Grid reference SX4758
near to Crownhill, Plymouth, England
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School and Houses
In the foreground, part of Chaucer Primary School with housing in the background
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Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon - steam engine
This college closed in 1995 and engineer officer training is now undertaken at HMS Sultan, Gosport. As far as I know this lovely test engine was scrapped. It was an inverted vertical compound (enclosed) engine built in c1917 by Browett,... (more)
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Layby on the A38 near Pennycross
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Tesco, Honicknowle
This seems quite a big store, but it's set to be demolished and replaced with an even bigger one, to be sited further west - ie behind the camera. Tesco has been here since 2001; the store was formerly a Plymco (Co-operative).
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An ill-fitting memorial - Manadon, Plymouth
Once standing proud above the portals of HMS Thunderer, the Royal Naval Engineering College,the turret stands beside the road, clad in plywood. Although initially planned as early as 1937 the foundation stone of the completed establishment... (more)
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Horsham Lane, Honicknowle, Plymouth
A narrow cul-de-sac with old houses on the left, a primary school beyond the stone wall on the right and modern houses beyond. Formerly this was a lane giving access to fields
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Footpath and private land at Manadon - Plymouth
The footpath leads from the lower slopes of Manadon to the new housing estate built on the one time site of the old Royal Naval Engineering College.
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New Housing Development
The land on which these houses are built used to be the site of Manadon Royal Naval College which was vacated by the Navy and demolished a few years ago.
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Path, Honicknowle
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Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon - condenser and air pump
This college closed in 1995 and engineer officer training is now undertaken at HMS Sultan, Gosport. As far as I know the lovely test engine was scrapped. It was an inverted vertical compound (enclosed) engine built in c1917 by Browett,... (more)
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School playing fields, Honicknowle
The footpath leads to the nearby retail park
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Matalan, Honicknowle
The southeast side of the retail chain's Transit Way Shopping Village store.
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