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Pennycomequick, Plymouth — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Pennycomequick is an inner suburb of the city of Plymouth, in Devon, standing on the site of a former Devonport prison.
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Where to stay in Pennycomequick
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
A prison site turned suburb. Pennycomequick stands among the inner suburbs of Plymouth, which means a room here is inside the city rather than out in the Devon country beyond it, and on ground the record ties to Devonport. The account names no landmark at all.
Plymouth itself carries the beds and the sights.
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Pennycomequick
Pennycomequick occupies the site of a former Devonport prison among the inner suburbs, which leaves it without anything the record is willing to call a landmark. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in PennycomequickThe Devon city Pennycomequick was absorbed intoPlymouth
The city of Plymouth holds the rooms, and Pennycomequick reads as one of its inner suburbs rather than a separate destination in Devon.Find hotels in PlymouthThe name the old prison carriedDevonport
Devonport gave its name to the prison whose site Pennycomequick occupies, and it is the only other place-name the record attaches to this suburb. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in DevonportHotel 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 Pennycomequick
What are the main landmarks in Pennycomequick?
Pennycomequick's landmark list is blank. No church, monument or museum is recorded for Pennycomequick, and what the account offers in place of a landmark is the ground itself: the site of a former Devonport prison, taken into the inner suburbs of Plymouth. Devon supplies the wider setting.
Sightseeing means walking into the city.
What is the history of Pennycomequick?
A prison stood here. Pennycomequick is recorded as the site of a former Devonport prison, and the account carries the name no further back than that, without a founding year, a charter or a dated event. The site passed into Plymouth.
What had been prison ground became part of the inner suburbs of the city, in Devon, and that is the whole of the sequence the record preserves for the place.
Where is Pennycomequick?
Pennycomequick lies among the inner suburbs of the city of Plymouth, in Devon, England, on ground once held by a Devonport prison.
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What is the best area to stay in Pennycomequick?
Pennycomequick: The former Devonport prison ground inside Plymouth. Plymouth: The Devon city Pennycomequick was absorbed into. Devonport: The name the old prison carried.
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Updated September 2026