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Fishing boats in Sutton Harbour at the Barbican.
A depiction of the town and fortifications of Plymouth around Sutton Pool, from a chart dated 1540.

Sutton Harbour, formerly known as Sutton Pool, is the original port of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is still a busy fishing port and marina and is bounded on one side by the historic Barbican district. It is famous as the last departure point in England of the Mayflower, the ship that carried the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World.

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Sutton Harbour

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Sutton Harbour, formerly known as Sutton Pool, is the original port of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is still a busy fishing port and marina and is bounded...

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Plymouth City Airport

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owned by Plymouth City Council and leased to Plymouth-based company Sutton Harbour Group under its wholly owned subsidiary Plymouth City Airport Limited...

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Sutton

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Plymouth, Devon Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, Devon Sutton Waldron, Dorset Sutton, Essex Long Sutton, Hampshire Sutton Scotney, Hampshire Sutton, Herefordshire...

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Air Southwest

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Air Southwest was a British airline founded by Sutton Harbour Holdings in 2003. Ownership was transferred to Eastern Airways in September 2010 but operations...

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BBC South West

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West moving to a new purpose-built broadcasting centre on the banks of Sutton Harbour, opposite the Barbican in Plymouth city centre. The move stalled, however...

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Mount Batten

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Batten Pier) to the west doubles as a breakwater for the Cattewater and Sutton Harbour. It was built in 1881 by the Cattewater Commissioners and subsequently...

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Plymouth Friary railway station

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Sutton Harbour branch.[page needed] On 22 October 1879 an extension was opened through a short tunnel beneath Exeter Street to North Quay on Sutton Harbour...

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Plymouth Sound

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Fishing vessels use it from Sutton Harbour beside the old town of Plymouth, called the Barbican. There are marinas at Sutton Harbour, Mount Wise in the Hamoaze...

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Fortifications of Plymouth

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largest naval base. The first medieval defences were built to defend Sutton Harbour on the eastern side of Plymouth Sound at the mouth of the River Plym...

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Exeter to Plymouth railway of the LSWR

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on the east side of Plymouth. This used a connection over the SDR's Sutton Harbour branch, which made an east-facing connection with the main line at Laira...

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Plymouth

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evolving from a trading post at Mount Batten into the thriving market town of Sutton, which was formally re-named as Plymouth in 1439 when it was made a borough...

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Railways in Plymouth

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6 in (1.37 m) Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway ran from Princetown to Sutton Harbour and the Cattewater. Branches were opened to Cann Quarry in 1829 and...

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Great Western Railway

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was also a small extension at Sutton Harbour in Plymouth in 1879. Part of a mixed gauge point remains at Sutton Harbour, one of the few examples of broad...

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Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway

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at Sutton Harbour (actually Bayly Wharf and Lockyer's Quay), forked and straddling "tidal mud"; this is labelled "Plymouth & Dartmoor Tramway Sutton Harbour...

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Sutton Hoo

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Domesday Book as Hoi / Hou. Sutton Hoo lies along a bank of the tidal estuary of the River Deben. On the opposite bank the harbour town of Woodbridge stands...

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Mulberry harbour

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Mulberry harbours were two temporary portable harbours developed by the British Admiralty and War Office during the Second World War to facilitate the...

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Cattewater Wreck

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Cattewater, Plymouth Sound, England. This wreck is close to the entrance of Sutton Harbour, its name is still unknown but it is believed to be from the 16th century...

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History of Plymouth

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the more prosperous Saxon settlement of Sutton, later renamed Plymouth, surpassed it. With its natural harbour and open access to the Atlantic, the town...

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Mablethorpe loop railway

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village of Sutton le Marsh two miles south of Mablethorpe. The location was considered to offer an excellent location for a new harbour. The Sutton and Willoughby...

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Tamar barge

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of Stonehouse, Plymouth and David Banks of Queen Anne’s Battery in Sutton Harbour, Plymouth.[citation needed] There are only two surviving Tamar barges...

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South West Coast Path

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Plymouth Hoe with its views across Plymouth Sound. It then crosses Sutton Harbour by the Mayflower Steps then skirts the hill of Cattedown to cross the...

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Dan McCauley

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McCauley (16 January 1936 – 28 March 2020) was a major shareholder of Sutton Harbour Holdings plc, in which he held a 30% stake. Ranked at 723 on The Times...

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Linda Gilroy

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votes made. Her attendance record was 80%. She lives in Plymouth beside Sutton Harbour and has been married to Bernard Gilroy since 1987; [citation needed]...

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