Rame Peninsula

Rame is located in the southwest of Britain Peninsula. It is located in the southeast of the county of Cornwall.

Geography

The 10-km long peninsula is surrounded on three sides by water, to the south is the Whitsand Bay on the English Channel, on the east borders the peninsula to the Plymouth Sound and the Hamoaze and to the north by the Lynher. For Hamoaze lie with the St Johns Lake and the Mill Brook Lake two steep- shallow bays.

The peninsula has a 2.5 km wide land bridge to Cornwall. The hilly landscape falls to Plymouth Sound, partly with high cliffs and terminates in the headlands Penlee Point and Rame Head 93 m high. To the west of Rame Head Bay Whitsand Bay is a nearly 5 km long sandy beach.

The largest city is the location handed over from Devonport Torpoint on the east coast. On the peninsula there are several small villages, including Antony, Millbrook, St John, Sheviock, Maker -with- Rame and St Germans.

Traffic

The wide mouth of the River Lynher the peninsula with vehicles is difficult to achieve, of Plymouth carried the access via the A38 over the Tamar Bridge and Saltash. In addition, a car ferry from Devonport runs on Torpoint ferry for pedestrians run from Plymouth to Cremyll and in the summer after Kingsand. Because of the remoteness of the peninsula is also referred to as "The Forgotten Corner ".

Tourism

A section of the South West Coast Path runs along the coast of Plymouth Sound from Cremyll to the Whitsand Bay.

On the peninsula there are three must-see mansions, Port Eliot in St Germans, Antony House in Torpoint and Mount Edgcumbe House with a 350 -acre landscaped park, which today serves as a Country Park.

On the southeast tip of the peninsula is a 800 -acre Area of ​​Outstanding Natural Beauty, including the Country Park and Rame Head. It is the smallest Area of ​​Outstanding Natural Beauty in Cornwall.

History

Because of its location at the entrance to Naval Base Devonport peninsula of great strategic importance came to the 16th century. Already in the 16th century first coastal fortifications were built, especially in the 19th century, the peninsula, the part until after the Second World War were fixed with numerous coastal fortifications as Scraesdon Fort, Tregantle Fort, Penlee Point Battery, Fort Picklecombe, Polhawn Fort or Cawsand Battery, were in use.

Before 1844 was a part of the peninsula to Devon, only by a boundary correction she came fully to Cornwall.