Where does this lane lead?

Is it the one that passes the old police station and barracks?

Yes, so where does it lead?

In my youth, it branched left into wasseecalled road (ie, I can t remember its name!) while the lane itself gradually petered out into the wooded ground overlooking Chyandour Coombe. I haven t been there in the better part of 30 years, I suppose.

Yes, it leads to the wood on a slope below Pendennis Place but I m not sure where the road actually ends. I must look at my OS map.

The road whose name escapes me come out onto Britons Hill, just by the Hotel Penzance (the former Mount Prospect)

It may be Lescudjack Crescent, or something similar...

I used to live in the yellowish house in Chyandour Barracks, the one with the balcony,till 1961 and spent many hours playing in the woods to the right of the lane.The lane bends to the left and passes a bungalow once owned by a teacher at the grammar school, a Mr Guard,then Mr Lanxon .It then goes to the large white dwelling visible at the top.This was a home for unmarried mothers til it was taken over by the Police and made into two dwellings for police officers and their families.The first to occupy them were Sergeant Fox and family,and PC Bray the Motorcycle Cop of the era.It was named Brigids Praze in those days.At the time my father ran the TA at the barracks.

Thanks for that interesting information, david. I remember Mr Guard and Vernon Lanxon very well indeed. Were you in my brother Dave s year at school, by the way?

No I was a Lescudjack boy but I knew David mainly through mutual friends,we used to hang out down the Prom of an evening in those days.Happier times!

I walked to the top a few weeks ago and there is no longer a way to get through to Lescudjack Crescent. Worth a walk up for the views though...