Cattewater

The city of Plymouth, Devon, England is bounded by Dartmoor to the north, the Hamoaze to the west, the open expanse of water called Plymouth Sound to the south and the river Plym to the east.

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Marine Aquarium and Sutton Harbour.

National Marine Aquarium

Public aquarium

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The National Marine Aquarium, which opened in May 1998, is situated in Plymouth in south-west England. It is the largest aquarium in the UK and houses over 5,000 animals.

Sutton Harbour, formerly known as Sutton Pool, is the original port of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is still a busy fishing port and marina and is bounded on one side by the historic Barbican district.

Church of St John the Evangelist

Church

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St John the Evangelist in Plymouth, Devon, England is a grade II listed Anglican parish church. It was built 1851-1855 by Benjamin Ferrey, who had been a pupil of Pugin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cattedown and Oreston.

Cattedown

Suburb

Photo: Adrian Platt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cattedown is an inner city suburb of Plymouth, Devon. Its position beside the River Plym estuary just short of the mouth led to its early settlement. It is believed that the name Cattedown originated from a rocky outcrop nearby on the River Plym that looked like a cat.

Oreston

Suburb

Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oreston, formerly a village on the southern bank of the Cattewater, is now a suburb of Plymouth. It is recorded as Horestone on the 1591 Spry Map of Plimmouth.

Mount Batten

Locality

Photo: Trysca, Public domain.

Mount Batten 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.

Cattewater

Type: Estate
Description: stretch of water where the mouth of the river Plym merges with Plymouth Sound
Categories: watercourse and agriculture
Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.36667° or 50° 22′ north

Longitude

-4.11667° or 4° 7′ west

Elevation

43 feet (13 metres)

Open location code

9C2Q9V8M+M8

GeoNames ID

2653494

Wikidata ID

Q5054084

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Slovenian—“Cattewater” goes by many names.

Egyptian Arabic: “كات ووتر”
Finnish: “Cattewater”
French: “Cattewater”
Slovenian: “Cattewater”

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