Forts · South West England
Knowles Battery
In or near Tamerton Foliot.
Knowles 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
- St Budeaux Victoria Road · 2.2 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Knowles Battery, the nearest railway station is St Budeaux Victoria Road, located 2.2 km away. The postcode for navigation is PL5 3RL. Entry details are not provided, so please check in advance for accessibility options.
About
Knowles Battery is a historic fort or fortified site in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1863. Coordinates: 50.4161°, -4.1648°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Tamar-Tavy Estuary SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Tamar Valley
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
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. Designed by Captain (later Maj General) Edmund Frederick Du Cane, it was built by George Baker and Company and finished by the Royal Engineers. It was designed to be armed with thirteen guns. Fire from the battery linked with nearby Woodlands Fort and Agaton Fort By the early 1900s the fort had become obsolete as a defensive position and was disarmed. It was sold by the War Department in 1930. A school was built on the site in the 1960s. Knowles Battery was listed as a scheduled monument in 1973. It is now part of Knowle Primary School.
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- Coordinates
- 50.4161, -4.1648
- District
- Plymouth
- Parish
- Plymouth, unparished area
- Postcode
- PL5 3RL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- Established
- 1863
- Nearest railway station
- St Budeaux Victoria Road — 2.2 km
Sources
- osm: w503949645 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Knowles Battery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Knowle Battery.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Knowles Battery?
- Knowles Battery is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode PL5 3RL), in the parish of Plymouth, unparished area.
- What is Knowles Battery?
- Knowles Battery is a fort in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Knowles Battery?
- The nearest railway station is St Budeaux Victoria Road, about 2.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode PL5 3RL.
- When was Knowles Battery built?
- Built or established in 1863.
- Is Knowles Battery a protected site?
- Yes — Knowles Battery is part of the Tamar-Tavy Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Tamar Valley National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Knowles Battery?
- The nearest railway station is St Budeaux Victoria Road, about 2.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode PL5 3RL.