Falmouth
Falmouth is a seaside town in South Cornwall. Famous for its beaches, it is home to the world's third largest natural harbour. The four main beaches in Falmouth are Gyllyngvase, Castle, Swanpool, and Maenporth.Photo: EvaK, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Pendennis Castle
Photo: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0.
Pendennis Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, England between 1540 and 1542.
Falmouth Town Railway Station
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
Falmouth Town railway station is the most central of the stations in Falmouth, Cornwall, England.
Penmere railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Penmere railway station serves the northern part of Falmouth, Cornwall, England.
Localities in the Area
Penryn
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penryn is a civil parish and town in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Mylor Bridge
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mylor Bridge is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Mylor Bridge is situated 3½ km north of Falmouth.
Falmouth
- Type: Town with 25,200 residents
- Description: town and port on the River Fal in Cornwall, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: South Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.1552° or 50° 9' 19" northLongitude
-5.0688° or 5° 4' 8" westPopulation
25,200Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)IATA airport code
UFMUnited Nations Location Code
GB FALOpen Location Code
9C2P5W4J+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 29285363OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2649715Wikidata ID
Q478029Falmouth Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: فالموث
- Armenian: Ֆալմութ
- Asturian: Falmouth
- Basque: Falmouth
- Belarusian: Фалмут
- Bengali: ফ্যালমাউথ
- Breton: Aberfal
- Breton: Aberfala
- Breton: Falmouth
- Bulgarian: Фолмът
- Catalan: Falmouth
- Cebuano: Falmouth
- Chinese: Falmouth
- Chinese: 法尔茅斯
- Chinese: 法爾茅斯
- Cornish: Aberfal
- Cornish: Aberfala
- Czech: Falmouth
- Dutch: Falmouth
- Dutch: Vaalmuiden
- Egyptian Arabic: فالموث
- English: Falmouth, Cornwall
- Esperanto: Falmuto
- Finnish: Aberfala
- Finnish: Falmouth
- French: Falmouth
- German: Aberfal
- German: Falmouth
- Greek: Φάλμουθ
- Gujarati: ફેલમાઉથ
- Hebrew: פלמות'
- Irish: Aberfala
- Irish: Falmouth
- Italian: Falmouth
- Japanese: ファルマス
- Kannada: ಫಾಲ್ಮೌತ್
- Korean: 팰머스
- Ladin: Falmouth
- Latin: Falensis Portus
- Latin: Falmuthum
- Lithuanian: Falmutas
- Min Nan Chinese: Falmouth (Cornwall)
- Norwegian: Falmouth
- Norwegian Bokmål: Aberfal
- Norwegian Bokmål: Falmouth
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Aberfal
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Falmouth
- Persian: فالموث، کورنوال
- Polish: Falmouth
- Portuguese: Falmouth
- Quechua: Falmouth
- Romanian: Falmouth, Cornwall
- Romanian: Falmouth
- Russian: Фалмут
- Scottish Gaelic: Aberfal
- Scottish Gaelic: Falmouth
- Serbo-Croatian: Falmouth, Cornwall
- Silesian: Falmouth (Yngland)
- Silesian: Falmouth
- Slovak: Falmouth
- Slovenian: Falmouth
- South Azerbaijani: فالموث، کورنوال
- Spanish: Falmouth
- Swedish: Falmouth
- Tamil: பால்மோஉத்
- Telugu: ఫల్మౌత్
- Turkish: Falmouth, Cornwall
- Ukrainian: Фалмут
- Urdu: فالموود
- Urdu: فلاماوتھ، کونوال
- Volapük: Falmouth
- Welsh: Aberfal
- Welsh: Aberfala
- Welsh: Falmouth
Other Places Named Falmouth
Localities in the Area
- Little FalmouthHamlet
- Orchard ValeHamlet
- TrefusisHamlet
- TregewHamlet
- Pendennis PointLocality
Popular Destinations in South Cornwall
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Falmouth. Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.