Plymouth Ferry Port
Plymouth Ferry Port is a port in Plymouth, England. Plymouth Ferry Port is situated nearby to the military installation RM Stonehouse, as well as near the historic building Palace Theatre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Port
- Description: port in United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Plymouth Port”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include RM Stonehouse and Palace Theatre.
RM Stonehouse
Military installation
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stonehouse Barracks, or RM Stonehouse, is a military installation at Stonehouse, Plymouth. It is the home of the UK Commando Force and referred to by commandos as 'the spiritual home of the Royal Marines'.
Palace Theatre
Historic building
The Palace Theatre is a disused theatre in Union Street, Plymouth, Devon in south west England. It opened in 1898 as a music hall but was damaged by fire only three months after opening, and was re-opened in 1899 as the New Palace Theatre of Varieties. Palace Theatre is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Plymouth Ferry Port.
Eddystone Light
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 Eddystone Lighthouse. 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. Eddystone Light is situated 3,800 feet east of Plymouth Ferry Port.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stonehouse and Drake’s Island.
Stonehouse
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Stonehouse was one of three towns that were amalgamated into modern-day Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. West Stonehouse was a village that is within the current Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in Cornwall.
Drake’s Island
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 Plymouth, Devon. The rocks which make up the island are volcanic tuff and lava, together with marine limestone of the Devonian period.
Plymouth Hoe
Locality
Photo: Merlin UK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plymouth Hoe, referred to locally as the Hoe, is a large south-facing open public space in the English coastal city of Plymouth, Devon. The Hoe is adjacent to and above the low limestone cliffs that form the seafront and commands views of Plymouth Sound, Drake's Island, and across the Hamoaze to Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall.
Plymouth Ferry Port
- Categories: port and transportation
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Plymouth Ferry Port” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Plymouth Port”
- French: “Port de Plymouth”
- Japanese: “プリマス・ポート”
- Japanese: “プリマス港”
- Swedish: “Plymouth Port”
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