Plymouth
Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, England.
Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, England. It is located on the county's south coast between the rivers Plym and Tamar, about 36 miles (58 km) south-west of Exeter and 193 miles (311 km) south-west of London. It is the most populous settlement in Devon.
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Worth seeing in and around Plymouth
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Plymouth
The University of Plymouth is a public research university based predominantly in Plymouth, England, where the main campus is located, but the university has campuses and affiliated colleges across South West England. With 18,410 students, it is the 57th largest in the United Kingdom by total number of students.
400 m · university in Plymouth, UK · Wikipedia - 02Home Park
Home Park is a football stadium in the area of Milehouse, Plymouth, Devon, England. With a capacity of 17,900, the ground has been the home of Plymouth Argyle Football Club since 1903, and was also used between 1900 and 1903 by Argyle Athletic club and Argyle F.C. and for athletics and rugby.
2 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 03Plymouth Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Boniface in Plymouth, England, is the seat of the Bishop of Plymouth and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth, which covers the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. The Diocese of Plymouth was created in 1850 after the issuing of the papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae.
700 m · Roman Catholic cathedral in Plymouth, England · Wikipedia - 04Trematon Castle
Trematon Castle is situated near Saltash in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was the caput of the feudal barony of Trematon.
7.5 km · a shell keep built on a motte and bailey castle · Wikipedia - 05Ince Castle
Ince Castle is three miles from Saltash in Cornwall, England, UK. It is not a castle in the conventional sense, but a manor house built of brick. It was built in 1642, at the start of the English Civil War and was captured in 1646.
7.8 km · Grade I listed house in Saltash, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth Marjon University, commonly referred to as Marjon, is the trading name of the University of St Mark and St John, a university based primarily on a single campus on the northern edge of Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. Formerly named University College Plymouth St Mark & St John, the institution was awarded full university status in 2013.
5.9 km · University in Plymouth, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Tamar Bridge
The Tamar Bridge is a suspension bridge over the River Tamar between Saltash in Cornwall and Plymouth in Devon, South West England. It is 335 metres long, running adjacent to the Royal Albert Bridge and part of the A38, a main road between the two counties.
6 km · suspension bridge in southwest England · Wikipedia - 08Armada Memorial
The Armada Memorial is a monument on Plymouth Hoe in Plymouth, Devon, England. Built in 1888, the monument celebrates the tercentenary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, which was sighted by English captains stationed in the city.
700 m · monument in Plymouth, England · Wikipedia - 09Saltram House
Saltram House is a grade I listed George II era house in Plympton, Devon, England. It was deemed by the architectural critic Nikolaus Pevsner to be "the most impressive country house in Devon".
4.4 km · George II era mansion located in Plympton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Mount Edgcumbe House
Mount Edgcumbe House is a stately home in south-east Cornwall and is a Grade II listed building, whilst its gardens and parkland are listed as Grade I in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is situated in the parish of Maker on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound; its main entrance is in the village of Cremyll.
3.1 km · house museum in Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Plymouth
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 127 km · Bristol (BRS), 150 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 215 km
- Stations
- Plymouth City Airport, 6.3 km · Plymouth railway station, 700 m · Bere Ferrers railway station, 9.3 km · Saltash railway station, 6.2 km · Devonport railway station, 2.1 km
- Cardiff → Plymouth141 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · £22–29
- Bristol → Plymouth162 km · quickest by road, 3h · £17–23
- London → Plymouth309 km · quickest by road, 5h 35m · £31–42
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Plymouth
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Plymouth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIf you are coming in by car but don't want to face the parking problems of the city-centre, there are also three main Park & Ride sites serving the city: (east near Plympton), (north) and (city centre) {{go | name | url | address | long | phone | hours | wikidata 2023-12-31 | content=Brittany Ferries operates services to Plymouth from Santander (22 hours) and Roscoff (6 hours during the day, 8 hours during the night).
- Get inThe Ferry Terminal is to the west of the City Centre at the Millbay Docks, about (800 m) a mile walk from the Hoe and Central shopping precinct.
- Get aroundOne of the most 'local' ways to get around is by water taxi or boat.
- Get aroundThe two most popular services amongst locals are probably the Barbican-Mountbatten line and the Cremyll Ferry from Admiral's Hard to Mount Edgecumbe.
- Get aroundThese can be relatively busy during the evenings and at rush hour; the Cremyll Ferry in particular can be quite full of school children at around 4pm during term time.
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Next door to Plymouth
- Saltashtown and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom6.4 km
- Torpointtown on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, United Kingdom4.5 km
- Millbrookcivil parish and village in Cornwall, England5.9 km
- Antonyvillage and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK7.8 km
- St Johnvillage and civil parish in south east Cornwall, England in the United Kingdom6.9 km
- Botus Flemingvillage and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK9.9 km