint Anthony is situated 2 miles northwest of WW2 Pillbox.

Roskilly’s

Ice cream parlor

Photo: Aimee Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roskilly’s is an ice cream parlor, which is situated 1½ miles south of WW2 Pillbox.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porthallow and Roskorwell.

Porthallow

Hamlet

Photo: Llamaslayer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Porthallow is a small fishing village on the east coast of The Lizard peninsula to the south of the Helford River, in Cornwall, England. It lies in St Keverne parish, north of St Keverne village.

Roskorwell is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Keverne, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies just north of Porthallow. The name Roskorwell comes from the Cornish language words ros, meaning 'hill-spur', and Korvil, a personal name.

Porthoustock

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Porthoustock is a hamlet near St Keverne in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the east coast of Lizard Peninsula. Aggregates are quarried nearby and Porthoustock beach is dominated by a large concrete stone silo that was once used to store stone ready to load ships but is now disused.

WW2 Pillbox

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

50.06799° or 50° 4′ 5″ north

Longitude

-5.07869° or 5° 4′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C2P3W9C+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 922899752

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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Highlights: Volnay and Old Lifeboat House.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Porthallow Beach and South West Coast Path half way.

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