Steps: 106,332
Miles: 45.15
Lizard Point in Cornwall is the southernmost tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is the southernmost tip of Great Britain. The tiny villages of The Lizard and Landewednack are located about half a mile north of the point.
Lizard Point is for many ships, the starting point of their ocean passage and a notorious shipping hazard. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution operates a lifeboat station at Kilcobben Cove, two miles northeast of the point. The station features a funicular line to transport lifeboatmen from the boathouse to the clifftop station.
The Lizard lighthouse is situated at Lizard Point. Immediately below the lighthouse, situated in what used to be a hotel is the Lizard Youth Hostel.
"Their olive green color and smooth or scaly appearance is the basis of the name from the Latin serpentinus, meaning serpent rock"
The area is famous for its carved serpentine rock items, which range from ornaments to the pump handles in the local public house; The Lizard Inn.
Also located on Lizard Point are the Goonhilly Earth station and the Bonython Wind Farm.
Goonhilly Earth station was once the world's largest earth station with over 60 dishes pointing into space and was responsible for sending and receiving millions of telephone calls, TV pictures, faxes and internet connections around the globe. It was the first earth station to receive "live" TV images from America and was used to broadcast "Live Aid" back in 1985, which became the most watched TV show in history. It is now a technology park called "Future World" and is loosely patterned after Epcot.
The first sighting of the Spanish Armada on Great Britain was off Lizard Point on the 29 July 1588. This was one of the greatest invasion fleets in history and consisted of 120 ships with 29,000 men on board.
As the Spanish Armada is a reoccurring mention - an entire entry will be devoted to it in the future.
11 comments:
Future World looks like a cool place to visit. I'll be checking out it's website a little closer when I have more time.
The lighthouse looks nice, too.
Ohhhh I love that picture of the point. That's so perty! Very informative history lesson :-)
Interesting post, Iggy. :)
oooooooooh I love that view and what a beautiful lighthouse!
Mm, that green lizard rock looks like some kind of tasty boiled sweet..
The water is so BLUE!
The name serpent rock describes the rock. I can only imagine how beautiful an item made from it would be. Wow 36.4 miles already...
Very informative, with beautiful images..makes me want to go there!
Thank you for sharing it Iggy!
~gypsy-heart
isn't that the area where king arthur and camelot was supposed to be?...it's so beautiful...
Yellowdog Granny - King Authur suppositely lived in Tintagel, Cornwall - which is about 60 miles / 100 km northeast of this site (on the other side of the pennisula).
King Authur Location - Legend and many neat pictures
I was beginning to wonder why it was called Lizard Point, but you answered my question before I could answer it. It looks beautiful there!
Ive been to Lizard Point but I never saw no lizards :)
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