Bowden Fort, Plymouth

Name: Bowden Fort
Address: Plymouth, United Kingdom

#12 among attractions in Plymouth

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Bowden Fort 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°24'20"N, 4°7'3"W

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

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

2.5 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Drake Circus, Bere Ferrers
64 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.
2.5 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Armada Centre, Bere Ferrers
64 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.
2.8 miS
Theater, Concerts and shows, Harbor
Barbican, Bere Ferrers
72 min walk • The Barbican is the name given to the western and northern sides of Sutton Harbour, the original harbour of Plymouth in Devon, England.
1.9 miSW
Church
Mutley Baptist Church, Plymouth
48 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.
2.7 miSW
Theater, Concerts and shows
Theatre Royal, Bere Ferrers
70 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.
0.8 miNW
Museum, Military base, Historical place
Crownhill Fort, Bere Ferrers
20 min walk • 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.
2.3 miS
Museum, History museum, Art gallery
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Bere Ferrers
60 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.
1.7 miSE
Museum, Scenic drives, Outdoor activities
Plym Valley Railway, Bere Ferrers
44 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.
1.9 miSW
Park
Central Park, Bere Ferrers
50 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.
1.6 miE
Park
Plymbridge Woods, Plymouth
42 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.
1.9 miSW
Cemetery
Ford Park Cemetery, Bere Ferrers
49 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.