Crownhill Fort
Crownhill Fort is a royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s. Plymouth has it inside its built-up area. It is on the official list as a scheduled monument.
Castle in Plymouth
Inside Plymouth
Crownhill Fort is inside Plymouth’s built-up area, with 14 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Plymouth has 738 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
A month-by-month guide
Afternoons in Plymouth reach 19–21°C from June to September.
Crownhill Fort
The site is run by Landmark Trust. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 3 languages. Within 15 km there are 48 more places to visit, starting with Plymouth Cathedral (4.7 km).
- Type
- Castle
- Run by
- Landmark Trust
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Plymouth
- Official site
- landmarktrust.org.uk/crownhill-fort
Getting to Crownhill Fort
Orange marks Crownhill Fort, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Plymouth’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
The list runs from its own town outward.
Nearby, too
2 forts, 2 historic houses and a cathedral are among the 48 within 15 km.
CathedralPlymouth Cathedral4.7 km away2
FortDrake's Island6.6 km away3
Historic house · National TrustSaltram House4.9 km away4Abbey or prioryAbbey or priory · National TrustBuckland Abbey7.6 km away5
Castle · English HeritageRoyal Citadel5.4 km away6
MuseumHMS Courageous6.1 km away7
FortWoodland Fort1.7 km away8
Historic house · National TrustCotehele House11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Crownhill Fort: what to know
Where is Crownhill Fort?
Crownhill Fort is in Plymouth, Devon, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Crownhill Fort?
Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s in England.
Who runs Crownhill Fort?
Landmark Trust.
When is the best time to visit Crownhill Fort?
June to September are the warmest months in Plymouth, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Crownhill Fort a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Crownhill Fort?
Within 15 km: Plymouth Cathedral (4.7 km), Drake's Island (6.6 km), Saltram House (4.9 km) and Buckland Abbey (7.6 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Crownhill Fort: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Plymouth Cathedral: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drake's Island: Janipewter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saltram House: Chilli Head from Weston-super-Mare, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Citadel: Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Courageous: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodland Fort: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cotehele House: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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