HMS Courageous
HMS Courageous is a 1970 Churchill-class submarine. The built-up area of Plymouth includes it. Running it is Royal Navy.
Museum in Plymouth
Inside Plymouth
HMS Courageous is inside Plymouth’s built-up area, with 20 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.
The best months to visit
Highs of 19–21°C mark June to September in Plymouth.
HMS Courageous
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 7 languages. A short trip away is Drake's Island, 2.7 km off, the first of 45 within 15 km.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Royal Navy
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- in Plymouth
- Official site
- hmscourageous.co.uk
Its place on the map
Orange is HMS Courageous; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Plymouth’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases for a visit
Home to 266,970 people, Plymouth is the largest of these 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Plymouth
Torpoint
Millbrook
Cawsand and Kingsand
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where HMS Courageous is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | It’s in town | 266,970 | 40 |
| Torpoint | 800 m west of it | 7,163 | 25 |
| Millbrook | 2.4 km southwest of it | 2,299 | 15 |
| Cawsand and Kingsand | 3.9 km south of it | 572 | 9 |
| Saltash | 4 km northwest of it | 15,433 | 14 |
| Carkeel | 7 km northwest of it | 287 | 7 |
| Heybrook Bay | 7.5 km southeast of it | 467 | 11 |
| Cargreen | 8.1 km north of it | 229 | 7 |
Make a day of it near HMS Courageous
3 historic houses, 2 castles and a fort are among the 45 within 15 km.
FortDrake's Island2.7 km away2
CathedralPlymouth Cathedral2.3 km away3
Castle · English HeritageRoyal Citadel3.3 km away4
Historic houseMount Edgcumbe House1.9 km away5
GardenMount Edgcumbe Country Park1.9 km away6
CastleInce Castle5 km away7
Historic house · National TrustSaltram House7.3 km away8
Historic houseAntony House4.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting HMS Courageous
Where is HMS Courageous?
HMS Courageous is in Plymouth, Devon, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is HMS Courageous?
1970 Churchill-class submarine.
Who runs HMS Courageous?
Royal Navy.
When is the best time to visit HMS Courageous?
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 HMS Courageous?
Within 15 km: Drake's Island (2.7 km), Plymouth Cathedral (2.3 km), Royal Citadel (3.3 km) and Mount Edgcumbe House (1.9 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 (9)
- HMS Courageous: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drake's Island: Janipewter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Plymouth Cathedral: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Citadel: Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Edgcumbe House: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Edgcumbe Country Park: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ince Castle: Bill Booth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saltram House: Chilli Head from Weston-super-Mare, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antony House: Brian, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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