Bass Point is the UK's most southerly point and covers the area between Penzance to the west "Visibility is excellent we can see Bass Point" and other NCI Stations up the coast towards Plymouth.

In 1994 when two Cornish fishermen lost their lives within sight of the empty Coastguard lookout at Bass Point, a group of local people decided to set up an organisation to restore visual watches along the UK coast. The National Coastwatch Institution was born and the first station to open was at Bass Point in December 1994.