Stamford Fort, Yealmpton

Name: Stamford Fort
Address: Yealmpton, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Yealmpton

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Stamford Fort is a 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 east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. It is 165 feet above sea level, between Jennycliffe Bay and Hooe Lake. ()

Coordinates: 50°21'21"N, 4°0'10"W

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Yealmpton United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Saltram House, Dartmoor Zoological Park, Kitley Show Cave, Plym Valley Railway.

3.9 miNW
Georgian house with Robert Adam interior
Saltram House, Bere Ferrers
100 min walk • Saltram House is a grade I listed George II era mansion house located in the parish of Plympton, near Plymouth in Devon, England. It was deemed by the architectural critic Pevsner to be "the most impressive country house in Devon".
3.6 miN
Zoo
Dartmoor Zoological Park, Plymouth
93 min walk • Dartmoor Zoological Park is a 30-acre zoo just north of the village of Sparkwell, on the south-west edge of Dartmoor, in the county of Devon in the South West of England.
0.8 miS
Nature, Cave
Kitley Show Cave, Yealmpton
21 min walk • Kitley Show Cave is a solution cave in Yealmpton, Devon, England. Originally discovered by quarrying, it used to be open to the public as a show cave, but is now closed.
4.4 miNW
Museum, Scenic drives, Outdoor activities
Plym Valley Railway, Bere Ferrers
113 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.
4.8 miW
Bridge
Laira Bridge, Bere Ferrers
122 min walk • Laira Bridge is a disused railway bridge that crosses the River Plym in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. In 2015, it was refurbished to carry a pedestrian and cycle path.
4.2 miSW
Manor house
Langdon Court, Plymouth
107 min walk • Langdon Court is a former manor house, in Wembury, South Devon, England. It consists of a single courtyard mansion from 1693 and a walled formal garden. The house is a Grade II* listed building, and the garden is Grade II listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
3.3 miE
Park
Flete House, South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
84 min walk • Flete House is a Grade I listed country house at Holbeton, in the South Hams region of Devon, England.
3 miW
50°22'11"N • 4°3'59"W
Plymouth Golf Centre, Bere Ferrers
76 min walk • Golf, Outdoor activities
3.3 miNW
Monastery
Plympton Priory, Bere Ferrers
84 min walk • Plympton Priory was a priory in Devon, England. Its history is recorded in the Annales Plymptonienses.
4.4 miW
Nature, Cave, Natural attraction
Radford Cave, Bere Ferrers
112 min walk • Radford Cave, in Hexton Wood, near Hooe, Plymouth, Devon is a small phreatic cave of some ecological interest. It has been known to speleologists and others for many years and a plan was published in 1953.
3.4 miSW
Church
Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman
88 min walk • The Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman in the village of Noss Mayo, in Devon, England, was built in 1226. It is located in the former civil parish of Revelstoke.