Leigham
Leigham is the name of an area of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.
Leigham is the name of an area of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Leigham
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.
- 01Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth Marjon University, commonly referred to as Marjon, is the trading name of the University of St Mark and St John, a university based primarily on a single campus on the northern edge of Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. Formerly named University College Plymouth St Mark & St John, the institution was awarded full university status in 2013.
2.3 km · University in Plymouth, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Saltram 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".
2.5 km · George II era mansion located in Plympton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church 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.
3 km · grade II listed church in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Crownhill 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.
2.9 km · Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s in England · Wikipedia - 05Fort Austin
Fort Austin 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.
900 m · fort in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Tamar Science Park
Plymouth Science Park, previously known as Tamar Science Park, is a science and technology park located in Plymouth, Devon, in southern England. The park was incorporated in 1995, with two principal stakeholders and founding partners – Plymouth City Council and the University of Plymouth.
2 km · Science and technology park in Devon, England · Wikipedia - 07Plym Valley Railway
The Plym Valley Railway is a 1-mile-14-chain heritage railway based on part of the now-closed South Devon and Tavistock Railway, a branch line of the Great Western Railway in Devon, England. The line originally opened in 1859 and closed in 1962.
1.1 km · heritage railway in the UK · Wikipedia - 08Plympton 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.
3.9 km · Grade I listed country house in Plympton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church 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.
3.9 km · church in Plympton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10The Rectory
The Old Rectory is a grade II* listed townhouse in Plympton, Devon, England. It was listed on 23 April 1952.
3.9 km · house in Plympton St Maurice, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Leigham
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 122 km · Bristol (BRS), 146 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 219 km
- Stations
- Plymouth City Airport, 2.4 km
- Cardiff → Leigham136 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · £22–29
- Bristol → Leigham157 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £17–23
- London → Leigham8 km · quickest by road, 39 min · £1
- 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 Leigham
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 Leigham. 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.
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