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Plymouth Hoe
Large south-facing open space above the seafront cliffs with views over Plymouth Sound and Drake's Island.
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Plymouth: things to do
Places worth your time in Plymouth
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Things to do in Plymouth
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Lighthouse
Smeaton's Tower
Upper section of John Smeaton's third Eddystone Lighthouse, in use 1759 to 1877, rebuilt on the Hoe as a memorial.
Fort
Royal Citadel
Fortress of the late 1660s by Sir Bernard de Gomme at the eastern end of the Hoe; a scheduled monument.
Museum
The Box
Museum, gallery and archive opened in 2020, combining the former city museum, central library and St Luke's Church.
Historic quarter
The Barbican
Old harbour quarter beside Sutton Harbour with about 100 listed buildings and Britain's largest concentration of cobbled streets.
Monument
Mayflower Steps
Memorial near the spot from which the Pilgrim Fathers are believed to have sailed on the Mayflower in 1620.
Museum
Mayflower Museum
Museum and tourist information centre on the Barbican, opposite the Mayflower Steps.
Historic house
Elizabethan House
Late 16th-century house on New Street run by The Box; closed in winter, reopening in spring.
Historic building
Prysten House
Grade I listed merchant's house built about 1498 beside St Andrew's Church.
Church
Minster Church of St Andrew
Fifteenth-century parish church, the largest in historic Devon, rebuilt after Blitz damage and made a minster in 2009.
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Ruin
Charles Church
Now-derelict church that was once the second-oldest parish church in Plymouth.
Aquarium
National Marine Aquarium
The UK's largest aquarium, opened in 1998 on Sutton Harbour and run by the Ocean Conservation Trust.
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Lido
Tinside Lido
Art Deco open-air pool of 1935 below the Hoe on Plymouth Sound, open between May and September.
Distillery
Plymouth Gin Distillery
Black Friars Distillery on the Barbican, established in 1793 and the only place that makes Plymouth Gin.
Memorial
Plymouth Naval Memorial
War memorial on the Hoe to Commonwealth sailors lost in both world wars with no known grave.
Historic site
Royal William Yard
Royal Navy victualling yard designed by Sir John Rennie and built from 1826 to 1835, now restored for new uses.
Theater
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Theatre with the 1,300-seat Lyric for musicals, opera and ballet, plus The Drum and The Lab studios.
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Island
Drake's Island
Island of 2.6 hectares in Plymouth Sound, about 500 metres offshore and fortified for over 400 years.
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- Plymouth (area photo): Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Plymouth Hoe: Merlin UK, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Smeaton's Tower: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Royal Citadel: Adam Cuerden, Public domain, source
- The Box: Smalljim, CC BY 3.0, source
- The Barbican: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Prysten House: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tinside Lido: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Plymouth Gin Distillery: Smalljim, CC BY 3.0, source
- Plymouth Naval Memorial: Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- Royal William Yard: Swissboy76, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Theatre Royal Plymouth: painma, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Drake's Island: Janipewter, Public domain, source
- Torquay, Paignton & Brixham: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dartmouth, Totnes & the Dart: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dartmoor: Addshore, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Exmoor & Lynmouth: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Exeter: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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