Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse
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.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Devon, England
- Also known as: “Breakwater Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plymouth Breakwater and Mount Edgcumbe House.
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
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drake’s Island and Maker.
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.
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
Photo: Mark.murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.33454° or 50° 20′ 4″ northLongitude
-4.15872° or 4° 9′ 31″ westElevation
-3 feet (-1 metres)Open location code
9C2Q8RMR+RGOpenStreetMap ID
way 484607467OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11523456Wikidata ID
Q28464446
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In Other Languages
“Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Plymouth”
- French: “Phare de Plymouth”
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