King's Tamerton is a
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...
of
Plymouth
Plymouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers River Plym, Plym and River Tamar, Tamar, about southwest of Exeter and ...
in the county of
Devon
Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...
, England.
It was largely built post-war adjacent to
St Budeaux
St Budeaux is an area and wards of the United Kingdom, ward in the north west of Plymouth in the England, English county of Devon.
Original settlement
The name St Budeaux comes from Budoc, Saint Budoc, the Bishop of Dol (Brittany). Around 480 ...
and overlooking the Naval base and the Hamoaze which is the wide estuary of the
River Tamar
The Tamar (; ) is a river in south west England that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west). A large part of the valley of the Tamar is protected as the Tamar Valley National Landscape (an Area of Outsta ...
.
Schools in the area include
Marine Academy Plymouth.
References
Suburbs of Plymouth, Devon
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