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Eggbuckland

Eggbuckland is a suburb of the city of , in the ceremonial county of , England. Before the Second World War Eggbuckland was a small a few miles north of Plymouth.
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Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Suburb with 13,400 residents
  • Description: suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Egg Buckland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Forder Battery and Bowden Fort.

Fort
is a former 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the north east of , as an element of the plan for the defence of the at Devonport.

Fort
Photo: Gwyn Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the north east of , as an element of the plan for the defence of the at Devonport.

School
is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Eggbuckland area of , , England. The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2013.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hartley and Efford.

Suburb
Photo: Andrew Hackney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of in the county of , England. It is built on higher ground offering views south towards the sea, east into the South Hams, north over and west to .

Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an historic manor formerly in the parish of Eggbuckland, Devon, England. Today it has been absorbed by the city of to become a large, mostly post-World War II, eastern suburb of the city.

Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the name of an area of the city of in the county of . Originally a hamlet and manor separate from the city, urban expansion of the 20th century has meant that the area has become widely built up.

Eggbuckland

Latitude
50.40122° or 50° 24′ 4″ north
Longitude
-4.11547° or 4° 6′ 56″ west
Population
13,400
Elevation
190 feet (58 metres)
Open location code
9C2QCV2M+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1629902199
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2650193
Wiki­data ID
Q5347870
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Satellite Map

Discover Eggbuckland from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Irish to Swedish—“Eggbuckland” goes by many names.
  • Irish: “Eggbuckland”
  • Ladin: “Eggbuckland”
  • Polish: “Eggbuckland”
  • Swedish: “Eggbuckland”

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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 “Eggbuckland”. Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.