Agaton Fort

Agaton Fort is a fort in Plymouth, England. Agaton Fort is situated nearby to Agaton Social Club, as well as near Ernesettle Community School.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Budeaux and Knowles Battery.

Church of St Budeaux

Church

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Church of St Budeaux is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Agaton Fort.

Knowles 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. Knowles Battery is situated 2,400 feet east of Agaton Fort.

St Aidan

Church

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St Aidan is a church, which is situated 1,900 feet north of Agaton Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include King’s Tamerton and Honicknowle.

King’s Tamerton

Suburb

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King's Tamerton is a suburb of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England. It was largely built post-war adjacent to St Budeaux and overlooking the Naval base and the Hamoaze which is the wide estuary of the River Tamar.

Honicknowle

Suburb

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Honicknowle is an area and ward of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. It borders with West Park, Crownhill, Ham, Whitleigh and Pennycross areas of Plymouth. It was previously part of Knackersknowle.