Northwest Drake Island Buoy

Places of Interest Nearby

RM Stonehouse

Military installation

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stonehouse Barracks, or RM Stonehouse, is a military installation at Stonehouse, Plymouth. It is the home of the UK Commando Force and referred to by commandos as 'the spiritual home of the Royal Marines'. RM Stonehouse is situated 2,600 feet north of Northwest Drake Island Buoy.

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 4,200 feet west of Northwest Drake Island Buoy.

Blockhouse at the Garden Battery

Fort

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blockhouse at the Garden Battery is a fort, which is situated 3,200 feet west of Northwest Drake Island Buoy.

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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.

West Hoe

Suburb

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

West Hoe is an area of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.

Stonehouse

Suburb

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

East Stonehouse was one of three towns that were amalgamated into modern-day Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. West Stonehouse was a village that is within the current Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in Cornwall.

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