Western Channel
Western Channel is a marine channel in Plymouth, England. Western Channel is situated nearby to the hamlet Drake’s Island, as well as near Maker.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse and Mount Edgcumbe Country Park.
Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kingsand
Village
Photo: Bobo12345, Public domain.
Kingsand and Cawsand are twin villages in southeast Cornwall, United Kingdom. The villages are situated on the Rame Peninsula and are in the parish of Maker-with-Rame. Kingsand is situated 1½ miles west of Western Channel.
Western Channel
- Type: Marine channel
- Also known as: “Sound West Channel”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.33638° or 50° 20′ 11″ northLongitude
-4.1635° or 4° 9′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C2Q8RPP+HJGeoNames ID
11594264
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