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Falmouth (/ ˈ f æ l m ə θ / FAL-məth; Cornish : Aberfala [2]) is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. [3] Falmouth was founded in 1613 by the Killigrew family on a site near the existing Pendennis Castle.
Pendennis Castle (Cornish: Penn Dinas, meaning "headland fortification") is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, England between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire , and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of ...
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Falmouth Art Gallery is a publicly funded art gallery in Cornwall, with one of the leading art collections in Cornwall and southwest England, [1] which features work by old masters, major Victorian artists, British and French Impressionists, leading surrealists and maritime artists, children's book illustrators, automata, contemporary painters and printmakers.
The pool is near the town of Falmouth, on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK, between Maenporth and Gyllyngvase. A notable building in the area is Swanpool House, a 19th-century building which was occupied by American forces during the Second World War but is now in use as holiday apartments.
The first municipal building in Falmouth was the Old Town Hall in the High Street which was built as a Congregational chapel in 1710. [2] In 1866, the corporation moved to its second municipal building, a new town hall on The Moor, now the Palacio Lounge. [3]
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Tidal speeds can reach three knots in the upper parts of the basin and one and a half to two in the lower stretches. The journey from Truro to Falmouth is a Grade A route for kayakers. [3] The Carrick Roads can be seen well from the Trelissick Peninsula. From this viewpoint the waters stretch away towards Falmouth.