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An Introduction to Plymouth Plymouth Makes an Amazing Stage Events Mayflower 2020 Events An Introduction to Plymouth Plymouth makes an amazing stage. Visitors can look forward to a series These highlights sit within a wider Celebrate our military roots at Armed of unique experiences through our programme incorporating over 150 - Britain’s Ocean City Forces Day, taste the best local produce Mayflower 400 events programme. In events through the commemoration at top food festival Flavour Fest or enjoy November 2019 and 2020 the Illuminate year, making it the perfect time to visit the spectacular pyrotechnics on display Festival will open and close the Plymouth. with six professional firework companies commemoration, with a range of digital Port Details competing against one another at the and light based art reaching across For more details of the Mayflower400 Plymouth Millbay Docks British Fireworks Championships. the city. Plymouth’s new heritage trails commemorations go to Port Office, Millbay Docks, Plymouth will launch in February, highlighting our www.mayflower400uk.org PL1 3EF Experience something new and see the exceptional history ranging from the Mike Reynolds +44 (0)1752 662 1919 city like never before. Mayflower, Darwin and Drake through to [email protected] our post war reconstruction. For the latest information on Plymouth’s Cattewater Harbour Commissioners 2 The Barbican, Plymouth PL12LR spectacular annual programme of world- In September a week of activity will Richard Allan class events please go to bookend the Mayflower Ceremony, which [email protected] www.visitplymouth.co.uk will mark the 400th anniversary of the Port of Plymouth +44 (0)1752 665934 Mayflower’s departure to America. +44 (0)7484924083 This includes the Mayflower Muster, a major military two-day event recognising Local Guides the special relationship between the UK, US and Netherlands. Unique Devon Tours Alex Graeme Illuminate. Royal William Yard www.unique Devon Tours Smeaton’s Tower +44 (0)7585 928070 +44 (0)1803 812556 Select South West Tours James Coulton www.selectsouthwesttours.com Steeped in seafaring history, Plymouth is a stunning city in a beautiful +44 (0)1752 290341 waterfront setting. Sandwiched between the rugged landscape of DEVON Pentillie Castle Jane Dymock Dartmoor National Park and the incredible South West coastline, [email protected] 15 mins 20 mins 25 mins 30 mins +44 (0)7876 402 728 there’s something here for every traveller to enjoy. (1 mile) (1.3 miles) (1.6 miles) (2 miles) Dartmoor Blue Badge Guide who provides walking tours of the historic Barbican he Bedford Hotel avistock Delve into our heritage, exploring the fascinating history of a city shaped CORNWALL he Box by its past, or dive head-first into everything you’d expect from a lively, Plymouth 10 mins Saltram House Drake Ground Handlers Circus cultural city with shopping, arts and entertainment. Rain or shine (0.6 mile) Burgh Island Hotel Excursions LTD Britain’s Ocean City is home to breath-taking views, plenty to see and do Rupert Woodard Mount Edgcumbe and lots of fresh, sea air. House Plymouth’s + 44 (0)1793 767424 (Direct) Georgian + 44 (0)1793 765222 / 333 Synagogue he GreedySt Andrew’s + 44 (0)7730 817 391 5 mins Church Devonport Guildhall EliabethanGoose [email protected] (0.3 mile) House and Gardens HE BABICAN and Column BARBICAN Barbican Intercruises itchen ockfish Charlotte Stacey Duke of + 44 (0) 207 467 7691 Cornwall GinPlymouth Distillery NationalNational Marine Gin Distillery AquariumMarine +44 (0) 7903 312620 Aquarium [email protected] Mayflower www.intercruises.comhttp:/ Marco Steps Pierre Millbay Docks White’s Plymouth European Cruise Service UK LTD Boat rips Smeatons Claire Risk ower +44 (0)131 561 0521 Cremyll oyal William ard oyal +44 (0)7920 293 493 erry Citadel [email protected] [email protected] Le ignoble Column Mountbatten www.europeancruise.no Bakehouse Artillery ower Watersports Centre Denholm Wilhelmsen LTD Peter Knight +44 (0)1375 636301 [email protected] Mount www.denholm-portservices.comwww. Edgcumbe denholm-portservices.com CornwallHouse Communications and Destinations LTD Kieran Dennis + 44 07739750557 [email protected] For more information For more information about things to do, For specific enquiries and further places to eat and events in Plymouth, information, contact Alison Bartlett go to www.visitplymouth.co.uk at Destination Plymouth. [email protected] The Barbican St Andrew’s Church Plymouth Boat Trips Plymouth: So much to see and do (½ hour Connecting Ferries / 1-4 hour Cruises / 3 ½ hour Fishing Trips) Spend a day exploring all that Plymouth has to offer, from the historic cobbled streets of the Barbican, to Plymouth Boat Trips is the South West’s a behind the scenes tour of Plymouth Gin, or discover the city’s great shopping, food and drink. premier cruising, ferry and fishing company. Regular ferry services run to a variety of destinations including Royal Smeaton’s Tower William Yard, Mount Edgcumbe House (1 hours approx.) and Country Park, and the quaint fishing and smuggling villages of Cawsand The centrepiece of Plymouth Hoe, and Kingsand, surrounded by secluded Smeaton’s Tower has become one of the beaches and coastal walks. Plymouth South West’s most iconic landmarks. Boat Trips also offers spectacular The lighthouse was originally built on sight-seeing cruises. The daily, one-hour the Eddystone reef in 1759, but was ‘Mayflower Heritage & Plymouth Harbour taken down in the early 1880s when The Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth (1.5 hours approx.) Cruise’ takes you from the place where it was discovered that the sea was the Pilgrims set sail on their intrepid undermining the rock it was standing For more than 1,000 years the Minster Reconstruction began in 1949 and it re- journey to America, passing Plymouth on. Approximately two thirds of the Church of St Andrew has stood at the opened in 1957. Hoe, where Drake awaited the Spanish structure was moved stone by stone to its heart of Plymouth. It is the largest parish Armada, and on to the warships and current home on the Hoe. Now standing church in Devon and the oldest building in The minster’s six famous stained glass submarines of the Royal Naval Dockyard. at 72 foot high, Smeaton’s Tower offers fantastic views of Plymouth Sound and the city, dating largely from the fifteenth windows, designed by English artist the city from its lantern room which, along century but containing remnants of the John Piper, attract visitors from around Additions:- with the rest of the building, has been original Norman church. the world. • Fully Licensed Bars on-board all cruise painstakingly restored to its original glory. vessels Over the centuries St Andrew’s has been The Mayflower Pilgrims arrived in • Complementary tea and coffee on +44 (0)1752 304774 associated with many notable figures Plymouth in 1620 aboard the Mayflower selected packages [email protected] including Charles I, Charles II, Edward VII, en route to the New World. During their • Connecting tours www.plymhearts.org Catherine of Aragon, Sir Francis Drake short stay it is rumoured that they • Commentary translations available via and Sir John Hawkins. attended St Andrew’s and were warmly headphones welcomed by the congregation who were • Devonshire cream tea Smeaton’s Tower In March 1941 the church was severely sympathetic to their cause. • Optional ‘CYC – Cook Your Catch’ after damaged during the Blitz but, despite fishing with Fish ‘n’ Trips the loss of its roof, windows and [email protected] • Quayside dining available at The Elizabethan Gardens and Elizabethan House (2 hours approx.) Royal William Yard other devastation, continued for years +44 (0)1752 661414 open 9 till 1 Monday Boathouse Cafe afterwards to serve as a place of worship. to Friday www.standrewschurch.org.uk (1.5 hours approx.) Nestled on the cobbled streets of the Due to stone steps and cobbled paths +44 (0)1752 253153 & +44 (0)7971 208 381 historic Barbican, the Elizabethan this garden is not suitable for those A garden was created within the www.plymouthboattrips.co.uk Royal William Yard is a Grade 1 Listed shattered remains of the building and to House and hidden Elizabethan Gardens whose mobility is limited. former Naval Victualling Yard and an awe offer a rare glimpse of history. One of this day St Andrew’s is still known as ‘The inspiring example of Georgian architecture. Garden Church’. Plymouth’s most historic properties, Elizabethan House will not open Linked to the South West Coast Path by the first recorded occupant of the until 2020. a striking stairway, visitors will be able to Elizabethan House was a man called explore the buildings and architecture and William Hele who purchased it from a +44 (0)1752 304774 take time to enjoy the cafés, restaurants, merchant in 1631 for £150. Today the [email protected] art galleries and shops. Elizabethan House is a rare surviving www.plymhearts.org example of its time and still retains +44 (0)1752 600533 many of its original features. Currently +44 (0)1752 306330 www.royalwilliamyard.com undergoing a conservation-led www.visitplymouth.co.uk [email protected] restoration the house will reopen in 2020 with an immersive museum experience 15 transporting visitors back to Elizabethan Plymouth. A short walk along New Street will lead you to the Elizabethan Gardens, a delightful little garden which is a tranquil oasis in a street that was new in the 16th century when wealthy merchants built their houses here. Although a popular tourist spot, this tucked away garden can be quiet and a hidden gem for visitors to explore even on a hot August day. Very low box hedges contain beds of colourful flowers and fragrant herbs in Elizabethan Gardens Royal William Yard Plymouth Boat Trips the old Elizabethan manner.
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