Axe Close
Axe Close is a bus stop in Plymouth, England. Axe Close is situated nearby to Efford Marsh Nature Reserve, as well as near Pike Road Post Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Efford and Laira Battery.
Fort Efford
Fort
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Efford is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth. Fort Efford is situated 1,700 feet east of Axe Close.
Laira Battery
Historic site
Laira Battery is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth. Laira Battery is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Axe Close.
Fort Austin
Fort
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Austin is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth. Fort Austin is situated 3,100 feet north of Axe Close.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Efford and Laira.
Efford
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Efford is an historic manor formerly in the parish of Eggbuckland, Devon, England. Today it has been absorbed by the city of Plymouth to become a large, mostly post-World War II, eastern suburb of the city.
Laira
Suburb
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 River Plym from the Cattewater up to Marsh Mills in Plymouth, Devon, England.
Leigham
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigham is the name of an area of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. Originally a hamlet and manor separate from the city, urban expansion of the 20th century has meant that the area has become widely built up.
Axe Close
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.39162° or 50° 23′ 30″ northLongitude
-4.09935° or 4° 5′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9WR2+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 8857988436OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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