Penlee Point, Rame

Penlee Point (Cornish: Penn Legh, meaning stone-slab headland) is a coastal headland to the southeast of the village of Rame in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. The point lies at the entrance to Plymouth Sound.^[1]

Historical locations

Above the point, a little below the Coastal Path, is Queen Adelaide's Grotto, built in 1927/1928 to commemorate the visit of King William IV and Queen Adelaide to Mount Edgcumbe.^[2]^[3] Penlee Battery is the former site of a fort, and is now a nature reserve.

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Unitary authorities	Cornwall Council Council of the Isles of Scilly

Major settlements	Bodmin Bude Callington Camborne Camelford Falmouth Fowey Hayle Helston Launceston Liskeard Looe Lostwithiel Marazion Newlyn Newquay Padstow Par Penryn Penzance Porthleven Redruth Saltash St Austell St Blazey St Columb Major St Ives St Just in Penwith St Mawes Stratton Torpoint Truro Wadebridge See also: List of civil parishes in Cornwall

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Headlands of Cornwall

Bass Point Cambeak Cape Cornwall Carrack Gladden Dodman Point Godrevy Gribben Head Gurnard's Head Gwennap Head Land's End Lizard Point Pednathise Head Penlee Point, Mousehole Penlee Point, Rame Pentire Head Poldhu Rame Head The Rumps St Anthony Head Stepper Point Tintagel Towan Head Treryn Dinas Trevelgue Head Trevose Head Zennor Head Zone Point

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