Staddon Heights
Staddon Heights is a hill in Plymouth, England and has an elevation of 397 feet. Staddon Heights is situated nearby to the suburb Turnchapel, as well as near Oreston.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bovisand and Fort Stamford.
Bovisand
Beach
Bovisand is a natural coastline on the east side of Plymouth Sound in Devon, England. Despite the steep cliff paths and rocky surrounding, Bovisand features two beaches, a holiday park, privately owned bungalows and a diving centre at Fort Bovisand.
Fort Stamford
Monument
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stamford Fort is a 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oreston and Mount Batten.
Oreston
Suburb
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oreston, formerly a village on the southern bank of the Cattewater, is now a suburb of Plymouth. It is recorded as Horestone on the 1591 Spry Map of Plimmouth.
Mount Batten
Locality
Photo: Trysca, Public domain.
Mount Batten is a 24-metre -tall outcrop of rock on a 600-metre peninsula in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, named after Sir William Batten, MP and Surveyor of the Navy.
Plymstock
Suburb
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plymstock is a commuter suburb of Plymouth and former civil parish in the English county of Devon.
Staddon Heights
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 397 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.34623° or 50° 20′ 46″ northLongitude
-4.11155° or 4° 6′ 42″ westElevation
397 feet (121 metres)Open location code
9C2Q8VWQ+F9GeoNames ID
12611195
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