Battery Brake
Battery Brake is a locality in Wembury, South Hams District, England. Battery Brake is situated nearby to the suburb Hooe, as well as near the locality Mount Batten.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bovisand and Plymouth Breakwater.
Bovisand
Beach
Bovisand is a natural coastline on the east side of Plymouth Sound in Devon, England. Despite the steep cliff paths and rocky surrounding, Bovisand features two beaches, a holiday park, privately owned bungalows and a diving centre at Fort Bovisand.
Plymouth Breakwater
Breakwater
Photo: Partonez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plymouth Breakwater is a 1,560-metre stone breakwater protecting Plymouth Sound and the anchorages near Plymouth, Devon, England. It is 13 metres wide at the top and the base is 65 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Batten and Drake’s Island.
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; it was previously known as How Stert.
Drake’s Island
Hamlet
Photo: Janipewter, Public domain.
Drake's Island is a 6.5-acre island approximately 500 metres from land in Plymouth Sound, the stretch of water south of the city of Plymouth, Devon. The rocks which make up the island are volcanic tuff and lava, together with marine limestone of the Devonian period.
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. Oreston is situated 1½ miles northeast of Battery Brake.
Battery Brake
- Type: Locality
- Location: Wembury, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.34158° or 50° 20′ 30″ northLongitude
-4.12695° or 4° 7′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C2Q8VRF+J6OpenStreetMap ID
node 9828522904OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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