Roborough
Roborough is a village in the South Hams of Devon, England. Former home of Plymouth City Airport, Roborough lies just outside the northern boundary of the city of Plymouth on the main road to Tavistock, and is a popular dormitory village.Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the district of South Hams, Devon in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Roborough, Devon” and “Roborough, South Hams”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lopes Arms and Toby Carvery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southway and Estover.
Southway
Suburb
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southway is a large suburban housing estate in north-west Plymouth in the English county of Devon. The name is believed to have derived from the route into Plymouth often used by Buckland Abbey monks, which was known as the "South Way". Southway is situated 1½ miles southwest of Roborough.
Estover
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Estover is a district in Devon, England, within the Plymouth boundary area. The original hamlet was extensively developed during the 1970s, into what became back then a large housing estate, consisting almost entirely of council houses, situated five miles northeast of Plymouth city centre in the English county of Devon. Estover is situated 2 miles south of Roborough.
Tamerton Foliot
Suburb
Photo: Lobsterthermidor, CC0.
Tamerton Foliot is a village situated in the north of Plymouth, in the Plymouth district, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. It also lends its name to the ecclesiastical parish of the same name. Tamerton Foliot is situated 2 miles west of Roborough.
Roborough
- Category: locality
- Location: Bickleigh, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.44111° or 50° 26′ 28″ northLongitude
-4.10813° or 4° 6′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C2QCVRR+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 339205493OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q7353305
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Roborough” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Roborough”
- French: “Roborough”
- Irish: “Roborough”
- Polish: “Roborough”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Roborough Village Hall and Roborough Playing Fields.
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