WW2 Pillbox
WW2 Pillbox is a bunker in St. John, Cornwall, England. WW2 Pillbox is situated nearby to Millbrook Reservoir, as well as near the islet Chamber Rock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMS Scylla and All Saints Church, Millbrook.
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 1½ miles south of WW2 Pillbox.
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 1 mile east of WW2 Pillbox.
HMS Raleigh
Military installation
Photo: John Readman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HMS Raleigh is a stone frigate, serving as the basic training facility of the Royal Navy at Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is spread over several square miles, and has damage control simulators and fire-fighting training facilities, as well as a permanently moored training ship, the former HMS Brecon. HMS Raleigh is situated 2 miles northeast of WW2 Pillbox.
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.
Anderton
Neighborhood
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anderton is a settlement in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located at grid reference SW 431 519. There are also places called Anderton in the parishes of Launcells and St Juliot.
WW2 Pillbox
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: St. John, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.3467° or 50° 20′ 48″ northLongitude
-4.24041° or 4° 14′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C2Q8QW5+MROpenStreetMap ID
way 988867110OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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