Stamford Close
Stamford Close is a bus stop in Plymouth, England. Stamford Close is situated nearby to the church St John The Evangelist, as well as near the monument Fort Stamford.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Stamford and The Royal Oak.
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 590 feet west of Stamford Close.
The Royal Oak
Pub
Photo: Mark A Coleman, CC BY 3.0.
The Royal Oak is a pub, which is situated 1,100 feet east of Stamford Close.
Boringdon Arms
Pub
Photo: MICHAEL ZAWADZKI, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boringdon Arms is a pub, which is situated 1,500 feet north of Stamford Close.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Batten and Oreston.
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.
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.
Cattedown
Suburb
Photo: Adrian Platt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cattedown is an inner city suburb of Plymouth, Devon. Its position beside the River Plym estuary just short of the mouth led to its early settlement. It is believed that the name Cattedown originated from a rocky outcrop nearby on the River Plym that looked like a cat.
Stamford Close
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.3543° or 50° 21′ 16″ northLongitude
-4.11688° or 4° 7′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9V3M+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 4962013522OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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