Lyneham
Lyneham is a locality in Yealmpton, South Hams District, England. Lyneham is situated nearby to the village Yealmpton, as well as near the hamlet Blackpool.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Rose & Crown.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Gwyn Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 1½ miles southwest of Lyneham.
Langage Power Station
Power station
Photo: jeff collins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Langage Power Station is a combined-cycle power plant near the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. Centrica, the original owners of the site, announced on 16 June 2006 that the natural gas fired power station was to be constructed on their behalf by Alstom. Langage Power Station is situated 2 miles north of Lyneham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sparkwell and Holbeton.
Sparkwell
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sparkwell is a small village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon. Historically it was part of Haytor Hundred. In 2021 the parish had a population of 1425. Sparkwell is situated 3 miles north of Lyneham.
Holbeton
Village
Photo: Tigerboy1966, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holbeton is a civil parish and village located 9 miles south east of Plymouth in the South Hams district of Devon, England. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 579, down from 850 in 1901. Holbeton is situated 3 miles southeast of Lyneham.
Plympton
Town
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the seat of Plympton Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries. Plympton is situated 3 miles northwest of Lyneham.
Lyneham
- Type: Locality
- Location: Yealmpton, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.3622° or 50° 21′ 44″ northLongitude
-4.00057° or 4° 0′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9X6X+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 5512220970OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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