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Lizard Wireless Station Open Day
Heritage Open Day: Join us for a free Open Day to celebrate Marconi and the dawn of wireless communication at The Lizard Wireless Station. We're offering free tours, special radio demonstrations, family activities and refreshments. We're offering free guided tours, special radio demonstrations and fun, family friendly games and activities.
On the edge of Housel Bay, not far from mainland Britain’s most southerly point, sits the Lizard Wireless Station. Go inside and it’s as if you have stepped back in time to 1901 and the dawn of long distance radio telegraphy. Here in the world’s oldest surviving ship-to-shore station you’ll discover the story of Marconi who, through pioneering experiments, put these huts at the centre of a technology that changed the world for ever.
On the edge of Housel Bay, not far from mainland Britain’s most southerly point, sits the Lizard Wireless Station. Go inside and it’s as if you have stepped back in time to 1901 and the dawn of long distance radio telegraphy. Here in the world’s oldest surviving ship-to-shore station you’ll discover the story of Marconi who, through pioneering experiments, put these huts at the centre of a technology that changed the world for ever.
Sun 8 Sep:11am-3pm ; Free Entry.
Marconi Bungalow, The Lizard, Helston, Cornwall TR12 7AP
Sun 8 September