Manadon is a

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Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ...

in the

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county of

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. It has two primary schools, St Boniface's Catholic College (secondary comprehensive), and is home to the Manadon interchange, on the

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. Manadon Park, a development of varying housing types is built on the former site of the RNEC Manadon (HMS Thunderer), the

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's former Engineering College. The park retains Manadon House, the old Manor House and former chapel from its naval service.

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Suburbs of Plymouth, Devon {{Devon-geo-stub