IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Gwithian Towans, HAYLE, TR27 5GE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Gwithian Towans, TR27 5GE by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (65 Images Found)
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The car park at Gwithian Towans
Busy on a sunny November day. In the foreground is the registration area for an orienteering event staged by Cornwall Orienteering Club http://www.cornwallorienteering.org.uk/main/index.php.
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 18 Nov 2012
0.07 miles
3
Gwithian : Gwithian Towans Long Stay Car Park
A car park overlooking the beach.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 22 Oct 2019
0.08 miles
4
The car park at Gwithian Towans
It's a huge car park, but relatively unobtrusive as the beaches are below it.
Image: © David Medcalf
Taken: 8 Sep 2019
0.09 miles
5
The South West Coast Path at Gwithian Towans
In the background is Godrevy Island in square Image
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 18 Nov 2012
0.09 miles
6
A fine array of solar panels near Gwithian Towans
Image: © David Medcalf
Taken: 8 Sep 2019
0.09 miles
7
Old concrete machine base at Gwithian Towans
A remnant of the industrial past of this area, possibly connected with the area being the site of the National Explosives Factory. Over 1800 people were employed, producing Cordite, Gelatine, Nitro-Glycerine and Gelignite for the Army and the Navy, until the works closed in 1919 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1463206.
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 18 Nov 2012
0.11 miles
9
Chalet plans?
This is not a new sign, but there seems to be a lack of chalets. I presume this was part of a sales effort - choose your plot!
Image: © David Medcalf
Taken: 8 Sep 2019
0.12 miles
10
Cliff top at Gwithian Towans
Looking towards Godrevy Island, believed to have been the inspiration for Virginia Woolf's 'To the Lighthouse'.
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 18 Nov 2012
0.13 miles