Long Rock is a village in southwest Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. It is situated approximately one mile (1.6 km) east of Penzance

Penzance

Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...

 and 1½ miles (2 km) west of Marazion

Marazion

Marazion is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the shore of Mount's Bay, two miles east of Penzance and one mile east of Long Rock.St Michael's Mount is half-a-mile offshore from Marazion...

 in the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Ludgvan

Ludgvan

Ludgvan is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK. The village is situated 2½ miles northeast of Penzance.The parish includes the villages of Ludgvan, Crowlas, Canon's Town and Long Rock...

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Long Rock is effectively an eastern suburb of Penzance. A dual carriageway

Dual carriageway

A dual carriageway is a class of highway with two carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation...

 bypass

Bypass (road)

A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety....

 carries the A30 road

A30 road

The 284 miles A30 road from London to Land's End, historically known as the Great South West Road used to provide the most direct route from London to the south west; more recently the M3 motorway and A303 road performs this function for much of the route and only parts of A30 now retain trunk...

 north of the village and the land beside the road has been extensively developed with light industry and a retail park. Penzance Heliport

Penzance Heliport

Penzance Heliport is located northeast of Penzance, Cornwall. The heliport has scheduled flights to the Isles of Scilly, which connect to the railway network at Penzance railway station by a special bus service...

 is situated between Long Rock and Penzance and provides scheduled helicopter flights to the Isles of Scilly

Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The islands have had a unitary authority council since 1890, and are separate from the Cornwall unitary authority, but some services are combined with Cornwall and the islands are still part...

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Facilities

The nearest primary schools are located in Gulval and Ludgvan, with the nearest secondary school, Humphry Davy School

Humphry Davy School

Humphry Davy School is a comprehensive school in Penzance, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.-Admissions:The school teaches 11-16 year olds. In 2005 it gained specialist status, as a Music College...

, in Penzance. Other village facilities include a shop, post office, small bakery, and a cafe.

Long Rock playing field recently received a grant to install new play equipment. Penwith District Council built a new 'amenity area' on wasteland close to the A30.

Marazion Marsh

Marazion Marsh

Marazion Marsh is a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds reserve situated in a shallow river valley, half a kilometre to the west of Marazion, Cornwall, England, UK...

, an RSPB nature reserve leased from Lord St Levan, is situated half-a-mile east of the village

Long Rock is on the shore of Mount's Bay

Mount's Bay

Mount's Bay is a large, sweeping bay on the English Channel coast of Cornwall in the United Kingdom, stretching from the Lizard Point to Gwennap Head on the eastern side of the Land's End peninsula. Towards the middle of the bay is St Michael's Mount...

 at the centre of the three-mile beach

Beach

A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...

 which stetches from Penzance to Marazion. The beach is backed by a seawall along which runs the main line railway

Cornish Main Line

The Cornish Main Line is a railway line in the United Kingdom, which forms the backbone for rail services in Cornwall, as well as providing a direct line to London.- History :...

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Transport

Long Rock is the site of a locomotive shed

Motive power depot

Motive power depot, usually abbreviated to MPD, is a name given to places where locomotives are stored when not being used, and also repaired and maintained. They were originally known as "running sheds", "engine sheds", or, for short, just sheds. Facilities are provided for refuelling and...

. Formerly catering to steam locomotives, it is the most south-westerly depot on the former Great Western Railway's

Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...

 system. Now known as Penzance TMD

Penzance TMD

Penzance TMD, also known as Long Rock TMD, is a railway Traction Maintenance Depot situated in the village of Long Rock east of Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom, and is the most westerly and southerly rail depot in the country. The depot operator is First Great Western...

, it is a refuelling and servicing depot for diesel locomotives and HST sets

InterCity 125

The InterCity 125 was the brand name of British Rail's High Speed Train fleet. The InterCity 125 train is made up of two power cars, one at each end of a fixed formation of Mark 3 carriages, and is capable of , making the train the fastest diesel-powered locomotive in regular service in the...

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Long Rock has regular bus services into Penzance and is on The Cornish Way

The Cornish Way

The Cornish Way is a cycle route which is part of the National Cycle Network that links Bude to Lands End. The route is via Padstow or St Austell and is 180 miles in length.-Trails:The First and Last TrailFrom Lands End to HayleThe Engine House Trail...

network of cycle paths.