Crownhill Fort, Bere Ferrers

Name: Crownhill Fort
Address: Crownhill Fort Crownhill Fort Road, Bere Ferrers, PL6 5BX, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1752 793754

#25 among attractions in Bere Ferrers

Museum, Military base, Historical place

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Crownhill Fort is a Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s in Crownhill as part of Lord Palmerston's ring of land defences for Plymouth. Restored by the Landmark Trust, it is now home to several small businesses, museums, exhibitions and a holiday apartment sleeping up to eight people. The Fort is open to the public on the last Friday of each month and hosts tours for local schools and societies at other times. ()

Coordinates: 50°24'48"N, 4°7'49"W

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Crownhill Fort Crownhill Fort RoadBudsheadBere Ferrers PL6 5BX United Kingdom

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+44 1752 793754

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Crownhill Fort – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Drake Circus, Armada Centre, Mutley Baptist Church, Theatre Royal.

2.9 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Drake Circus, Bere Ferrers
74 min walk • Drake Circus Shopping Centre is a 425,000-square-foot covered shopping mall in the centre of Plymouth, England, which opened in October 2006. The building was designed by London-based architects Chapman Taylor and built by Bovis Lend Lease.
2.8 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Armada Centre, Bere Ferrers
72 min walk • The Armada Centre is a shopping centre in Plymouth, England. It was established in 1986 and refurbished in 2004. The centre is laid out on three floors, with Sainsbury's occupying the upper floor. Other retailers that are housed on the ground floor include Wilko and Laura Ashley.
2.2 miS
Church
Mutley Baptist Church, Plymouth
58 min walk • Mutley Baptist Church is an evangelical Baptist church and congregation in Mutley Plain, Plymouth, Devon, situated in a large Grade II building, designed by architect J. Ambrose in 1867.
3.1 miS
Theater, Concerts and shows
Theatre Royal, Bere Ferrers
79 min walk • Theatre Royal, Plymouth, is a theatre venue in Plymouth, Devon. It consists of a 1,300-seat main auditorium, The Lyric, which regularly hosts large-scale musicals, opera and ballet; a 200-seat studio, The Drum; and a 50-seat studio, The Lab.
3.2 miS
Theater
The Plymouth Athenaeum, Plymouth
81 min walk • Plymouth Athenaeum, located in Plymouth, England, is a society dedicated to the promotion of learning in the fields of science, technology, literature and art.
2.7 miS
Museum, History museum, Art gallery
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Bere Ferrers
70 min walk • Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery closed in 2016. The building was created in 1907–1910 by Thornely and Rooke in Edwardian Baroque style. Along with the former Central Library building and St Luke's Church on Tavistock Place, it has since been redeveloped into The Box, Plymouth.
2.5 miSE
Museum, Scenic drives, Outdoor activities
Plym Valley Railway, Bere Ferrers
63 min walk • The Plym Valley Railway is a 1+1⁄2-mile 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.
2.1 miS
Park
Central Park, Bere Ferrers
53 min walk • Plymouth's Central Park is situated to the north-east of Plymouth city centre in south-west Devon, England. Covering 68 hectares, Central Park is the largest park in Plymouth.
2.2 miE
Park
Plymbridge Woods, Plymouth
57 min walk • Plymbridge Woods is a woodland in Plympton, Devon, England managed by The National Trust. The woods are named after the historic Plymbridge, a Grade II listed bridge over the River Plym.
2.1 miS
Cemetery
Ford Park Cemetery, Bere Ferrers
55 min walk • Ford Park Cemetery is a 34.5-acre cemetery in central Plymouth, England, established by the Plymouth, Stonehouse & Devonport Cemetery Company in 1846 and opened in 1848. At the time it was outside the boundary of the Three Towns and was created to alleviate the overcrowding in the churchyards of the local parish churches.
0.6 miS
Church
Church of the Ascension, Bere Ferrers
16 min walk • The Church of the Ascension is a Grade II listed Church of England church in the suburb of Crownhill in Plymouth, Devon. It was designed by the architect Robert Potter and consecrated in 1958.