Knowles Battery, Plymouth

Name: Knowles Battery
Address: Plymouth, United Kingdom

#13 among attractions in Plymouth

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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. ()

Coordinates: 50°24'58"N, 4°9'53"W

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HonicknowlePlymouth United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Woodland Fort, Tavy Bridge, Warren Point County Wildlife Site, St Budeaux.

0.5 miE
Forts and castles
Woodland Fort, Bere Ferrers
13 min walk • Woodland Fort is a Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s as part of Lord Palmerston's ring of land defences for Plymouth, England. Currently owned by Plymouth City Council, the site is in use but largely derelict.
1.4 miNW
Bridge
Tavy Bridge, Tamar–Tavy Estuary
36 min walk • Tavy Bridge is a railway bridge across the mouth of the River Tavy just east of its confluence with the River Tamar. It was built by the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway, and the Tavy Bridge was constructed to carry the track over the Tavy Estuary and the adjoining mudflats.
1.3 miNW
Neighbourhood
Warren Point County Wildlife Site, Plymouth
33 min walk • Warren Point County Wildlife Site is a wildlife park owned and managed by the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. Located in an industrial area, northwest of the centre of Plymouth, in the Ernesettle neighbourhood of the city, the 4.4 hectare site features, woodland, grassland, salt marsh and views of the River Tamar.
1.3 miSW
Area
St Budeaux, Bere Ferrers
34 min walk • St Budeaux is an area and ward in the north west of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.