Parks · South West England
Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth
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Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth — park in Millbridge, Plymouth, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Plymouth · 0.9 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth is a public park in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "park in Millbridge, Plymouth, England". Coordinates: 50.3749°, -4.1557°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Tamar Valley
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Victoria Park is a park in Millbridge, Plymouth, England. It extends at the eastern end from the bowling green beneath what was once a railway viaduct to what is now the merging of Molesworth Road and Eldad Hill, and which once was a toll bridge, and an important thoroughfare between Devonport and Plymouth.
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Background
History
The area which it occupies was once a part of an area of tidal marshland, known as the Deadlake; Batholomew Terrace, a road now adjacent to the park, was marked on 19th century maps of the area as Deadlake Lane. At the end of the 19th century, culverts were constructed to channel a few small streams which fed into the Deadlake, and the creek was filled in with rubble from the quarries at Oreston and Cattedown, a mile or so away. After heavy rain the culverts can become overloaded and water forces its way to the surface. This has only been particularly dramatic once in the last 10 years, with no effect other than temporarily inconveniencing pedestrians using the park as a short cut between…
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- Coordinates
- 50.3749, -4.1557
- District
- Plymouth
- Parish
- Plymouth, unparished area
- Postcode
- PL1 5NG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
- Nearest railway station
- Plymouth — 0.9 km
- Official site
- www.plymouth.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7926919 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Victoria Park, Plymouth (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth?
- Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode PL1 5NG), in the parish of Plymouth, unparished area.
- What is Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth?
- Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth — park in Millbridge, Plymouth, England.
- How do I get to Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth?
- The nearest railway station is Plymouth, about 0.9 km away. Drivers can use postcode PL1 5NG.
- Is Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth a protected site?
- Yes — Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth is part of the Tamar Valley National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth free to visit?
- Yes, Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth is free to enter.
- How do I get to Victoria Park, Millbridge, Plymouth?
- The nearest railway station is Plymouth, about 0.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode PL1 5NG.