Plympton Castle
Plympton Castle is a castle in Plymouth, England. Plympton Castle is situated nearby to Church of St Maurice, Plympton, as well as near Longcause Community Special School.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: former castle near Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Remains of Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Maurice, Plympton and Longcause Community Special School.
Church of St Maurice, Plympton
Church
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Church of St Maurice is located in Plympton, Devon, England. Dating to the 15th century, it is now a Grade II* listed building. The church is of Church of England denomination. Church of St Maurice, Plympton is situated 400 feet east of Plympton Castle.
Longcause Community Special School
School
Longcause Community Special School is a special school for students aged 4 to 16 with learning difficulties. The college has about 100 students. The school specialises in children with cognitive, learning, communication and interaction difficulties. Longcause Community Special School is situated 830 feet east of Plympton Castle.
Plympton Library
Library
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Plympton Library is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Plympton Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plympton and Plymstock.
Plympton
Town
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Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the seat of Plympton Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries.
Plymstock
Suburb
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Plymstock is a commuter suburb of Plymouth and former civil parish in the English county of Devon. Plymstock is situated 2½ miles southwest of Plympton Castle.
Leigham
Suburb
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Leigham is the name of an area of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. 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. Leigham is situated 2½ miles northwest of Plympton Castle.
Plympton Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Plympton Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Plympton Castle”
- German: “Plympton Castle”
- Swedish: “Plympton Castle”
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