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.

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 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
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Latitude

50.33638° or 50° 20′ 11″ north

Longitude

-4.1635° or 4° 9′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C2Q8RPP+HJ

GeoNames ID

11594264

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