WW2 Pillbox
WW2 Pillbox is a bunker in St Martin-by-Looe, Cornwall, England. WW2 Pillbox is situated nearby to the swimming pool Millendreath Sea Pool, as well as near Millendreath Beach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Looe railway station and St Martin’s Church, St Martin-by-Looe.
Looe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Looe railway station serves the twin towns of East and West Looe, in Cornwall, England. The station is the terminus of the scenic Looe Valley Line 8+3⁄4 miles south of Liskeard. It faces out across the estuary of the River Looe. Looe railway station is situated 1 mile west of WW2 Pillbox.
St Martin’s Church, St Martin-by-Looe
Church
Photo: Paula Goodfellow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Martin's Church is a parish church in the hamlet of St Martin, Looe, Cornwall, in the Church of England Diocese of Truro. St Martin’s Church, St Martin-by-Looe is situated 4,200 feet northwest of WW2 Pillbox.
Old Guildhall, Looe
Museum
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Guildhall is a municipal building in Higher Market Street in Looe, Cornwall, England. The structure, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building. Old Guildhall, Looe is situated 1 mile southwest of WW2 Pillbox.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Millendreath and Plaidy.
Millendreath
Locality
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Millendreath is a hamlet in the parish of St Martin-by-Looe, Cornwall, England, situated two miles east of the town of Looe. A station was to be built at Millendreath as part of the proposed St Germans & Looe Railway in the late 1930s, but the railway was abandoned without the station having been built.
Plaidy
Suburb
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plaidy is an eastern suburb of Looe, Cornwall, England, UK. Plaidy Beach is a sandy beach and Millendreath Beach is at its eastern end. The writer Eleanor Hibbert lived near Plaidy Beach during World War II and used it as the basis for one of her pen names, Jean Plaidy.
Looe
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Looe is a picturesque town on the coast of South Cornwall. Looe's main business is tourism, with much of the town given over to hotels, guest houses and holiday homes, along with a large number of pubs, restaurants and beach equipment, ice cream and Cornish pasty vendors.
WW2 Pillbox
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: St Martin-by-Looe, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.36136° or 50° 21′ 41″ northLongitude
-4.43511° or 4° 26′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9H67+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 988857100OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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