WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of)
WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of) is a military installation in St. John, Cornwall, England. WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of) is situated nearby to Sharrow Beach, as well as near the village Freathy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scraesdon Fort and HMS Scylla.
Scraesdon Fort
Military installation
Photo: Bill Booth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scraesdon Fort, near the village of Antony, is one of several forts in South East Cornwall which formed part of the ring of forts surrounding Plymouth to protect Plymouth Sound and, in particular, the naval dockyard of Devonport from enemy naval attack. Scraesdon Fort is situated 1¼ miles north of WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of).
HMS Scylla
Reef
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Scylla was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built at Devonport Royal Dockyard, the last RN frigate to be built there as of 2025. Scylla was commissioned in 1970, taken out of service in 1993 in accordance with Options for Change, and sunk as an artificial reef in 2004 off Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. HMS Scylla is situated 2 miles south of WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of).
All Saints Church, Millbrook
Church
Photo: Ajsmith141, CC BY-SA 4.0.
All Saints Church is a Church of England parish church in Millbrook, Cornwall, England, UK. It was built in 1893–95 and has been Grade II listed since 1987. The war memorial on the edge of the church grounds also became Grade II listed in 2016. All Saints Church, Millbrook is situated 2 miles east of WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freathy and St John.
Freathy
Village
Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freathy is a beach and coastal settlement on the Rame Peninsula in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Freathy is accessible by the coast road along which runs the South West Coast Path.
St John
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John is a coastal civil parish and a village in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 3 miles south of Saltash and 1.5 miles south-west of Torpoint.
Antony
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Antony is a village and coastal civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula about three miles west of Torpoint and has a shop, a pub and a garage. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 438.
WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of)
- Type: Military installation
- Location: St. John, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.35384° or 50° 21′ 14″ northLongitude
-4.25856° or 4° 15′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9P3R+GHOpenStreetMap ID
way 988866460OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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