New Ground Buoy
New Ground Buoy is a beacon in Plymouth, England. New Ground Buoy is situated nearby to Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse, as well as near the hamlet Drake’s Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse and Mount Edgcumbe House.
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. Plymouth Breakwater Lighthouse is situated 2,500 feet south of New Ground 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 1¼ miles northwest of New Ground Buoy.
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 3,400 feet southeast of New Ground 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. Cremyll is situated 1½ miles northwest of New Ground Buoy.
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 west of New Ground Buoy.
New Ground Buoy
- Type: Beacon
- Category: transportation
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.34133° or 50° 20′ 29″ northLongitude
-4.15698° or 4° 9′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C2Q8RRV+G6GeoNames ID
11610275
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