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Honicknowle

Honicknowle is an area and ward of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.

Honicknowle
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The place

Honicknowle is an area and ward of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. It borders with West Park, Crownhill, Ham, Whitleigh and Pennycross areas of Plymouth. It was previously part of Knackersknowle.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Honicknowle

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.

  1. 01
    Home Park

    Home Park is a football stadium in the area of Milehouse, Plymouth, Devon, England. With a capacity of 17,900, the ground has been the home of Plymouth Argyle Football Club since 1903, and was also used between 1900 and 1903 by Argyle Athletic club and Argyle F.C. and for athletics and rugby.

    2.8 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Tamar Bridge

    The Tamar Bridge is a suspension bridge over the River Tamar between Saltash in Cornwall and Plymouth in Devon, South West England. It is 335 metres long, running adjacent to the Royal Albert Bridge and part of the A38, a main road between the two counties.

    2.6 km · suspension bridge in southwest England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of the Ascension, Crownhill

    The Church of the Ascension is a Grade II listed Church of England church in the suburb of Crownhill in Plymouth, Devon. It was designed by the architect Robert Potter and consecrated in 1958.

    2.4 km · grade II listed church in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Crownhill Fort

    Crownhill Fort is a Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s in Crownhill as part of Lord Palmerston's ring of land defences for Plymouth. Restored by the Landmark Trust, it is now home to several small businesses, museums, exhibitions and a holiday apartment sleeping up to eight people.

    2.6 km · Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s in England · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Woodlands Fort

    Woodland Fort is a Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s as part of Lord Palmerston's ring of land defences for Plymouth, England. Currently owned by Plymouth City Council, the site is in use but largely derelict.

    1 km · fort in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Parish Church of St Nicholas and St Faith

    The Church of St Nicholas and St Faith is a Church of England parish church in Saltash, Cornwall. The church is a grade I and II listed building..

    3 km · church in Saltash, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    'The Ship', Derriford

    The Ship is an office building in Derriford, Plymouth, England. It was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw and is constructed of glass and steel in the form of a ship.

    3.5 km · listed building in Plymouth, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Central Park, Plymouth

    Plymouth's Central Park is situated to the north-east of Plymouth city centre in south-west Devon, England. Covering 68 hectares, Central Park is the largest park in Plymouth.

    3 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    UTC Plymouth

    UTC Plymouth is a university technical college that opened in the Devonport area of Plymouth, Devon, England in September 2013. The college is located on the site of the former Parkside Community College on Park Avenue.

    3.7 km · college in Plymouth, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Devonport Park

    Devonport Park is a public park located in Devonport, Devon, England. The historic park which is now grade II listed, dates back to the 1850s and is situated on former military land.

    3.9 km · park in Devonport, Plymouth · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Honicknowle

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 124 km · Bristol (BRS), 148 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 219 km
Stations
Saltash railway station, 3 km · Keyham railway station, 2.5 km · Dockyard railway station, 3.2 km · Devonport railway station, 3.6 km · St Budeaux Victoria Road railway station, 1.7 km
  • Cardiff → Honicknowle
    137 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · £22–29
  • Bristol → Honicknowle
    160 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £17–23
  • London → Honicknowle
    308 km · quickest by road, 5h 31m · £31–42
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Honicknowle

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 Honicknowle. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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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If you know how people move in Honicknowle – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

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