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Plymouth Sound

Plymouth Sound, or locally just The Sound, is a deep inlet or sound in the near in England.
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Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay at Plymouth, England
  • Also known as: “The Sound”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tinside Lido and Eddystone Light.

Water park
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 1935 Art Deco lido in the city of in southwest . It is sited beside Plymouth Sound and is overlooked by and . The lido opens in the summer months between May and September.

Lighthouse
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smeaton's Tower is a redundant lighthouse, now a memorial to civil engineer John Smeaton, designer of the third and most notable . A major step forward in lighthouse design, Smeaton's structure was in use from 1759 to 1877, until erosion of the ledge it was built upon forced new construction.

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a stately home in south-east and is a Grade II listed building, whilst its gardens and parkland are listed as Grade I in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. is situated in the parish of on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound; its main entrance is in the village of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drake’s Island and Mount Batten.

Hamlet
Photo: Janipewter, Public domain.
Drake's Island is a 6.5-acre island approximately 500 metres from land in Plymouth Sound, the stretch of water south of the city of , Devon. The rocks which make up the island are volcanic tuff and lava, together with marine limestone of the Devonian period.

Locality
Photo: Trysca, Public domain.
is a 24-metre tall outcrop of rock on a 600-metre peninsula in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, named after Sir William Batten, MP and Surveyor of the Navy; it was previously known as How Stert.

Locality
Photo: Merlin UK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, referred to locally as The Hoe, is a large south-facing open public space in the English coastal city of , . The Hoe is adjacent to and above the low limestone cliffs that form the seafront and commands views of Plymouth Sound, , and across the to in .

Plymouth Sound

Latitude
50.35087° or 50° 21′ 3″ north
Longitude
-4.15011° or 4° 9′ 0″ west
Open location code
9C2Q9R2X+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3721898381
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2640193
Wiki­data ID
Q2333061
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Plymouth Sound” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Plymouth badia”
  • Cebuano: “Plymouth Sound”
  • Chinese: “普利茅斯海峡”
  • Chinese: “普利茅斯海峽”
  • Chinese: “普利茅斯湾”
  • Chinese: “普利茅斯灣”
  • Dutch: “Plymouth Sound”
  • French: “Plymouth Sound”
  • German: “Plymouth Sound”
  • German: “The Sound”
  • Hebrew: “פלימות‘ סאונד”
  • Irish: “Plymouth Sound”
  • Japanese: “プリマスサウンド”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Plymouth Sound”
  • Russian: “Плимут Саунд”
  • Slovenian: “Plymouth Sound”
  • Swedish: “Plymouth Sound”
  • Welsh: “Swnt Plymouth”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Plymouth Sound”. Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.