Western King Point

Western King Point is a point in Plymouth, England. Western King Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Cremyll, as well as near Drake’s Island.

Places of Interest

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

Blockhouse at the Garden Battery

Fort

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blockhouse at the Garden Battery is a fort.

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.

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'.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cremyll and Drake’s Island.

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.

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.

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.

Western King Point

Type: Point
Category: landform
Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.35896° or 50° 21′ 32″ north

Longitude

-4.16396° or 4° 9′ 50″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

9C2Q9R5P+HC

GeoNames ID

11610286

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