East Vanguard Buoy

East Vanguard Buoy is a beacon in Plymouth, England. East Vanguard Buoy is situated nearby to the hamlet Drake’s Island, as well as near the fort Blockhouse at the Garden Battery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Edgcumbe House and Blockhouse at the Garden Battery.

Mount Edgcumbe House

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 3,500 feet west of East Vanguard 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 2,300 feet west of East Vanguard Buoy.

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 2,500 feet north of East Vanguard Buoy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drake’s Island and Cremyll.

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.

Cremyll

Hamlet

Photo: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cremyll is a small coastal village in the civil parish of Maker-with-Rame, in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Cremyll is on the Rame Peninsula facing Plymouth Sound. The village is about 9 miles by road or 0.5 miles by boat from Plymouth.

West Hoe

Suburb

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

East Vanguard Buoy

Type: Beacon
Category: transportation
Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.35768° or 50° 21′ 28″ north

Longitude

-4.16183° or 4° 9′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C2Q9R5Q+37

GeoNames ID

11610272

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