North Prospect

North Prospect is an area in Plymouth.

Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Suburb
Description: suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England
Also known as: “Swilly”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Home Park and Keyham railway station.

Home Park

Stadium

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Home Park is a football stadium in the area of Milehouse, Plymouth, Devon, England. With a capacity of 17,900, the ground has been the home of Plymouth Argyle Football Club since 1903, and was also used between 1900 and 1903 by Argyle Athletic club and Argyle F.C. and for athletics and rugby.

Keyham railway station

Railway station

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Keyham railway station is a suburban station in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. It is 249 miles 25 chains from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay. The station is close to the Devonport dockyard.

Dockyard railway station

Railway station

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Dockyard railway station is a Great Western Railway suburban station on the Cornish Main Line in Devonport, Plymouth, England. As the name implies, it serves Devonport Dockyard. It is 248 miles 60 chains from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Keyham and Ford.

Keyham

Suburb

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Keyham is a Victorian-built area of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. It was built to provide dense cheap housing just outside the wall of HM Dockyard Devonport for the thousands of civilian workmen.

Ford

Suburb

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ford is a Victorian-built area of Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. It lies 1.6 miles north-west of the city centre, between the suburbs of Milehouse and Keyham. Between 1890 and 1964 the area was served by Ford railway station.