Eggbuckland Keep
Eggbuckland Keep is a historic site in Plymouth, England. Eggbuckland Keep is situated nearby to the school Austin Farm Academy, as well as near the health club Russels Boxing.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Austin and Forder Battery.
Fort Austin
Fort
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Austin 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. Fort Austin is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Eggbuckland Keep.
Forder Battery
Fort
Forder 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. Forder Battery is situated 2,500 feet north of Eggbuckland Keep.
Efford Library
Library
Photo: Clib31, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Efford Library is situated 3,500 feet south of Eggbuckland Keep.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eggbuckland and Efford.
Eggbuckland
Suburb
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eggbuckland is a suburb of the city of Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. Before the Second World War Eggbuckland was a small village a few miles north of Plymouth.
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.
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.
Eggbuckland Keep
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.39738° or 50° 23′ 51″ northLongitude
-4.10813° or 4° 6′ 29″ westLevels
5Open location code
9C2Q9VWR+XPOpenStreetMap ID
way 698236647OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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