WW2 Barrage Balloon Site

WW2 Barrage Balloon Site is a historic site in Falmouth, South Cornwall, England. WW2 Barrage Balloon Site is situated nearby to Falmouth Marina, as well as near the shingle beach Trevissome House & Marine boatyard.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Holy Spirit and St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris.

Church of the Holy Spirit

Church

Photo: Paul Barnett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of the Holy Spirit is situated 2,000 feet south of WW2 Barrage Balloon Site.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris

Church

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris is a parish church of the Church of England located in Penwerris, near Falmouth, Cornwall. The church is Anglo-Catholic and under the care of the Bishop of Oswestry rather than the diocesan bishop. St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris is situated 2,400 feet east of WW2 Barrage Balloon Site.

Penmere railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Penmere railway station serves the northern part of Falmouth, Cornwall, England. It is on the Maritime Line between Truro and Falmouth Docks. The station is managed by, and the trains operated by, Great Western Railway. Penmere railway station is situated 1 mile south of WW2 Barrage Balloon Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bissom and Penryn.

Bissom

Hamlet

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Bissom is a hamlet in south Cornwall, United Kingdom, situated half-a-mile east of Penryn. Most of Bissom falls within the civil parish of Penryn but Bissom Farm is situated in Mylor civil parish. It is in the civil parish of Feock.

Penryn

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Penryn is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the Penryn River about 1 mile northwest of Falmouth. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 8,489 and the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 11,195.

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.

WW2 Barrage Balloon Site

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Falmouth, South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.16387° or 50° 9′ 50″ north

Longitude

-5.08767° or 5° 5′ 16″ west

Open location code

9C2P5W76+GW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 922917595

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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