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Places worth the detour in Plymouth

22 places worth going out of your way for lie within 20 km of Plymouth, United Kingdom, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (14). Best known: Drake's Island. 20 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Archaeological14 Nature8
Within 20 km
22
Oldest
Buckland Abbey 1278
Little known
20 of 22
Most from
13th century

All 22, ranked 22

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

Within reach of Plymouth

Paignton · 42 km21 Exeter · 59 km8 Penzance · 103 km21 Weymouth · 122 km25 Somerset · 131 km25 Swansea Bay City Region · 136 km18 Cardiff · 141 km10

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Plymouth?

22 places within 20 km: 14 archaeological & historic sites and 8 nature & landscapes. The best known is Drake's Island.

Is there anything near Plymouth that most visitors miss?

20 of these 22 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Plymouth?

Buckland Abbey, dated to 1278.

How is the 20 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Plymouth, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.