Biggin Hill Substation

Places of Interest Nearby

Agaton Fort

Fort

Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Agaton Fort is situated 710 feet west of Biggin Hill Substation.

Knowles Battery

Fort

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 1,700 feet east of Biggin Hill Substation.

Church of St Budeaux

Church

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Budeaux is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Biggin Hill Substation.

Places in the Area

Ernesettle

Suburb

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ernesettle is mentioned in the Domesday Book, which documented land in England and Wales, and describes as an ‘old Saxon manor’ there. By the 15th century, there were two farms, Great Ernesettle and Little Ernesettle, both named after William Ernstell, a freeholder of Budshead, who owned land here in 1428.

King’s Tamerton

Suburb

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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

Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

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