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PLYMOUTH's predominantly bland and modern face belies its great historic role as a naval base, a role assured in the sixteenth century by the patronage of such national heroes as John Hawkins and Francis Drake. It was from here that the latter sailed to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588, and 32 years later the port was the last embarkation point for the Pilgrim Fathers, whose New Plymouth colony became the nucleus for the English settlement of North America. The sustained prominence of the city's Devonport dockyards as a shipbuilding and military base made it a target in World War II, when the Luftwaffe reduced the old centre to rubble, apart from the compact area around the Barbican. Subsequent reconstruction, spurred on by growth that has made Plymouth by far Devon's biggest town, has done nothing to enhance the place. That said, it would be difficult to spoil the glorious vista over Plymouth Sound , the basin of calm water at the mouth of the combined Plym, Tavy and Tamar estuaries, which has remained largely unchanged since Drake played his famous game of bowls on the Hoe before joining battle with the Armada.
One of the best local day excursions from Plymouth is to Mount Edgcumbe , where woods and meadows provide a welcome antidote to the urban bustle, and are within easy reach of some fabulous sand. East of Plymouth, the aristocratic opulence of Saltram House includes some fine art and furniture, while to the north of town you can visit Drake's old residence at Buckland Abbey .
The City
A good place to start a tour of the city is Plymouth Hoe , an immense esplanade studded with reminders of the great events in the city's history. Resplendent in fair weather, with glorious views over the sea, the Hoe can also attract some pretty ferocious winds, making it well-nigh impossible to explore in wintry conditions. Approaching from the Civic Centre - the hub of the town centre - the most distinctive landmark is a tall white naval war memorial, standing alongside smaller monuments to the defeat of the Spanish Armada and to the airmen who defended the city during the wartime blitz, and a rather portly statue of Sir Francis Drake, gazing grandly out to sea. Appropriately, there's a bowling green back from the brow.
In front of the memorials the red-and-white striped Smeaton's Tower (Easter-Sept 10.30am-4.30pm; 90p, free for Plymouth Dome visitors) was erected in 1759 by John Smeaton on the treacherous Eddystone Rocks, fourteen miles out to sea. When replaced by a larger lighthouse in 1882, it was reassembled here, where it gives the loftiest view over Plymouth Sound. Below Smeaton's Tower is Plymouth Dome (April-Oct daily 9am-6pm; last entry 1hr before closing; £4.10), which features tricksy audiovisual exhibitions of Plymouth's history and the lives of local heroes such as Drake, the Mayflower Pilgrims and Captain Cook. On the seafront, Plymouth's Royal Citadel (May-Sept tours at 2.30pm lasting 1hr 15min; £3; EH) is an uncompromising fortress constructed in 1666 to intimidate the populace of the only town in the southwest to be held by the Parliamentarians in the Civil War. The stronghold is still used by the military, though there are guided tours through some of its older parts, including the seventeenth-century Governor's House and the Royal Chapel of St Katherine; tickets for tours are available from the Plymouth Dome and the tourist office.
Round the corner, the old town's quay at Sutton Harbour is still used by the trawler fleet and is the scene of a boisterous early-morning fish market. The Mayflower Steps here commemorate the sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers and a nearby plaque lists the names and professions of the 102 Puritans on board. All three of Captain Cook's voyages to the South Seas, Australia and the Antarctic also started from here, as did the nineteenth-century transport ships to Australia, carrying thousands of convicts and colonists. Edging the harbour, the Barbican district is the heart of old Plymouth. Most of the buildings are now shops and restaurants, but off the quayside, New Street holds most of the oldest buildings, among them the Elizabethan House (April-Sept Wed-Sun 10am-5.30pm; £1), a captain's dwelling which retains most of the original architectural features. Cross the bridge over Sutton Harbour to reach Plymouth's newest exhibit, the grand National Marine Aquarium (daily: April-Oct 10am-6pm; Nov-March 10am-4pm; £6.50), where a range of marine environments are represented; highlights include Europe's largest collection of seahorse species.
In the centre of town, the mainly seventeenth-century Merchant's House Museum , 33 St Andrew St (April-Sept Tues-Fri 10am-1pm & 2-5.30pm, Sat 10am-1pm & 2-5pm; £1) goes into various aspects of Plymouth's history. Behind it, off Royal Parade, stands the city's chief place of worship, St Andrew's, a reconstruction of a fifteenth-century building that was almost completely gutted by a bomb in 1941. The entrails of the navigator Martin Frobisher are buried here, as are those of Admiral Blake, the Parliamentarian who died as his ship entered Plymouth after destroying a Spanish treasure fleet off Tenerife. Local boy William Bligh, of Mutiny on the Bounty fame, was baptized here. |
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