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.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Par Railway Station and Church of the Good Shepherd.

Railway station
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
serves the villages of , and , , England. The station is 281 miles 66 chains down the line from , measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. is situated 1 mile north of WW2 Searchlight for Par Coastal Gun Battery.

Church
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 3,700 feet north of WW2 Searchlight for Par Coastal Gun Battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Par and Polmear.

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is in South Cornwall. A village and fishing port at the edge of Sands between and and half a mile from Twywardreath village and nearby to the hamlet of Polmear, at the bottom of Polmear Hill.

Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , England, UK. It is located on the A3082 road close to Par Sands and the village of . Part is in the civil parish of and part in parish.

Hamlet
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village on the south coast of , England. It forms part of the civil parish of . 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

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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Highlights: Spit Beach and Par Sands.

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Places to explore: WW2 Generator Building for Searchlights (site of) and WW2 Searchlight for Par Coastal Gun Battery (site of).

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