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Brixham Battery and Battery Gardens are an open space on the sea shore in Brixham, Devon. They are a traditional observation point for Brixham trawler races, both past and present.

The 14 acre site of Battery Gardens was first used as a battery in 1586 during the war between England and Spain. The Battery was not permanently armed but was certainly 'active' throughout the American War of Independence during the 1780's and the Napoleonic War against France during the 1800's. The Battery was also used by the Coast Guard for gunnery training during the 1870's.

All that can be seen today was built from June - September 1940 immediately following the defeat and evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk after the fall of France.

Of the 116 Emergency Batteries built in 1940 from John O'Groats to Kent, to Lands End, and to South Wales only 7 remain. Of these Brixham battery is the most complete. English Heritage had surveyed the whole site and it is now a scheduled monument.

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