Leekbed Bay
Leekbed Bay is a bay in England, United Kingdom. Leekbed Bay is situated nearby to the village Down Thomas, as well as near the locality Mount Batten.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bovisand and Plymouth Breakwater.
Bovisand
Beach
Bovisand is a natural coastline on the east side of Plymouth Sound in Devon, England. Despite the steep cliff paths and rocky surrounding, Bovisand features two beaches, a holiday park, privately owned bungalows and a diving centre at Fort Bovisand.
Plymouth Breakwater
Breakwater
Photo: Partonez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plymouth Breakwater is a 1,560-metre stone breakwater protecting Plymouth Sound and the anchorages near Plymouth, Devon, England. It is 13 metres wide at the top and the base is 65 metres.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Batten and Drake’s Island.
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.
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.
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. Oreston is situated 2 miles northeast of Leekbed Bay.
Leekbed Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.33976° or 50° 20′ 23″ northLongitude
-4.1298° or 4° 7′ 47″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
9C2Q8VQC+W3GeoNames ID
11103007
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