St Michael's Mount
A tidal island in Mount's Bay, reached from Marazion by a granite causeway passable between mid-tide and low water. A castle and chapel crown its summit, home to the St Aubyn family since around 1650, and at high tide boats carry people across.
- Where
- Marazion, England, United Kingdom
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 50.1169, -5.4780
Get the St Michael's Mount stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at St Michael's Mount. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your England volume with your photos and a note.
Near St Michael's Mount
Land's End 18 km
The headland at the far western tip of mainland England, on the Penwith peninsula where the A30 road ends. Cliffs look out over the Celtic Sea, with the English Channel to the east, and a well-known signpost points the way to John o' Groats.
Eden Project 59 km
Giant greenhouse domes set in a reclaimed china clay pit in Cornwall, run by the charity the Eden Trust. Inside its biomes grow plants from around the world, including a rainforest under the largest of the domes.
Tintagel Castle 80 km
Ruins of a 13th-century castle built by Richard, Earl of Cornwall on a rocky peninsula of the north Cornish coast. Long before, the headland was probably a seasonal seat of the kings of Dumnonia, and legend makes it the place where King Arthur was conceived.
Dartmoor 116 km
An upland of open moorland in southern Devon, protected as a national park since 1951 and covering 954 square kilometres. Granite tors break the skyline, and ponies roam free across the moor.
Jurassic Coast 188 km
About 154 km of English Channel coast running from Exmouth in Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2001. Its cliffs expose rock from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous, and the beaches around Lyme Regis and Charmouth are famous for fossils.
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park 193 km
A national park established in 1952 that takes in most of the Pembrokeshire coastline, the upper reaches of Milford Haven and the Preseli hills. A long coast path runs its length, past cliffs, coves and wide sandy beaches.
Pink Granite Coast 193 km
More than thirty kilometres of the north Brittany coast where the rocks are a warm pink granite, worn by sea and wind into strange shapes. The coastal path around Ploumanac'h and Trégastel winds between great boulders and small sandy coves.
St Davids Cathedral 197 km
A Church in Wales cathedral in St Davids, Britain's smallest city, close to the most westerly point of Wales. It stands on the site of the monastery of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, in a hollow below the town.
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Questions
Where is St Michael's Mount?
St Michael's Mount is in Marazion, England, United Kingdom. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Land's End (18 km), Eden Project (59 km), Tintagel Castle (80 km).
How do I get the St Michael's Mount stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at St Michael's Mount and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your England volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to St Michael's Mount before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your England volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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