Maker Battery, Cawsand

Name: Maker Battery
Address: Cawsand, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Cawsand

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Facts and practical information

Maker Battery is a former 19th-century coastal artillery battery, built to strengthen the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. ()

Coordinates: 50°20'19"N, 4°11'51"W

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Cawsand United Kingdom

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Maker Battery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Edgcumbe House, Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, St Mary's and St Julian's Church, St Germanus' Church.

1.4 miNE
Museum, Vernacular architecture, History museum
Mount Edgcumbe House, Plymouth
37 min walk • Mount Edgcumbe House is a stately home in south-east Cornwall and is a Grade II listed building, whilst its gardens and parkland are listed as Grade I in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.
1.2 miNE
Park
Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Cawsand
30 min walk • Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is listed as Grade I on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens and is one of four designated country parks in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The 885 acres country park is on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound and the River Tamar.
0.8 miNE
Church
St Mary's and St Julian's Church, Cawsand
21 min walk • St Mary's and St Julian's Church is a Church of England parish church in Maker, Cornwall, England, UK. The church dates to the 15th century and has been a Grade I listed building since 1968.
1.4 miSW
Church
St Germanus' Church, Cawsand
35 min walk • St Germanus' Church is a Church of England church in Rame, Cornwall, England, UK. Much of the existing church dates to the 13th and 15th centuries. It has been Grade I listed since 1960.
0.4 miSW
Village, Area
Kingsand, Plymouth
10 min walk • Kingsand and Cawsand are twin villages in southeast Cornwall, United Kingdom. The villages are situated on the Rame Peninsula and are in the parish of Maker-with-Rame. Until boundary changes in 1844, Kingsand was in Devon; however, Cawsand has always been in Cornwall.
1.2 miE
Forts and castles
Picklecombe Fort, Cawsand
30 min walk • Fort Picklecombe stands on the extreme south eastern coast of Cornwall, a couple of miles west of the city of Plymouth. The fort has been a residential complex since the early 1970s but has a history dating back 150 years.
1.5 miSW
50°19'18"N • 4°13'13"W
Polhawn Fort, Cawsand
40 min walk • Historical place, View point, Memorial
~1130 ftSW
Neighbourhood
Maker-with-Rame, Cawsand
6 min walk • Maker-with-Rame is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Rame Peninsula, approximately four miles south of Saltash and two miles west of Plymouth.

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Which popular attractions are close to Maker Battery?

Nearby attractions include Maker-with-Rame, Cawsand (6 min walk), Kingsand, Plymouth (10 min walk), St Mary's and St Julian's Church, Cawsand (21 min walk).