Popplestone Corner

Coastal Feature, Headland, Point in Cornwall

England

Popplestone Corner

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Trig pillar Credit: Alex McGregor

Popplestone Corner is a prominent coastal feature situated in Cornwall, England. It is a stunning headland that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean, forming a distinct point along the coastline. The headland is located in the southern region of Cornwall, near the town of St. Ives.

This captivating coastal feature is characterized by its rugged cliffs, which rise dramatically from the sea, providing breathtaking panoramic views of the surrounding area. The cliffs are composed of granite and exhibit unique geological formations, making them a popular attraction for geologists and nature enthusiasts alike.

Popplestone Corner is also renowned for its diverse wildlife. The cliffs provide a habitat for a variety of seabirds, including gannets, puffins, and razorbills. Visitors can often witness these birds soaring gracefully above the crashing waves, creating a picturesque scene.

The headland is accessible via a well-maintained coastal path, which winds its way along the cliffside. This path offers visitors the opportunity to take leisurely walks while admiring the stunning coastal scenery. It also provides access to several secluded coves and beaches that are perfect for sunbathing and swimming during the warmer months.

Popplestone Corner is a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts and photographers, who flock to capture its natural beauty. The headland's strategic location also makes it an ideal spot for observing sunsets and stargazing, as it offers unobstructed views of the horizon.

In conclusion, Popplestone Corner is a captivating and picturesque headland in Cornwall, boasting rugged cliffs, diverse wildlife, and breathtaking vistas. It is a must-visit destination for those seeking to immerse themselves in the beauty of the Cornish coastline.

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Popplestone Corner Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 49.965967/-6.2724908 or Grid Reference SV9316. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

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A track on eastern St Martin’s The track runs uphill from the eastern end of Higher Town Bay to the Chapel Down and the Daymark.
A track on eastern St Martin’s
The track runs uphill from the eastern end of Higher Town Bay to the Chapel Down and the Daymark.
The Daymark From within the ruins of the Admiralty signal station of  1805.

The signal station is included in the Scheduled Monument comprising the whole of Chapel down and is described thus:

In 1804, an Admiralty signal station was built on northern Chapel Down to communicate with naval vessels by signal mast and to report on enemy shipping movements. It was decommissioned in 1815, superseded by semaphore operated from St Mary's. Its main building stands to 2.3m high in the north of a subrectangular enclosure 38m long, NNW-SSE, by up to 21m wide.

List Entry Number:1016508  <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1016508?section=official-list-entry" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1016508?section=official-list-entry">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>

The Daymark is separately listed Grade II*

List Entry Number:1141204 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141204?section=official-list-entry" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141204?section=official-list-entry">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
The Daymark
From within the ruins of the Admiralty signal station of 1805. The signal station is included in the Scheduled Monument comprising the whole of Chapel down and is described thus: In 1804, an Admiralty signal station was built on northern Chapel Down to communicate with naval vessels by signal mast and to report on enemy shipping movements. It was decommissioned in 1815, superseded by semaphore operated from St Mary's. Its main building stands to 2.3m high in the north of a subrectangular enclosure 38m long, NNW-SSE, by up to 21m wide. List Entry Number:1016508 LinkExternal link The Daymark is separately listed Grade II* List Entry Number:1141204 LinkExternal link
Great Bay panorama On of the most beautiful spots on the islands.
Great Bay panorama
On of the most beautiful spots on the islands.
Rocky Shore, Little Ganilly Little Ganilly (Cornish: Goonhyli Bian, little salt water down) lies just to the north of Little Arthur.
Rocky Shore, Little Ganilly
Little Ganilly (Cornish: Goonhyli Bian, little salt water down) lies just to the north of Little Arthur.
Great Ganilly, West Porth Great Ganilly (Cornish: Goonhyli Meur) is the largest of the Eastern Isles and consists of two hills joined together by a low sandy neck.
Great Ganilly, West Porth
Great Ganilly (Cornish: Goonhyli Meur) is the largest of the Eastern Isles and consists of two hills joined together by a low sandy neck.
Isles of Scilly, Nornour Nornour (Cornish: Ar No) consists of one hill covered in bracken. It lies to the north of Great Ganilly to which it is joined by a boulder causeway at low tide. There is a small area of heath on the hill with heather and bell heather.
Isles of Scilly, Nornour
Nornour (Cornish: Ar No) consists of one hill covered in bracken. It lies to the north of Great Ganilly to which it is joined by a boulder causeway at low tide. There is a small area of heath on the hill with heather and bell heather.
Rocky Ledge between Nornour and Great Ganilly Nornour (Cornish: Ar No) consists of one hill covered in bracken. It is connected to Great Ganilly by a boulder causeway during low tide. The pyramidal island in the background is Hanjague, which is approximately 1 kilometre away.
Rocky Ledge between Nornour and Great Ganilly
Nornour (Cornish: Ar No) consists of one hill covered in bracken. It is connected to Great Ganilly by a boulder causeway during low tide. The pyramidal island in the background is Hanjague, which is approximately 1 kilometre away.
The Eastern Isles, Nornour Nornour (Cornish: Ar No) consists of one hill covered in bracken. It lies to the north of Great Ganilly and is connected to it by a boulder causeway that is visible only during low tide. There is a small area of heath on the hill with heather and bell heather.
The Eastern Isles, Nornour
Nornour (Cornish: Ar No) consists of one hill covered in bracken. It lies to the north of Great Ganilly and is connected to it by a boulder causeway that is visible only during low tide. There is a small area of heath on the hill with heather and bell heather.
Isles of Scilly, Nornour Nornour (Cornish: Ar No) consists of one hill covered in bracken. It lies to the north of Great Ganilly to which it is joined by a boulder causeway at low tide.
Isles of Scilly, Nornour
Nornour (Cornish: Ar No) consists of one hill covered in bracken. It lies to the north of Great Ganilly to which it is joined by a boulder causeway at low tide.
Rocks on the North Coast of Nornour The Eastern Isles (Cornish: Enesow Goonhyli) are a group of twelve small uninhabited islands  located to the south–east of St Martin's. The islands lie within the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of the Scilly Heritage Coast and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) first designated in 1971 for its flora and fauna (<span class="nowrap"><a title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Isles" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Isles">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Wikipedia).
Rocks on the North Coast of Nornour
The Eastern Isles (Cornish: Enesow Goonhyli) are a group of twelve small uninhabited islands located to the south–east of St Martin's. The islands lie within the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of the Scilly Heritage Coast and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) first designated in 1971 for its flora and fauna (LinkExternal link Wikipedia).
Isles of Scilly, Nornour The Eastern Isles (Cornish: Enesow Goonhyli) are a group of twelve small uninhabited islands  located to the south–east of St Martin's. The islands lie within the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of the Scilly Heritage Coast and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) first designated in 1971 for its flora and fauna (<span class="nowrap"><a title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Isles" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Isles">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Wikipedia).
Isles of Scilly, Nornour
The Eastern Isles (Cornish: Enesow Goonhyli) are a group of twelve small uninhabited islands located to the south–east of St Martin's. The islands lie within the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of the Scilly Heritage Coast and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) first designated in 1971 for its flora and fauna (LinkExternal link Wikipedia).
Isles of Scilly Eastern Isles Looking through the gap between Nornour (on the right) and Great Ganilly.
Isles of Scilly Eastern Isles
Looking through the gap between Nornour (on the right) and Great Ganilly.
Seal Swimming in the Sea off Great Ganilly The Eastern Scilly Isles are one of three main grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pupping areas.
Seal Swimming in the Sea off Great Ganilly
The Eastern Scilly Isles are one of three main grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pupping areas.
Great Ganilly, Eastern Scilly Isles Great Ganilly (Cornish: Goonhyli Meur) is the largest of the Eastern Isles and consists of two hills joined together by a low sandy neck.
Great Ganilly, Eastern Scilly Isles
Great Ganilly (Cornish: Goonhyli Meur) is the largest of the Eastern Isles and consists of two hills joined together by a low sandy neck.
Great Ganilly, East Porth The Eastern Scilly Isles are one of three main grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pupping areas.
Great Ganilly, East Porth
The Eastern Scilly Isles are one of three main grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pupping areas.
St Martin's Daymark Erected in 1683, St Martin’s Daymark is the earliest surviving beacon in the British Isles. The 40 feet high stone beacon was built by Thomas Ekins, near the northeast corner of the island island of St Martin’s.

Originally white, the beacon was later painted red and now boasts red and white bands. Its daymark is visible from miles away, situated as it is on one of the Isles of Scilly's highest points.
It is a Grade II* listed building (List Entry Number:1141204 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141204" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141204">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Historic England).
St Martin's Daymark
Erected in 1683, St Martin’s Daymark is the earliest surviving beacon in the British Isles. The 40 feet high stone beacon was built by Thomas Ekins, near the northeast corner of the island island of St Martin’s. Originally white, the beacon was later painted red and now boasts red and white bands. Its daymark is visible from miles away, situated as it is on one of the Isles of Scilly's highest points. It is a Grade II* listed building (List Entry Number:1141204 LinkExternal link Historic England).
St Martin's Head The large red-and-white Daymark stands on St Martin’s Head, at the northeast corner of the island of St Martin. It was erected in 1683 by Thomas Ekins, and is a Grade II* listed building (List Entry Number:1141204 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141204" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141204">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Historic England).

The Daymark is a circular tower made of rendered granite, measuring 4.8 metres (16 ft) in diameter and 6.4 metres (21 ft) in height. It has a conical termination, which makes it a total of 11 metres (36 ft) high. Originally, it was painted white until 1822 but by 1833 had been painted red, and is now painted in alternating bands of red and white.

The daymark is built on the highest point of St Martin's (the second-highest point in the Isles of Scilly); the position and relative height mean that the Cornish mainland is visible (when the weather allows) and the daymark is identifiable from the mainland too.
St Martin's Head
The large red-and-white Daymark stands on St Martin’s Head, at the northeast corner of the island of St Martin. It was erected in 1683 by Thomas Ekins, and is a Grade II* listed building (List Entry Number:1141204 LinkExternal link Historic England). The Daymark is a circular tower made of rendered granite, measuring 4.8 metres (16 ft) in diameter and 6.4 metres (21 ft) in height. It has a conical termination, which makes it a total of 11 metres (36 ft) high. Originally, it was painted white until 1822 but by 1833 had been painted red, and is now painted in alternating bands of red and white. The daymark is built on the highest point of St Martin's (the second-highest point in the Isles of Scilly); the position and relative height mean that the Cornish mainland is visible (when the weather allows) and the daymark is identifiable from the mainland too.
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Popplestone Corner is located at Grid Ref: SV9316 (Lat: 49.965967, Lng: -6.2724908)

Division: Isles of Scilly

Unitary Authority: Isles of Scilly

Police Authority: Devon and Cornwall

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Nearby Amenities

Located within 500m of 49.965967,-6.2724908
Burnt Hill
Natural: peak
Lat/Long: 49.965736/-6.2732504
Murr Rock
Place: islet
Lat/Long: 49.9678339/-6.2736366
Round Rock
Place: islet
Lat/Long: 49.964569/-6.2774803
Bull's Porth
Natural: bay
Lat/Long: 49.9653971/-6.2757851
St Martins Head
Description: OS trig pillar
Ele: 47.137
Man Made: survey_point
Note: Accurate location import for imagery offset calibration
Ref: 10
Source: Ordnance Survey (OGL)
Survey Point: pillar
Lat/Long: 49.9664239/-6.2660514
The data included in this document is from www.openstreetmap.org. The data is made available under ODbL.

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