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Forder Battery

Forder Battery is an artillery battery in Plymouth, Devon. Nearby, Plymouth Cathedral (4.5 km) heads a list of 47 within 15 km. It has articles in 2 Wikipedias.

Where
In Plymouth
inside the built-up area
How well known
Top 44%
#3,733 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Sep
highs of 19–21°C
In brief

Fort in Plymouth

Inside Plymouth

Forder Battery is inside Plymouth’s built-up area, with 18 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

The warmest afternoons in Plymouth run June to September, at 19–21°C.

Jan9° / 4°121 mm
Feb9° / 3°96 mm
Mar11° / 4°80 mm
Apr14° / 6°72 mm
May16° / 8°66 mm
Jun19° / 11°71 mm
Jul21° / 13°74 mm
Aug21° / 13°87 mm
Sep19° / 11°76 mm
Oct15° / 9°123 mm
Nov12° / 6°129 mm
Dec10° / 4°135 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Plymouth, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Plymouth. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Plymouth’s full climate →
About

Forder Battery

Artillery battery in Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.

In Plymouth, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type
Fort
Wikipedias
Covered in 2 languages
Town
in Plymouth
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Its place on the map

Use the numbers to match each place near Forder Battery with the list.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Plymouth’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Plymouth

266,970 people · 40 places to visit

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Forder Battery

47 more lie within 15 km, 2 forts, 2 castles and a cathedral among them.

1CathedralPlymouth Cathedral4.5 km away2FortDrake's Island6.2 km away3Historic house · National TrustSaltram House3.2 km away4Castle · English HeritageRoyal Citadel4.8 km away5FortFort Austin700 m away6Abbey or prioryAbbey or priory · National TrustBuckland Abbey8.7 km away7CastleCrownhill Fort1.8 km away8MuseumHMS Courageous6.5 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions people have about Forder Battery

Where is Forder Battery?

Forder Battery is in Plymouth, Devon, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Forder Battery?

Artillery battery in Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Forder Battery?

June to September are the warmest months in Plymouth, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Forder Battery?

Within 15 km: Plymouth Cathedral (4.5 km), Drake's Island (6.2 km), Saltram House (3.2 km) and Royal Citadel (4.8 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 (7)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.