The Lizard Lighthouse (Cornish: Golowji Lysardh) is a lighthouse at Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, built to guide vessels passing through the English Channel. It was often the welcoming beacon to persons returning to England, where on a clear night, the reflected light could be seen 100 mi (160 km) away.
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Lizard Point in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles southeast of Helston.
Lizard Point is the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain at 49° 57' 30" N.
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Lizard, also known as The Lizard, The Lizard Town, or The Lizard Village, is a village on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated about ten miles south of Helston, and is mainland Britain's most southerly settlement. Lizard is a tourist centre and its large village green is surrounded by cafes and gift shops.
The name derives from the Cornish lys for 'court' and ardh for 'high'. The village is in the civil parish of Landewednack, the most southerly parish on the British mainland.
The village of Lizard is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a relatively small settlement and lying within the hundred of Winnianton.
The parish church is dedicated to St Winwaloe and is the most southerly in mainland Britain. It is built of local serpentinite stone and is situated in the hamlet of Landewednack, now a suburb of Lizard village.
Lizard Lighthouse, the oldest mainland light in Cornwall, is situated half-a-mile south of the village. It has twin towers and was erected in 1752 although there had been a light here since 1619. The Lizard Lifeboat Station, operated by the RNLI, is situated at Kilcobben Cove half-a-mile east of the village.
The Spanish Armada was first spotted from near Lizard village in 1588.
There is a Cornish cross in the village.
Lizard village is the only mainland settlement in the UK that lies below 50 degs North Latitude.
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The Battle at The Lizard took place on 21 October 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession near Lizard Point, Cornwall between two French squadrons under René Duguay-Trouin and Claude de Forbin and a British convoy protected by a squadron under Commodore Richard Edwards. Duguay-Trouin and Forbin were two of the most successful French naval commanders and they caused much damage to the British merchant fleet.
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Bass Point is a headland on the coast of Cornwall, England. It is at the southern tip of the Lizard peninsula, in the civil parish of Landewednack. The headland was a communications centre during the Victorian era, with the Lloyds Signal Station, opened in 1872 for shore to ship communications, and Marconi's experiments with wireless at the Lizard Wireless Station.
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For Church Cove, Gunwalloe, see Gunwalloe
Church Cove is a hamlet in the civil parish of Landewednack in Cornwall, England. Its nearest town is Helston, which lies approximately 10.1 miles north-west from the hamlet. The parish is notable for being the most southern point on British mainland.
Church Cove lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Parts of the hamlet lie within Caerthillian to Kennack SSSI.
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