Knowles Battery
Knowles Battery is an artillery battery in City of Plymouth, Devon. Its status is a scheduled monument. A short trip away is Plymouth Cathedral, 4.8 km off, the first of 50 within 15 km.
Fort in Plymouth
Inside Plymouth
Knowles Battery is inside Plymouth’s built-up area, with 12 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.
Month by month in Plymouth
In Plymouth, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 19–21°C.
Knowles Battery
Articles on it exist in 2 languages.
- Type
- Fort
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Plymouth
Locating Knowles Battery
Knowles Battery 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
Where to base yourself
Plymouth, with 266,970 people, is the largest of the 5. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
Around Knowles Battery
Also close at hand are 2 forts, 2 historic houses and a cathedral, among 50 within 15 km.
CathedralPlymouth Cathedral4.8 km away2
FortDrake's Island6.8 km away3Abbey or prioryAbbey or priory · National TrustBuckland Abbey7.6 km away4
MuseumHMS Courageous5.3 km away5
FortWoodland Fort800 m away6
Historic house · National TrustSaltram House7 km away7
Castle · English HeritageRoyal Citadel6 km away8
Historic house · National TrustCotehele House9.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Knowles Battery: the answers
Where is Knowles Battery?
Knowles Battery is in Plymouth, Devon, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Knowles Battery?
Artillery battery in City of Plymouth, Devon, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Knowles Battery?
June to September are the warmest months in Plymouth, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Knowles Battery a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Knowles Battery?
Within 15 km: Plymouth Cathedral (4.8 km), Drake's Island (6.8 km), Buckland Abbey (7.6 km) and HMS Courageous (5.3 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)
- Knowles Battery: 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
- HMS Courageous: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodland Fort: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Cotehele House: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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