Forts · South West England
Bowden Battery
In or near Tamerton Foliot.
Bowden Battery is a fort in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Plym Bridge · 2.7 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Bowden Battery, the nearest railway station is Plym Bridge, located 2.7 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is PL6 5WE. Entry details are not provided, so please check in advance for accessibility information.
About
Bowden Battery is a historic fort or fortified site in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1863. Coordinates: 50.4056°, -4.1174°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: South Devon
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Tamar Valley
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
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. Designed by Captain (later Maj General) Edmund Frederick Du Cane, it was built by George Baker and Company and finished by the Royal Engineers. The fort was connected by a military road to the nearby Crownhill Fort and Forder Battery. It was armed with 12 guns and 3 mortars. To house part of the fort's garrison a barrack block for 12 men was built within the rear section of the fort. By the early 1900s the fort had become obsolete as a defensive position and was disarmed. By 1960 it had been sold by the War Office to Plymouth City Council. It was Grade II listed in 1973. It is now used as a garden centre. The rear gorge has been filled in and now provides car parking.
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- Coordinates
- 50.4056, -4.1174
- District
- Plymouth
- Parish
- Plymouth, unparished area
- Postcode
- PL6 5WE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- Established
- 1863
- Nearest railway station
- Plym Bridge — 2.7 km
Sources
- osm: n4941827436 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Bowden Fort (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Plymouth Garden Centre, Bowden Battery - geograph.org.uk - 85864.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bowden Battery?
- Bowden Battery is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode PL6 5WE), in the parish of Plymouth, unparished area.
- What is Bowden Battery?
- Bowden Battery is a fort in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Bowden Battery?
- The nearest railway station is Plym Bridge, about 2.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode PL6 5WE.
- When was Bowden Battery built?
- Built or established in 1863.
- Is Bowden Battery a protected site?
- Yes — Bowden Battery is part of the South Devon National Landscape (AONB) and the Tamar Valley National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Bowden Battery?
- The nearest railway station is Plym Bridge, about 2.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode PL6 5WE.