Laira

Laira – previously recorded as Lare, Lary poynte, the Leerie, and the Lairy – was originally the name given to that part of the estuary of the from the up to Marsh Mills in , Devon, England.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Efford Library and Laira Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot.

Library
Photo: Clib31, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Building
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway traction maintenance depot situated in , Devon, England. The depot is operated by Great Western Railway and is where their fleet of Class 802 InterCity Express Trains and remaining Castle Class trains are overhauled.

School
is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the area of in the English county of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Efford and Lipson.

Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an historic manor formerly in the parish of , Devon, England. Today it has been absorbed by the city of to become a large, mostly post-World War II, eastern suburb of the city.

Suburb
is a ward in the city of , . It is an area with mixed terraced housing, some subdivided into bedsits and flats and a public open-space called 'Freedom Fields', a Civil War battle site where the townsfolk of nearby Plymouth resisted substantial Cavalier raiding parties and enabled the town to sustain the royalist siege.

Suburb
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a leafy suburb in the Compton ward of the city of in the county of , England. It was an affluent Victorian and early Edwardian suburb with wide avenues such as Seymour Road, grand villas and Thorn Park.

Laira

Latitude
50.38448° or 50° 23′ 4″ north
Longitude
-4.10548° or 4° 6′ 20″ west
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
Open location code
9C2Q9VMV+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1716929745
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13268975
Wiki­data ID
Q15241293
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Irish—“Laira” goes by many names.
  • French: “Laira”
  • Irish: “Laira”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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