Brownhill Battery
Brownhill Battery is a historic site in Plymouth, England. Brownhill Battery is situated nearby to the beach Bovisand, as well as near the historic site Staddon Fort.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bovisand and Fort Stamford.
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. Bovisand is situated 1,800 feet south of Brownhill Battery.
Fort Stamford
Monument
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stamford Fort is a 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 east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. Fort Stamford is situated 1 mile north of Brownhill Battery.
The Victoria Inn
Pub
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Victoria Inn is a pub, which is situated 1 mile north of Brownhill Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Batten and Oreston.
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.
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 north of Brownhill Battery.
Plymstock
Suburb
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plymstock is a commuter suburb of Plymouth and former civil parish in the English county of Devon. Plymstock is situated 2 miles northeast of Brownhill Battery.
Brownhill Battery
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.34026° or 50° 20′ 25″ northLongitude
-4.1172° or 4° 7′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C2Q8VRM+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 178839787OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Staddon Fort and Bovisand.
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