Fort Efford
Fort Efford 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.Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Fort
- Description: fort in City of Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Efford Fort” and “Efford Fort and Efford Emplacement”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Laira Battery and Plym Valley Railway.
Laira Battery
Historic site
Laira Battery 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. Laira Battery is situated 1,100 feet south of Fort Efford.
Plym Valley Railway
Museum
Photo: Mark A Coleman, CC BY 3.0.
The Plym Valley Railway is a 1-mile-14-chain heritage railway based on part of the now-closed South Devon and Tavistock Railway, a branch line of the Great Western Railway in Devon, England. Plym Valley Railway is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Fort Efford.
Plymouth Coliseum
Sports venue
Plymouth Coliseum, formerly known as St Boniface Arena, is a rugby field and speedway venue in Plymouth, Devon. It is situated adjacent to the River Plym near Marsh Mills. Plymouth Coliseum is situated 2,100 feet east of Fort Efford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Efford and Laira.
Efford
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Efford is an historic manor formerly in the parish of Eggbuckland, Devon, England. Today it has been absorbed by the city of Plymouth to become a large, mostly post-World War II, eastern suburb of the city.
Laira
Suburb
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Laira – previously recorded as Lare, Lary poynte, the Leerie, and the Lairy – was originally the name given to that part of the estuary of the River Plym from the Cattewater up to Marsh Mills in Plymouth, Devon, England.
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.
Fort Efford
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.39049° or 50° 23′ 26″ northLongitude
-4.09237° or 4° 5′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9WR5+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 503949658OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q17677536
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