Greenbank

Greenbank is part of the city of in the county of , England. Greenbank, combined with University makes up the city's Drake ward. It is a Victorian and Edwardian residential area with many small public houses and shops, and is now favoured by students due to its proxomity with the University of Plymouth.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: part of Plymouth, Devon, England
  • Also known as: “Greenbank, Plymouth”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Matthias‘ Church and The Box.

Church
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museum
Photo: Smalljim, CC BY 3.0.
is a museum, gallery and archive in , Devon, England, opened in 2020 housing a collection of about 2 million items. The core of the building was previously Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery which closed in 2016.

Railway station
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serves the city of , , England. It is on the northern edge of the city centre, close to the North Cross roundabout.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mutley and Lipson.

Suburb
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ward in the city of , . It is an area with mixed terraced housing, some subdivided into bedsits and flats and a public open-space called 'Freedom Fields', a Civil War battle site where the townsfolk of nearby Plymouth resisted substantial Cavalier raiding parties and enabled the town to sustain the royalist siege.

Suburb
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the site of a former Devonport prison that today forms part of the inner suburbs of the city of , , England. It is mostly known for its eccentric name, taken, locals believe, from The Penny pub situated by the roundabout north of the railway bridge over Saltash Road.

Greenbank

Latitude
50.37632° or 50° 22′ 35″ north
Longitude
-4.133° or 4° 7′ 59″ west
Elevation
200 feet (61 metres)
Open location code
9C2Q9VG8+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11104755039
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
10295383
Wiki­data ID
Q5603672
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Greenbank” goes by many names.
  • Irish: “Greenbank”

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