Batten Bay

Places of Interest

The Bridge

Restaurant

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Bridge is a restaurant.

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.

National Marine Aquarium

Public aquarium

Photo: Markles55, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The National Marine Aquarium, which opened in May 1998, is situated in Plymouth in south-west England. It is the largest aquarium in the UK and houses over 5,000 animals.

Places in the Area

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.

Hooe

Suburb

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hooe is a suburb of Plymstock, Plymouth in the English county of Devon.

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.

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