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Saltash

Saltash is a town and civil parish in eastern , England. Saltash faces the city of over the and is popularly known as "the Gateway to Cornwall".
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  • Type: Town with 15,600 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Saltash, Cornwall”
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Trematon Castle and HMNB Devonport.

Castle
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated near Saltash in , England, . It was the caput of the feudal barony of Trematon. It is similar in style to the later , with a 12th-century keep.

Military installation
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His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy.

Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves the town of Saltash in , England. It is on the south side of the town between the Royal Albert Bridge which crosses the and the Coombe Viaduct which spans a small tributary of the same river.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plymouth and St Budeaux.

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is a city in , and the largest city on 's south coast, with a population of 265,000 in 2021. It is about 190 miles south-west of London, where the River Plym and the River Tamar flow into the large bay of Sound, creating a perfect natural harbour.

Suburb
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is an area and ward in the north west of in the county of .

Suburb
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, also referred to by its earlier name of Damerel, is an inner suburb of the city of , Devon, England. In 1844, Damerel was described as a parish in Roborough hundred, adjoining the borough of Plymouth, and including within it. is situated 3 miles southeast of Saltash.

Saltash

Latitude
50.4087° or 50° 24′ 31″ north
Longitude
-4.2112° or 4° 12′ 40″ west
Population
15,600
Elevation
210 feet (64 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SAT
Open location code
9C2QCQ5Q+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29627061
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2638651
Wiki­data ID
Q1994597
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Saltash” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Saltash”
  • Basque: “Saltash”
  • Bavarian: “Saltash”
  • Bengali: “সালতাস”
  • Breton: “Essa”
  • Breton: “Saltash”
  • Cebuano: “Saltash”
  • Chinese: “Saltash”
  • Chinese: “索尔塔什”
  • Chinese: “索爾塔什”
  • Cornish: “Ash”
  • Cornish: “Essa”
  • Dutch: “Saltash”
  • French: “Saltash”
  • German: “Saltash”
  • Gujarati: “સોલટાશ”
  • Irish: “Essa”
  • Irish: “Saltash”
  • Italian: “Saltash”
  • Japanese: “サルタッシュ”
  • Japanese: “ソルタッシュ選挙区”
  • Kannada: “ಸಾಲ್ಟ್ಯಾಶ್”
  • Korean: “살타시”
  • Ladin: “Saltash”
  • Latin: “Saltash”
  • Lithuanian: “Soltešas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Saltash”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saltash”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Essa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saltash”
  • Norwegian: “Saltash”
  • Persian: “سالتش”
  • Polish: “Saltash”
  • Portuguese: “Saltash”
  • Romanian: “Saltash”
  • Russian: “Солтеш”
  • Russian: “Солтэш”
  • Slovenian: “Saltash”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سالتش”
  • Spanish: “Saltash”
  • Swedish: “Saltash”
  • Tamil: “சால்டாஸ்”
  • Telugu: “సాల్ట్ యాష్”
  • Turkish: “Saltash”
  • Ukrainian: “Солтеш”
  • Urdu: “سالتاش”
  • Volapük: “Essa”
  • Volapük: “Saltash”
  • Welsh: “Essa”
  • Welsh: “Saltash”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saltash”. Photo: Ed Webster, CC BY 2.0.