Edgcumbe Arms, Cremyll, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, August 2003

Edgecumb Arms, Cremyll, Cornwall, August 2003

Cremyll, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, August 2003

View along the Tamar river front at Cremyll. To the left can be seen the former Royal William Dockyard undergoing renovation.

Cremyll Ferry, Cremyll, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, August 2003

The historic Cremyl Ferry booking office which is now conserved. Today fares are usually paid on board the ferrry.

Edgecumb Arms, Cremyll, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, August 2003

Edgecumbe Arms viewed from the Cremyll Ferry Terminal

Mashford's Boat Yard, Cremyll, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall - August 29, 2004

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Mashford's Boat Yard, Cremyll, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall - August 29, 2004

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Wilcove, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall - August 29, 2004

View from Wilcove across the River Tamar to the HMNB Devonport where HMS OCEAN can be seen in the distance. Wilcove is a small coastal village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile (1.6 km) north of Torpoint and one mile (1.6 km) west of Devonport (part of the city of Plymouth) across the Hamoaze, the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Wilcove is in the civil parish of Antony. Traditionally the village had a strong agricultural sector, with two farms - Whitehall Farm and Home Farm - employing many people from the village. Post-war Bullock Diamond Factory - later Select Gauges - was in Wilcove. The village also enjoyed a long connection with the Royal Navy: HMS Defiance, a small naval base, was in the village until the 1950s; HMS Valiant, a large pumping ship, was moored off Wilcove between the wars. The South-East part of the village houses the Thanckes oil depot, which is run by the Ministry of Defence.

Wilcove, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall - August 29, 2004

View from Wilcove across the River Tamar to the HMNB Devonport where HMS OCEAN can be seen in the distance. Wilcove is a small coastal village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile (1.6 km) north of Torpoint and one mile (1.6 km) west of Devonport (part of the city of Plymouth) across the Hamoaze, the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Wilcove is in the civil parish of Antony. Traditionally the village had a strong agricultural sector, with two farms - Whitehall Farm and Home Farm - employing many people from the village. Post-war Bullock Diamond Factory - later Select Gauges - was in Wilcove. The village also enjoyed a long connection with the Royal Navy: HMS Defiance, a small naval base, was in the village until the 1950s; HMS Valiant, a large pumping ship, was moored off Wilcove between the wars. The South-East part of the village houses the Thanckes oil depot, which is run by the Ministry of Defence.

Wilcove, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall - August 29, 2004

The road which runs past the front of the Wilcove Inn Public House is tidal and floods at high water. Wilcove is a small coastal village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile (1.6 km) north of Torpoint and one mile (1.6 km) west of Devonport (part of the city of Plymouth) across the Hamoaze, the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Wilcove is in the civil parish of Antony. Traditionally the village had a strong agricultural sector, with two farms - Whitehall Farm and Home Farm - employing many people from the village. Post-war Bullock Diamond Factory - later Select Gauges - was in Wilcove. The village also enjoyed a long connection with the Royal Navy: HMS Defiance, a small naval base, was in the village until the 1950s; HMS Valiant, a large pumping ship, was moored off Wilcove between the wars. The South-East part of the village houses the Thanckes oil depot, which is run by the Ministry of Defence.

Wilcove, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall - August 29, 2004

Swans at Wilcove with the Wilcove Inn in the background. Wilcove is a small coastal village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile (1.6 km) north of Torpoint and one mile (1.6 km) west of Devonport (part of the city of Plymouth) across the Hamoaze, the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Wilcove is in the civil parish of Antony. Traditionally the village had a strong agricultural sector, with two farms - Whitehall Farm and Home Farm - employing many people from the village. Post-war Bullock Diamond Factory - later Select Gauges - was in Wilcove. The village also enjoyed a long connection with the Royal Navy: HMS Defiance, a small naval base, was in the village until the 1950s; HMS Valiant, a large pumping ship, was moored off Wilcove between the wars. The South-East part of the village houses the Thanckes oil depot, which is run by the Ministry of Defence.

Wilcove, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall - August 29, 2004

Swans at Wilcove with the Wilcove Inn in the background. Wilcove is a small coastal village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile (1.6 km) north of Torpoint and one mile (1.6 km) west of Devonport (part of the city of Plymouth) across the Hamoaze, the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Wilcove is in the civil parish of Antony. Traditionally the village had a strong agricultural sector, with two farms - Whitehall Farm and Home Farm - employing many people from the village. Post-war Bullock Diamond Factory - later Select Gauges - was in Wilcove. The village also enjoyed a long connection with the Royal Navy: HMS Defiance, a small naval base, was in the village until the 1950s; HMS Valiant, a large pumping ship, was moored off Wilcove between the wars. The South-East part of the village houses the Thanckes oil depot, which is run by the Ministry of Defence.

Wilcove, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall - August 29, 2004

Swans at Wilcove at High Water Wilcove is a small coastal village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile (1.6 km) north of Torpoint and one mile (1.6 km) west of Devonport (part of the city of Plymouth) across the Hamoaze, the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Wilcove is in the civil parish of Antony. Traditionally the village had a strong agricultural sector, with two farms - Whitehall Farm and Home Farm - employing many people from the village. Post-war Bullock Diamond Factory - later Select Gauges - was in Wilcove. The village also enjoyed a long connection with the Royal Navy: HMS Defiance, a small naval base, was in the village until the 1950s; HMS Valiant, a large pumping ship, was moored off Wilcove between the wars. The South-East part of the village houses the Thanckes oil depot, which is run by the Ministry of Defence.

Wilcove, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall - August 29, 2004

The road which runs past the front of the Wilcove Inn Public House is tidal and floods at high water. Wilcove is a small coastal village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile (1.6 km) north of Torpoint and one mile (1.6 km) west of Devonport (part of the city of Plymouth) across the Hamoaze, the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Wilcove is in the civil parish of Antony. Traditionally the village had a strong agricultural sector, with two farms - Whitehall Farm and Home Farm - employing many people from the village. Post-war Bullock Diamond Factory - later Select Gauges - was in Wilcove. The village also enjoyed a long connection with the Royal Navy: HMS Defiance, a small naval base, was in the village until the 1950s; HMS Valiant, a large pumping ship, was moored off Wilcove between the wars. The South-East part of the village houses the Thanckes oil depot, which is run by the Ministry of Defence.

Wilcove, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall - August 29, 2004

Swans and Cygnets at Wilcove at high water. Wilcove is a small coastal village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile (1.6 km) north of Torpoint and one mile (1.6 km) west of Devonport (part of the city of Plymouth) across the Hamoaze, the tidal estuary of the River Tamar. Wilcove is in the civil parish of Antony. Traditionally the village had a strong agricultural sector, with two farms - Whitehall Farm and Home Farm - employing many people from the village. Post-war Bullock Diamond Factory - later Select Gauges - was in Wilcove. The village also enjoyed a long connection with the Royal Navy: HMS Defiance, a small naval base, was in the village until the 1950s; HMS Valiant, a large pumping ship, was moored off Wilcove between the wars. The South-East part of the village houses the Thanckes oil depot, which is run by the Ministry of Defence.

Cremyll Ferry Terminal, Cremyll, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall - February 17, 2005

"Welcome to Cornwall" - Cremyll Ferry Terminal.

Rame Head, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, April 12, 2006

Rame Head photographed from Brittany Ferries MS PONT AVEN on a sailing from Plymouth to Santander. Rame Head or Ram Head (Cornish: Penn an Hordh)] is a coastal headland, southwest of the village of Rame in southeast Cornwall. The natural site was used for a promontory fort ('cliff castle') in the Iron Age and the narrow neck of land was further excavated on the landward side with a central causeway, still visible. The eastern part retains traces of round house platforms, though damaged by wartime construction. The headland has a prominent chapel, dedicated to St Michael, as are many early Christian headland sites in the region, accessible by a steep footpath. The chapel was first licensed for Mass in 1397 and is on the site of a much earlier and ancient, Celtic, hermitage. It remains as an intact shell and was originally lime-washed so that it stood out on the headland. Ordwulf, who was the owner of vast estates in the West Country and was the uncle of King Ethelred the Unready, gave Rame to Tavistock Abbey (which Ordwulf had founded) in 981, meaning the parish was technically in Devon until the modern period. Around the head, Dartmoor ponies are kept to graze. This area is also frequented by deer, sheep and cattle which can often be viewed from the sea. Due to its exceptionally high and panoramic vantage point, there is a volunteer National Coastwatch Institution lookout on the top of the headland (next to the car park). Rame Head is a part of Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park which is jointly owned and run by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council. The headland is prominent to sailors and fishermen leaving Plymouth through Plymouth Sound. It is often the last piece of land they see leaving England, and the first they see when returning home; Rame Head thus appears in the sea shanty "Spanish Ladies".

Rame Head, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, April 12, 2006

Rame Head photographed from Brittany Ferries MS PONT AVEN on a sailing from Plymouth to Santander. Rame Head or Ram Head (Cornish: Penn an Hordh)] is a coastal headland, southwest of the village of Rame in southeast Cornwall. The natural site was used for a promontory fort ('cliff castle') in the Iron Age and the narrow neck of land was further excavated on the landward side with a central causeway, still visible. The eastern part retains traces of round house platforms, though damaged by wartime construction. The headland has a prominent chapel, dedicated to St Michael, as are many early Christian headland sites in the region, accessible by a steep footpath. The chapel was first licensed for Mass in 1397 and is on the site of a much earlier and ancient, Celtic, hermitage. It remains as an intact shell and was originally lime-washed so that it stood out on the headland. Ordwulf, who was the owner of vast estates in the West Country and was the uncle of King Ethelred the Unready, gave Rame to Tavistock Abbey (which Ordwulf had founded) in 981, meaning the parish was technically in Devon until the modern period. Around the head, Dartmoor ponies are kept to graze. This area is also frequented by deer, sheep and cattle which can often be viewed from the sea. Due to its exceptionally high and panoramic vantage point, there is a volunteer National Coastwatch Institution lookout on the top of the headland (next to the car park). Rame Head is a part of Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park which is jointly owned and run by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council. The headland is prominent to sailors and fishermen leaving Plymouth through Plymouth Sound. It is often the last piece of land they see leaving England, and the first they see when returning home; Rame Head thus appears in the sea shanty "Spanish Ladies".

Rame Head, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, April 12, 2006

Rame Head photographed from Brittany Ferries MS PONT AVEN on a sailing from Plymouth to Santander. Rame Head or Ram Head (Cornish: Penn an Hordh)] is a coastal headland, southwest of the village of Rame in southeast Cornwall. The natural site was used for a promontory fort ('cliff castle') in the Iron Age and the narrow neck of land was further excavated on the landward side with a central causeway, still visible. The eastern part retains traces of round house platforms, though damaged by wartime construction. The headland has a prominent chapel, dedicated to St Michael, as are many early Christian headland sites in the region, accessible by a steep footpath. The chapel was first licensed for Mass in 1397 and is on the site of a much earlier and ancient, Celtic, hermitage. It remains as an intact shell and was originally lime-washed so that it stood out on the headland. Ordwulf, who was the owner of vast estates in the West Country and was the uncle of King Ethelred the Unready, gave Rame to Tavistock Abbey (which Ordwulf had founded) in 981, meaning the parish was technically in Devon until the modern period. Around the head, Dartmoor ponies are kept to graze. This area is also frequented by deer, sheep and cattle which can often be viewed from the sea. Due to its exceptionally high and panoramic vantage point, there is a volunteer National Coastwatch Institution lookout on the top of the headland (next to the car park). Rame Head is a part of Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park which is jointly owned and run by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council. The headland is prominent to sailors and fishermen leaving Plymouth through Plymouth Sound. It is often the last piece of land they see leaving England, and the first they see when returning home; Rame Head thus appears in the sea shanty "Spanish Ladies".

Rame Head, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, April 12, 2006

Rame Head photographed from Brittany Ferries MS PONT AVEN on a sailing from Plymouth to Santander. Rame Head or Ram Head (Cornish: Penn an Hordh)] is a coastal headland, southwest of the village of Rame in southeast Cornwall. The natural site was used for a promontory fort ('cliff castle') in the Iron Age and the narrow neck of land was further excavated on the landward side with a central causeway, still visible. The eastern part retains traces of round house platforms, though damaged by wartime construction. The headland has a prominent chapel, dedicated to St Michael, as are many early Christian headland sites in the region, accessible by a steep footpath. The chapel was first licensed for Mass in 1397 and is on the site of a much earlier and ancient, Celtic, hermitage. It remains as an intact shell and was originally lime-washed so that it stood out on the headland. Ordwulf, who was the owner of vast estates in the West Country and was the uncle of King Ethelred the Unready, gave Rame to Tavistock Abbey (which Ordwulf had founded) in 981, meaning the parish was technically in Devon until the modern period. Around the head, Dartmoor ponies are kept to graze. This area is also frequented by deer, sheep and cattle which can often be viewed from the sea. Due to its exceptionally high and panoramic vantage point, there is a volunteer National Coastwatch Institution lookout on the top of the headland (next to the car park). Rame Head is a part of Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park which is jointly owned and run by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council. The headland is prominent to sailors and fishermen leaving Plymouth through Plymouth Sound. It is often the last piece of land they see leaving England, and the first they see when returning home; Rame Head thus appears in the sea shanty "Spanish Ladies".

Rame Head, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, April 152006

Rame Head or Ram Head (Cornish: Penn an Hordh)] is a coastal headland, southwest of the village of Rame in southeast Cornwall. The natural site was used for a promontory fort ('cliff castle') in the Iron Age and the narrow neck of land was further excavated on the landward side with a central causeway, still visible. The eastern part retains traces of round house platforms, though damaged by wartime construction. The headland has a prominent chapel, dedicated to St Michael, as are many early Christian headland sites in the region, accessible by a steep footpath. The chapel was first licensed for Mass in 1397 and is on the site of a much earlier and ancient, Celtic, hermitage. It remains as an intact shell and was originally lime-washed so that it stood out on the headland. Ordwulf, who was the owner of vast estates in the West Country and was the uncle of King Ethelred the Unready, gave Rame to Tavistock Abbey (which Ordwulf had founded) in 981, meaning the parish was technically in Devon until the modern period. Around the head, Dartmoor ponies are kept to graze. This area is also frequented by deer, sheep and cattle which can often be viewed from the sea. Due to its exceptionally high and panoramic vantage point, there is a volunteer National Coastwatch Institution lookout on the top of the headland (next to the car park). Rame Head is a part of Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park which is jointly owned and run by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council. The headland is prominent to sailors and fishermen leaving Plymouth through Plymouth Sound. It is often the last piece of land they see leaving England, and the first they see when returning home; Rame Head thus appears in the sea shanty "Spanish Ladies".

Rame Head, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, July 31, 2007

Rame Head photographed from Brittany Ferries MS PONT AVEN on a sailing Santander to Plymouth Rame Head or Ram Head (Cornish: Penn an Hordh)] is a coastal headland, southwest of the village of Rame in southeast Cornwall. The natural site was used for a promontory fort ('cliff castle') in the Iron Age and the narrow neck of land was further excavated on the landward side with a central causeway, still visible. The eastern part retains traces of round house platforms, though damaged by wartime construction. The headland has a prominent chapel, dedicated to St Michael, as are many early Christian headland sites in the region, accessible by a steep footpath. The chapel was first licensed for Mass in 1397 and is on the site of a much earlier and ancient, Celtic, hermitage. It remains as an intact shell and was originally lime-washed so that it stood out on the headland. Ordwulf, who was the owner of vast estates in the West Country and was the uncle of King Ethelred the Unready, gave Rame to Tavistock Abbey (which Ordwulf had founded) in 981, meaning the parish was technically in Devon until the modern period. Around the head, Dartmoor ponies are kept to graze. This area is also frequented by deer, sheep and cattle which can often be viewed from the sea. Due to its exceptionally high and panoramic vantage point, there is a volunteer National Coastwatch Institution lookout on the top of the headland (next to the car park). Rame Head is a part of Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park which is jointly owned and run by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council. The headland is prominent to sailors and fishermen leaving Plymouth through Plymouth Sound. It is often the last piece of land they see leaving England, and the first they see when returning home; Rame Head thus appears in the sea shanty "Spanish Ladies".

Cawsand - Kingsand, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, July 31, 2007

The twin villages of Cawsand and Kingsand photographed form Brittany Ferries' MS PONT AVEN on a sailing from Santander to Plymouth. Kingsand (Cornish: Porthruw) and Cawsand are twin villages situated on the Rame Peninsula and are in the parish of Maker-with-Rame. Until boundary changes in 1844, Kingsand was in Devon; however, Cawsand has always been in Cornwall. On the old county boundary between the two villages, the house Devon Corn still displays the boundary marker. The villages are known for their smuggling and fishing past. Although the known smuggling tunnels have been sealed up, there are still old fish cellars and boat stores along the coast. One notable former resident was John Pollard RN, a midshipman (later a Commander) who served in the Navy under Horatio Nelson. He is credited with being ‘Nelson's avenger’, since it was, he who shot the French sailor who killed the Admiral. Kingsand is connected via the Rame bus link to Plymouth. The Rame bus link runs between Cremyll and goes to Plymouth via Torpoint. During the summer, the Cawsand Ferry runs a passenger service between Cawsand Beach and the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth for visitors to the Barbican. Walkers can reach the village through Mount Edgcumbe Country Park. A key feature of the village is the clock tower and Institute on the seafront of Kingsand. It was erected to commemorate the coronation of King George V. The Institute is used as a community hall and also contains a large cross-stitch tapestry picture of the two villages, which was made by residents to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Within the parish of Maker-with-Rame, there are three churches: the Church of St. Germanus, Rame which is near Rame Head; St. Andrew's Church in Cawsand; and St Mary's and St Julian's Church, Maker (which is located along the road towards Cremyll). Maker is the largest of the three and is highly visible from Torpoint and Plymouth. The former St Paul's Church was opened in 1882 as a chapel of ease to the Church of St Mary and St Julian. It is now the Maker with Rame Community Hall.

Queen Adelade's Grotto, Edgcumbe Estate, Cremyll, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall - July 31, 2007

Queen Adelaide's Grotto - 18th-century cave used as a watch house, enhanced with an arched stone building after Adelaide's visit, 1827 is part of the Edgcumbe Estate.