WW2 Searchlight for 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.

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 1 mile north of WW2 Searchlight for 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 3,700 feet north of WW2 Searchlight for Par Coastal Gun Battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Par and Polmear.

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.

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.

Polkerris

Hamlet

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Polkerris is a small village on the south coast of Cornwall, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Fowey. The village is part of the Menabilly estate, which is one of the seats of the Rashleigh family.

WW2 Searchlight for Par Coastal Gun Battery

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

50.34067° or 50° 20′ 26″ north

Longitude

-4.70637° or 4° 42′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C2Q87RV+7F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 934760725

OpenStreetMap feature

building=bunker

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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