St Anthony Head

50°08′29″N 5°00′54″W / 50.141369°N 5.014958°W / 50.141369; -5.014958

St Anthony Head and Lighthouse, as seen from Pendennis Head.

St Anthony Head is a National Trust property situated at the southernmost tip of the Roseland Peninsula, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, overlooking the entrance to one of the world's largest natural harbours: Carrick Roads and the estuary of River Fal.[1] It preserves the former St Anthony Battery, built in 1895–97 to defend the estuary of the River Fal.

The headland is designated as part of Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach and Lower Fal & Helford Intertidal Sites of Special Scientific Interest.[2] At its tip lies St Anthony's Lighthouse.

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4.
  2. ^ "Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach map". Natural England. Retrieved 24 November 2011.