IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Durrant Close, PLYMOUTH, PL1 4BS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Durrant Close, PL1 4BS by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (127 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
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The Doris Gun in Devonport Park
A trophy from the Boer War this gun was erected here by the crew of H.M.S Doris. In the background is the Bowling Pavilion.
Image: © Tony Atkin
Taken: 27 Jan 2008
0.02 miles
2
Petanque court in Devonport Park
The game has become more popular in the UK in recent years. I do wonder what the bowls player Drake would have thought of the French version of the game being played in Plymouth?
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 29 Jun 2023
0.03 miles
3
Higher Park Lodge, Devonport Park
This may originally have been a park facility but is now a dementia care home.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 27 Jun 2023
0.03 miles
4
The Doris Gun in Devonport Park
The history of the gun is that it was a South African weapon in the Boer War, and British servicemen transported it 800 hundred miles to their ship HMS Doris. When the ship returned to Devonport it was retained as a memorial to the sailors who died in the war and it was unveiled in the park in 1904 by Admiral E.H. Seymour. Listed grade II (list entry 1390062) as 'a most unusual Boer War memorial'.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 29 Jun 2023
0.03 miles
6
The Doris Gun in Devonport Park (2)
The history of the gun is that it was a South African weapon in the Boer War, and British servicemen transported it 800 hundred miles to their ship HMS Doris. When the ship returned to Devonport it was retained as a memorial to the sailors who died in the war and it was unveiled in the park in 1904 by Admiral E.H. Seymour. Listed grade II (list entry 1390062) as 'a most unusual Boer War memorial'. This includes 14 names with rank.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 29 Jun 2023
0.04 miles
7
Path, Devonport Park
A tree-lined path across the southern edge of the park, east of Park Avenue.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 30 Jan 2010
0.04 miles
8
Table tennis and cycle parking in Devonport Park
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 29 Jun 2023
0.07 miles
