Staddon Fort Tower

Staddon Fort Tower is a tower in Plymouth, England. Staddon Fort Tower is situated nearby to the school Hooe Primary Academy, as well as near the historic site Brownhill Battery.

Places of Interest Nearby

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. Bovisand is situated 4,200 feet south of Staddon Fort Tower.

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. Fort Stamford is situated 3,200 feet northwest of Staddon Fort Tower.

The Victoria Inn

Pub

Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Victoria Inn is a pub, which is situated 2,500 feet north of Staddon Fort Tower.

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.