Traditional county: Devon · Unitary authority: City of Plymouth · Region: South West
Explore Turnchapel, Devon with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Turnchapel map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Turnchapel |
| Traditional County | Devon |
| Unitary Authority | City of Plymouth |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.358060 |
| Longitude | -4.118093 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Turnchapel occupies a jagged thumb of land that juts into the tidal currents of the River Plym. It lies 1.3 miles south-east of Plymouth (from Plymouth: bearing 128°T, OS grid SX 494 530). Salt-scoured slate and limestone define the geology here, grounding the houses against the relentless push of the Atlantic weather. To the west, the cooling waters off Mount Batten catch the low, bruising light of dusk, turning the harbour into a sheet of hammered pewter. The persistent industry of the region echoes in the nearby Wallsend Industrial Estate SSSI, where rare botanical life persists amidst the remnants of a working waterfront. Turnchapel retains a quiet, maritime gravity, its narrow lanes carrying the scent of drying kelp and engine oil rather than the perfume of a manicured suburb. Rising above the waterline, the ruins of Fort Stamford remain a silent sentry, monitoring the heavy traffic of vessels moving toward the deeper reaches of the Sound. This coastline suggests a history of iron and grit, where the wind never fully ceases its conversation with the stone.
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Explore Turnchapel, Devon, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.358060, -4.118093. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |