Mount Batten

For other uses, see Mount Batten (disambiguation).

Mount Batten is a 24-metre (79 ft)-tall outcrop of rock on a 600-metre (2,000 ft) peninsula in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, named after Sir William Batten (c.1600–1667), MP and Surveyor of the Navy. It was previously called How Stert.

After some redevelopment which started with the area coming under the control of the Plymouth Development Corporation for five years from 1993, the peninsula now has a marina and centre for sea sport.

The Mount Batten Breakwater (also referred to as Cattewater Breakwater and, incorrectly, Mount 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 refurbished by the Plymouth Development Corporation opening formally in 1995. The unveiling of the plaque by opening of a temporary curtain during the 1995 re-opening ceremony was done so by 10-year-old Tim Fulfit, who was a pupil selected from the local Hooe Primary School.

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