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North Prospect, Plymouth — Area Guide & Where to Stay
North Prospect is an area in Plymouth, with St James the Less and Ham House the only landmarks the record fixes inside it.
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Where to stay in North Prospect
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
One church, one house. That pair is all the record gives North Prospect, which makes a decision to sleep here a decision about Plymouth itself rather than about anything the area sets in front of a visitor. St James the Less is the church.
Ham House is the house. Plymouth carries the rooms, the transport and everything else a stay out here would otherwise need.
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St James the Less and Ham House are the only two entries the record keeps for North Prospect, which otherwise reads as plain Plymouth housing. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in North ProspectEverything the two North Prospect landmarks do not coverPlymouth
Plymouth supplies the beds and the rest of the sightseeing, which leaves North Prospect an area to pass through rather than to base a stay in.Find hotels in PlymouthHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About North Prospect
What are the main landmarks in North Prospect?
Two names, nothing else. St James the Less carries the dedication to St James, and Ham House is the second and last entry the record keeps for this part of Plymouth, with no museum, monument or park listed beside them. The rest of the list is blank.
Anyone wanting more than a church and a house looks to Plymouth.
What is the history of North Prospect?
Plymouth's file for North Prospect runs to a few lines. North Prospect is described as an area in Plymouth and nothing more, without a founding year, without a charter and without a dated event to hang the name on. St James the Less supplies the one ecclesiastical name.
Ham House supplies the one domestic name. What survives of the past here survives as those two buildings, and the account offers no line of settlement, no parish story and no industry behind them.
Where is North Prospect?
North Prospect is an area in Plymouth, and the record places St James the Less and Ham House within its streets.
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What is the best area to stay in North Prospect?
North Prospect: The St James the Less and Ham House corner of Plymouth. Plymouth: Everything the two North Prospect landmarks do not cover.
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Updated October 2026