Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse

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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. Plymouth Breakwater is situated 2,500 feet east of Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse.

Mount Edgcumbe House

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Mount Edgcumbe House is a stately home in south-east Cornwall and is a Grade II listed building, whilst its gardens and parkland are listed as Grade I in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is situated in the parish of Maker on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound; its main entrance is in the village of Cremyll. Mount Edgcumbe House is situated 1½ miles northwest of Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse.

Mount Edgcumbe Country Park

Park

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Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is a grade I listed country park in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The 885 acres country park is on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound and the River Tamar. Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is situated 1½ miles northwest of Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse.

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Drake’s Island

Hamlet

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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.

Maker

Hamlet

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maker is a village between Cawsand and Rame Head, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The name means a ruin or old wall in Cornish, possibly because the church was built from the ruins of West Stonehouse in Cremyll. Maker is situated 1½ miles northwest of Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse.

Penlee Point

Locality

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Penlee Point is a coastal headland in Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Maker-with-Rame, Cornwall, UK. The point lies at the entrance to Plymouth Sound. Bordering the sea, there is a weather station at its end. Penlee Point is situated 2 miles southwest of Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse.

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