Plymouth in South West England

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Barbican and harbour © flickr.com - Bex Ross/cc-by-2.0

Barbican and harbour © flickr.com – Bex Ross/cc-by-2.0

Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the south coast of Devon in England, about 190 miles (310 km) south-west of London. It is situated between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound. Since 1967, the City of Plymouth has included the suburbs of Plympton and Plymstock, which are situated on the east side of the River Plym. Today the city is home to around 250,000 people, making it the 27th most populous built-up area in England and Wales. It is governed locally by Plymouth City Council and is represented nationally by three MPs. Plymouth’s economy is still strongly influenced by shipbuilding, but has become a more service-based economy since the 1990s. It has the ninth largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students, the University of Plymouth, and the largest operational naval base in Western Europe – HMNB Devonport. The city has ferry links to France and Spain.

The Lord Mayor’s official residence is 3 Elliot Terrace, located on the Hoe. Once a home of Waldorf and Nancy Astor, it was given by Lady Astor to the City of Plymouth as an official residence for future Lord Mayors and is also used today for civic hospitality, as lodgings for visiting dignitaries and High Court judges and it is also available to hire for private events. The Civic Centre municipal office building in Armada Way became a listed building in June 2007 because of its quality and period features.

Prysten House - Finewell Street, the oldest house in Plymouth, built in 1498 © geograph.org.uk - Pierre Terre/cc-by-sa-2.0 Royal Citadel © flickr.com - Graham Richardson/cc-by-2.0 Elliot Terrace - Plymouth Hoe © Nilfanion/cc-by-sa-3.0 Devonport from Saltash © Nilfanion/cc-by-sa-3.0 Custom House © geograph.org.uk - Pierre Terre/cc-by-sa-2.0 Beatrice Avenue © geograph.org.uk - Derek Harper/cc-by-sa-2.0 Plymouth from Mount Batten © geograph.org.uk - Derek Harper/cc-by-sa-2.0 Plymouth Breakwater, seen from Mount Edgcumbe © geograph.org.uk - Tony Atkin/cc-by-sa-2.0 Barbican and harbour © flickr.com - Bex Ross/cc-by-2.0
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Prysten House - Finewell Street, the oldest house in Plymouth, built in 1498 © geograph.org.uk - Pierre Terre/cc-by-sa-2.0
Plymouth has a post-war shopping area in the city centre with substantial pedestrianisation. At the west end of the zone inside a grade II listed building is the Pannier Market that was completed in 1959 – pannier meaning “basket” from French, so it translates as “basket market”. In terms of retail floorspace, Plymouth is ranked in the top five in the South West, and 29th nationally. Plymouth was one of the first ten British cities to trial the new Business Improvement District initiative. The Tinside Pool is situated at the foot of the Hoe and became a grade II listed building in 1998 before being restored to its 1930s look. Plymouth Council is currently undertaking a project of urban redevelopment called the Vision for Plymouth launched by the architect David Mackay and backed by both Plymouth City Council and the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce (PCC). Its projects range from shopping centres, a cruise terminal, a boulevard and to increase the population to 300,000 and build 33,000 dwellings.

The early port settlement of Plymouth, called “Sutton”, approximates to the area now referred to as the Barbican and has 100 listed buildings and the largest concentration of cobbled streets in Britain. The Pilgrim Fathers left for the New World in 1620 near the commemorative Mayflower Steps in Sutton Pool. Also on Sutton Pool is the National Marine Aquarium which displays 400 marine species and includes Britain’s deepest aquarium tank. To the west of the city is Devonport, one of Plymouth’s historic quarters. As part of Devonport’s millennium regeneration project, the Devonport Heritage Trail has been introduced, complete with over 70 waymarkers outlining the route.

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