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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Down Thomas

  

Down Thomas Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Down Thomas

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You can visit Down Thomas places with Walkfo Down Thomas to hear history at Down Thomas’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Down Thomas has 32 places to visit in our interactive Down Thomas map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Down Thomas, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Down Thomas places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Down Thomas & the surrounding areas.

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32 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Down Thomas tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Down Thomas

  

Best Down Thomas places to visit

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Down Thomas has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Down Thomas’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Down Thomas’s information audio spots:

RM Turnchapel Royal Marines Turnchapel is a former Royal Marines military installation in South Devon. It is located 1.2 miles (1.9 km) east of Plymouth, Devon and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) north east of Torpoint, Cornwall.

Lord Howard’s Battery Lord Howard’s Battery is a former gun battery built in 1908–09 to defend the approach to HMNB Devonport through Plymouth Sound and Jennycliff Bay. The battery was armed with two BL 6-inch Mk VII guns, which were removed prior to World War II. After its closure, the battery was used as a caravan site.

Frobisher Battery Frobisher Battery is a former gun battery at Staddon Heights, Plymouth, Devon. The original battery at the site, Twelve Acre Brake Battery, was completed in 1867 with positions for three guns. In 1888–1892, a new battery was built on the site and renamed Frobishers Battery. It was armed with one RML 12.5-inch 38-ton gun, intended to be used to bombard enemy ships attempting to enter Plymouth Sound.

Lentney Battery Lentney Battery was built in 1905 as one of three 6-inch gun batteries for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. The battery was manned by the Devonshire royal Garrison Artillery. In 1930 the battery was disarmed, but later re-armed during the Second World War. It was released by the military in 1991 and became Grade II listed.

Watch House Battery Watch House Battery was one of a number of batteries to defend the Eastern approaches to Plymouth Sound. It was originally built as a small pentagonal redoubt with emplacements for five guns. During the First World War the battery was manned by the Devonshire Royal Garrison Artillery. It remained armed until the dissolution of coast artillery in the UK in 1956 when it was disarmed.

Plymouth Sound, Shores and Cliffs Plymouth Sound, Shores and Cliffs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It stretches across the two ceremonial counties of Devon and Cornwall. It contains fossils of plants and sea creatures and its cliffs show a timeline of the Middle to Devonian period.

Radford, Plymstock Radford in the parish of Plymstock in Devon is a historic manor and the oldest recorded seat of the prominent Harris family. It is today a low-cost housing suburb of the City of Plymouth. The 16th century manor house of the Harris family was remodelled in the 18th century and demolished in 1937.

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