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Launceston Destination Guide

Discover Launceston in United Kingdom

Launceston in the region of England with its 7,294 habitants is a town located in United Kingdom - some 193 mi or ( 311 km ) West of London , the country's capital .

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Local time in Launceston is now 04:02 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Truro, Swansea, Stoke Climsland, Plymouth, and Lifton. When in this area, you might want to check out Truro . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Launceston ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

The Unit Skatepark: Flare BMX Ollie Palmer

0:51 min by UNITskatepark
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BMX er Ollie Palmer (weareLEVEL) dropping in for a visit at The Unit Skatepark: (music from Steve) ..

Launceston Steam Railway Darjeeling victor parker video MOV0EE

9:59 min by Victor Parker
Views: 1156 Rating: 5.00

We take Spencer on the train. Launceston, Cornwall, is the home of a narrow gauge railway. For the month of September a Darjeeling Himalayan Railway locomotive steam engine No. 19 is on loan. The loco ..


Darjeeling Himilayan Locomotive video #1 victor parker vidoe MOV0F4

8:09 min by Victor Parker
Views: 1151 Rating: 4.67

Launceston, Cornwall, is the home of a narrow gauge railway. For the month of September a Darjeeling Himalayan Railway locomotive steam engine No. 19 is on loan. The locomotive is the only one to be s ..

Evening in Launceston (HD time-lapse video panorama)

0:36 min by uop360
Views: 865 Rating: 5.00

This video was recorded using Ladybug2 camera and it took about 1h and 20minutes to record it. I used 1fps option available in Ladybug2 camera and then compressed it to 35 seconds. You are welcome to ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Launceston Castle

Launceston Castle is located in the town of Launceston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Located at 50.64 -4.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Castles in Cornwall, Defunct prisons in Cornwall, English Heritage sites in Cornwall, Grade I listed buildings in Cornwall, Ruins in Cornwall

Lawrence House, Cornwall

Lawrence House is a Georgian townhouse situated in Launceston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Built in 1753, the house is a National Trust property. Lawrence House is leased to Launceston Town Council, who use it as a local museum and civic centre.

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Located at 50.64 -4.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Country houses in Cornwall, Grade II* listed buildings in Cornwall, Local museums in Cornwall, Museums in Cornwall, National Trust properties in Cornwall

Launceston railway station

Launceston railway station was situated in Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was served by both the Great Western Railway (GWR) and London and South Western Railway (LSWR). There were actually two stations adjacent to each other, the northern station serving the line to Plymouth, which was built by the Launceston and South Devon Railway (later GWR), and the southern station being on the North Cornwall Railway (for the LSWR) which was operated by the London and South Western Railway.

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Located at 50.64 -4.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Beeching closures in England, Disused railway stations in Cornwall, Former Great Western Railway stations, Former London and South Western Railway stations, Heritage railway stations in Cornwall, Railway stations closed in 1952, Railway stations closed in 1966, Railway stations opened in 1865, Railway stations opened in 1886

Launceston Steam Railway

The Launceston Steam Railway is narrow gauge railway operating from the town of Launceston in Cornwall. The railway is built on the trackbed of the North Cornwall Railway to the gauge of 23.5 and runs for 2½ miles to Newmills, where there is a farm park.

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Located at 50.64 -4.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: 2ft gauge railways, Heritage railways in England, Museums in Cornwall, Narrow gauge railways in England, Rail transport in Cornwall, Railway museums in England, Standard gauge railways in England, Transport museums in England, Visitor attractions in Cornwall

Newport, Cornwall

Newport is a suburb of the town of Launceston in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Originally a separate settlement, Newport is immediately north of the town. Until the early nineteenth century, the Newport constituency elected two Members to the Unreformed House of Commons. However, the constituency was abolished as a rotten borough by the Reform Act 1832.

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Located at 50.64 -4.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Towns in Cornwall