Mannamead is a suburb of Plymouth in the county of

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, England. It was an affluent Victorian and early

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suburb with wide avenues such as Seymour Road, grand villas and Thorn Park. There are conservation areas but the area has been infilled and become more densely populated. There are very many care homes. The nearest secondary school is

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but the area has exceptionally frequent bus services passing many other schools. There is solid late Victorian Anglican church named ''Emmanuel'', which has a good set of well rung bells. The church is linked to others at Efford and Laira and a partnership with

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Primary School. A small row of shops lie on ''Henders Corner'' (the junction between Mannamead Road and Eggbuckland Road), as well as an

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, ''The Mannamead Surgery''. The suburb gives its name to a local branch of

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pub, ''The Mannamead'', which is situated on Mutley Plain. The ''Penguin Lounge'', formerly ''The Tap and Barrel'', is a locally owned pub situated on Ashford Crescent.

Transport

Mannamead Road, which makes up the majority of the ''B2350'', runs from

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Roundabout and Hartley to the North, down to Mutley Plain to the South. This the main traffic route for the area, and as a result hosts a frequent bus service Southbound towards the City Centre. Heading Northbound, there are

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routes towards the suburbs of

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, Eggbuckland,

Efford Efford (anciently ''Eppeford, Elforde'', etc.) is an historic manor formerly in the parish of Eggbuckland, Devon, England. Today it has been absorbed by large, mostly post-World War II, eastern suburb of the city of Plymouth. It stands on high ...

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, Whitleigh and

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, as well as

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. Stagecoach South West services use Mannamead Road on the way to

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, whilst a Target Travel route between the City Centre and Hartley Vale serves the backroads of Mannamead, such as Compton Avenue, Rockingham Road and Ashford Road. The Lipson Vale Halt railway station was situated just off of Ashford Road, before it was demolished in 1942 due to being a fire hazard during

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Parks and sports

Mutley Park and Thorn Park sit very close to each other just off of Mannamead Road to the West of the suburb. To the East of Mannamead, Trefusis Park, or ''Tippy Park'' to locals, situated off of Old Laira Road, is seen as a dividing line between Mannamead to the West,

and

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to the East,

to the North and

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to the South. Tulgey Woods, a popular

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and

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location, separates Trefusis Park and Grantley Gardens. There are two

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owned

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, one situated between Seymour Road and Elm Road, the other being situated between Overton Gardens and Compton Avenue. There is a

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and

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club, as well as the

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club, situated on Whiteford Road. The Mannamead Lawn-Tennis club, actually situated in Higher Compton, lies next to Collings Park, which is home to many local junior football teams, on Eggbuckland Road.

References

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