Fort Austin
Fort Austin is a fort in Plymouth, Devon. It is a scheduled monument. There are 47 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Plymouth Cathedral (4.5 km).
Fort in Plymouth
Inside Plymouth
Fort Austin is inside Plymouth’s built-up area, with 18 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.
Weather by the month
Warm weather in Plymouth runs June to September, with highs of 19–21°C.
Fort Austin
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 3 languages.
- Type
- Fort
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Plymouth
Where Fort Austin is
Fort Austin is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Plymouth’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns
Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
More near Fort Austin
The 47 places within 15 km include 2 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.
CathedralPlymouth Cathedral4.5 km away2
Historic house · National TrustSaltram House2.5 km away3
FortDrake's Island6.1 km away4
Castle · English HeritageRoyal Citadel4.6 km away5
CastlePlympton Castle4.2 km away6Abbey or prioryAbbey or priory · National TrustBuckland Abbey9.3 km away7
MuseumPlym Valley Railway1.6 km away8
MuseumHMS Courageous6.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Fort Austin in questions
Where is Fort Austin?
Fort Austin is in Plymouth, Devon, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Fort Austin?
Fort in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Fort Austin?
June to September are the warmest months in Plymouth, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Fort Austin a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Fort Austin?
Within 15 km: Plymouth Cathedral (4.5 km), Saltram House (2.5 km), Drake's Island (6.1 km) and Royal Citadel (4.6 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)
- Fort Austin: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Plymouth Cathedral: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saltram House: Chilli Head from Weston-super-Mare, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drake's Island: Janipewter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Citadel: Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Plympton Castle: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Plym Valley Railway: Mark A Coleman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Courageous: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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