WW2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery
WW2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery is a military installation in Kea, Cornwall, England. WW2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery is situated nearby to the church Old Kea Mission Chapel, as well as near the hamlet Coombe.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Kea Mission Chapel and Truro Cathedral.
Old Kea Mission Chapel
Church
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Kea Mission Chapel is a church, which is situated 2,000 feet east of WW2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery.
Truro Cathedral
Church
Photo: tracey maclean, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Truro, Cornwall. It was built between 1880 and 1910 to a Gothic Revival design by John Loughborough Pearson on the site of the parish church of St Mary. Truro Cathedral is situated 2 miles northwest of WW2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery.
Trelissick
Garden
Trelissick is a house and garden in the ownership of the National Trust at Feock, near Truro, Cornwall, England. It is located on the B3289 road, just west of King Harry Ferry, and overlooks the estuary known as Carrick Roads. Trelissick is situated 1¼ miles south of WW2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Kea and Coombe.
Old Kea
Hamlet
Photo: Fred James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Kea is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the west bank of the Truro River approximately two miles south of Truro. This and the nearby village of Kea are said to have been named after the Saint Kea who arrived at Old Kea from Ireland in the 5th century.
Coombe
Hamlet
Photo: Fred James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coombe is a village in Kea parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village lies beside the River Fal approximately 2+1⁄2 miles south of Truro at grid reference SW836409. Coombe lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Cowlands
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowlands is a hamlet at the head of Coombe Creek southeast of Playing Place in Cornwall, England. According to the Post Office the population at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Truro.
WW2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery
- Type: Military installation
- Category: historic site
- Location: Kea, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.23581° or 50° 14′ 9″ northLongitude
-5.03292° or 5° 1′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C2P6XP8+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 961274348OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
military=gun_emplacement
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