Forder Heights
Forder Heights is a bus stop in Plymouth, England. Forder Heights is situated nearby to the fort Eggbuckland Keep, as well as near Forder Battery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forder Battery and Bowden Fort.
Forder Battery
Fort
Forder Battery is a former 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 north east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. Forder Battery is situated 340 feet east of Forder Heights.
Bowden Fort
Fort
Photo: Gwyn Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowden Fort is a former 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 north east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. Bowden Fort is situated 1,500 feet west of Forder Heights.
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 2,600 feet southeast of Forder Heights.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eggbuckland and Leigham.
Eggbuckland
Suburb
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eggbuckland is a suburb of the city of Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. Before the Second World War Eggbuckland was a small village a few miles north of Plymouth.
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.
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.
Forder Heights
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.40447° or 50° 24′ 16″ northLongitude
-4.11145° or 4° 6′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C2QCV3Q+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9531116618OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eggbuckland Keep and St Edward’s CofE Primary School.
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