Plymouth
Plymouth is a meteorological station in Plymouth, England. Plymouth is situated nearby to the monument Fort Stamford, as well as near the pub The Victoria Inn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Stamford and The Victoria Inn.
Fort Stamford
Monument
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stamford Fort is a 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 east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. Fort Stamford is situated 1,800 feet north of Plymouth.
The Victoria Inn
Pub
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Victoria Inn is a pub, which is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Plymouth.
The Royal Oak
Pub
Photo: Mark A Coleman, CC BY 3.0.
The Royal Oak is a pub, which is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Plymouth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Batten and Oreston.
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; it was previously known as How Stert.
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.
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.
Plymouth
- Type: Meteorological station
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.35° or 50° 21′ northLongitude
-4.11667° or 4° 7′ westElevation
164 feet (50 metres)ICAO airport code
EGDBOpen location code
9C2Q8VXM+X8GeoNames ID
6296576
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