Egg Buckland Keep, Plymouth

#17 among attractions in Plymouth

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Egg Buckland Keep is a former 19th-century fortified barracks, 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. The keep was designed to house the garrison for the nearby Forder Battery, Bowden Fort and Fort Austin. ()

Coordinates: 50°24'13"N, 4°6'43"W

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Egg Buckland Keep – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

2.5 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Drake Circus, Bere Ferrers
63 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 miSE
Georgian house with Robert Adam interior
Saltram House, Bere Ferrers
52 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".
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.
1.8 miSW
Church
Mutley Baptist Church, Plymouth
47 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.
1.1 miNW
Museum, Military base, Historical place
Crownhill Fort, Bere Ferrers
27 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 miSW
Museum, History museum, Art gallery
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Bere Ferrers
59 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.
1.4 miSE
Museum, Scenic drives, Outdoor activities
Plym Valley Railway, Bere Ferrers
37 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 miSW
Park
Central Park, Bere Ferrers
52 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.
1.4 miE
Park
Plymbridge Woods, Plymouth
37 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 miSW
Cemetery
Ford Park Cemetery, Bere Ferrers
51 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.