Elburton
Elburton is a small suburb of Plymstock, part of the City of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.
Elburton is a small suburb of Plymstock, part of the City of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. It lies on the south eastern edge of Plymouth and is a gateway to the South Hams. Elburton is a dormitory area for the city and apart from a few older houses around the little shopping strip on Springfield Road, it is a very densely populated mix of extensive housing estates.
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Worth seeing in and around Elburton
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Saltram House
Saltram House is a grade I listed George II era house in Plympton, Devon, England. It was deemed by the architectural critic Nikolaus Pevsner to be "the most impressive country house in Devon".
2.8 km · George II era mansion located in Plympton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Fort Stamford
Stamford Fort is a 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport.
4 km · fort in City of Plymouth, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Laira Bridge
Laira Bridge is a disused railway bridge that crosses the River Plym in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. In 2015, it was refurbished to carry a pedestrian and cycle path.
3.4 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Langdon Court
Langdon Court is a former manor house, in Wembury, South Devon, England. It consists of a single courtyard mansion from 1693 and a walled formal garden.
3.8 km · country house hotel in Wembury, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Staddon Fort
Staddon Fort is a 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport.
3.9 km · fort in Plymouth, Devon, UK · Wikipedia - 06Plympton House
Plympton House is the principal residence at the Plympton House Estate, in the parish of Plympton St Maurice, Devon, England. It is a Grade I listed country house, in the William and Mary tradition, near St Maurice's Church in Plympton, commenced by Sir George Treby and completed c. 1715 – 1720 by his son George Treby.
3.1 km · Grade I listed country house in Plympton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Maurice, Plympton
Church of St Maurice is located in Plympton, Devon, England. Dating to the 15th century, it is now a Grade II* listed building.
2.9 km · church in Plympton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08The Rectory
The Old Rectory is a grade II* listed townhouse in Plympton, Devon, England. It was listed on 23 April 1952.
2.8 km · house in Plympton St Maurice, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Efford Fort
Fort Efford is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth.
4 km · fort in City of Plymouth, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Island House
Island House is a Grade II listed building in Plympton, Devon, England. Standing at 4 Church Street, at the corner with Fore Street, Plympton's main street, it dates to the 18th century.
2.9 km · house in Plympton St Maurice, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Elburton
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 126 km · Bristol (BRS), 148 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 214 km
- Cardiff → Elburton139 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · £21–28
- Bristol → Elburton160 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £17–22
- London → Elburton304 km · quickest by road, 5h 27m · £31–41
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Elburton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Elburton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIf you are coming in by car but don't want to face the parking problems of the city-centre, there are also three main Park & Ride sites serving the city: (east near Plympton), (north) and (city centre) {{go | name | url | address | long | phone | hours | wikidata 2023-12-31 | content=Brittany Ferries operates services to Plymouth from Santander (22 hours) and Roscoff (6 hours during the day, 8 hours during the night).
- Get inThe Ferry Terminal is to the west of the City Centre at the Millbay Docks, about (800 m) a mile walk from the Hoe and Central shopping precinct.
- Get aroundOne of the most 'local' ways to get around is by water taxi or boat.
- Get aroundThe two most popular services amongst locals are probably the Barbican-Mountbatten line and the Cremyll Ferry from Admiral's Hard to Mount Edgecumbe.
- Get aroundThese can be relatively busy during the evenings and at rush hour; the Cremyll Ferry in particular can be quite full of school children at around 4pm during term time.
From Wikivoyage: Plymouth (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Elburton
- Brixtonvillage and civil parish in Devon, England2.2 km
- Plymptonsuburb of Plymouth, England, UK3.1 km
- Sherfordtown in Devon, United Kingdom1.9 km
- Crabtreesuburb in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK3.8 km
- Hooesuburb of Plymstock, in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK3.6 km
- Lairasuburb in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK3.5 km