Plympton
Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England.
Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Plymouth and was the seat of Plympton Priory the most significant local landholder for many centuries.
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Worth seeing in and around Plympton
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.
- 01Saltram 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".
2.3 km · George II era mansion located in Plympton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Plym Valley Railway
The Plym Valley Railway is a 1-mile-14-chain heritage railway based on part of the now-closed South Devon and Tavistock Railway, a branch line of the Great Western Railway in Devon, England. The line originally opened in 1859 and closed in 1962.
2.5 km · heritage railway in the UK · Wikipedia - 03Newnham Park
Newnham Park is an historic estate in the civil parish of Sparkwell, Devon, UK. It was known as Loughtor until about 1700 when the ancient Strode family, long seated at Newnham, about 1 mile south-east of the manor house of Loughtor, abandoned Newnham and moved their residence to Loughtor where they built a new mansion house which they renamed "Newnham Park". In 2014 the mansion house with an estate of about 1,550 acres is still owned by a descendant of the Courtenay and Strode families which held the estate from the 15th century, and which were well established in the county of Devon long before that time.
2.3 km · country house in Sparkwell, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Plympton House
Plympton House is the principal residence at the Plympton House Estate, in the parish of Plympton St Maurice, Devon, England. It is a Grade I listed country house, in the William and Mary tradition, near St Maurice's Church in Plympton, commenced by Sir George Treby and completed c. 1715 – 1720 by his son George Treby.
400 m · Grade I listed country house in Plympton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Maurice, Plympton
Church of St Maurice is located in Plympton, Devon, England. Dating to the 15th century, it is now a Grade II* listed building.
400 m · church in Plympton, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06The Rectory
The Old Rectory is a grade II* listed townhouse in Plympton, Devon, England. It was listed on 23 April 1952.
400 m · house in Plympton St Maurice, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Efford Fort
Fort Efford is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth.
2.9 km · fort in City of Plymouth, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Island House
Island House is a Grade II listed building in Plympton, Devon, England. Standing at 4 Church Street, at the corner with Fore Street, Plympton's main street, it dates to the 18th century.
400 m · house in Plympton St Maurice, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09The Pent House
The Pent House is a Grade II listed building in Plympton, Devon, England. Standing at 20 Fore Street, Plympton's main street, it dates to the 17th century and is believed to have originally been merchants' houses or tenements of cottages.
400 m · house in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10The Lodge
The Lodge is a Grade II listed building in Plympton, Devon, England. Standing at 103 Fore Street, the western end of Plympton's main street, it is a detached villa dating to the early- or mid-19th century.
300 m · house in Plympton St Maurice, Devon, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Myles Standish State Forest
State park with 26 square miles of pitch pine and scrub oak forests, and dotted with kettle ponds.
- 02Savory Historical Highway
This half-mile road was built in 1861 and was the first divided highway in America.
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Things to do
- 01Edaville USA
This functioning heritage railroad is most popular for playing host to Thomasland.
- 02King Richard's Faire
The largest and longest-running Renaissance Faire in New England takes place each weekend in September and October, rain or shine.
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Where to eat
Moore Dogs, 92 N Main St,. 6AM-3PM daily. Down to earth fare with a decent menu, fun staff, and a long history of happy customers. Why do you think all the trucks stop here? $3-8. Dandy Cafe, 114 Main St,. 10AM-9PM daily. Tiny location with awesome chewy crust pizza. $10-20. Fiesta Charra, 66 Main St,. 11AM-9:30PM daily. Classic Mexican dishes. $18-25. Mamma Mia's, 73 Main St,.
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Getting to Plympton
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 123 km · Bristol (BRS), 145 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 217 km
- Cardiff → Plympton136 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · £21–28
- Bristol → Plympton157 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £17–22
- London → Plympton302 km · quickest by road, 5h 25m · £31–41
- 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 Plympton
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 Plympton. 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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