Attractions

The National Aquarium
The National Aquarium, the largest aquarium in Great Britain with the deepest tank in Europe. website link

The Eden Project
The Eden Project, Cornwall’s world famous and the country's most visited tourist attraction. Only a short drive away. Also hosts open air concerts and in the winter ice skating. website link

Crownhill Fort
Crownhill Fort, a Victorian fortress just outside Plymouth city centre. Information on visiting and events. website link

The Merchant's House Museum
St Andrew's Street, City Centre. A 400 year old house, now a museum of Plymouth's history. Finest surviving example of a 16th/17th century residence. During the 17th century it was home to three Plymouth mayors including privateer William Parker, a friend of Sir Francis Drake

Prysten House
Finewell Street, City Centre. The second oldest house in Plymouth, it was built by Thomas Yogge in 1498. Owned by St Andrews Church who let out the bottom floor to Tanners Resturarant.

Elizabethan House
Elizabethan house and Elizabethan gardens on the Barbican, Plymouth. Information and opening times. website link

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park
Information on Mount Edgcumbe house and country park, Cornwall. Foot passenger ferry available across the Tamar from Stonehouse. website link

Saltram House
Information on Saltram House and landscape gardens. Owned by the National Trust and film location for Sense and Sensbility. website link

Cotehele House
Information on Cotehele House near Saltash. Medieval house owned by the National Trust with riverside gardens. website link

Buckland Abbey
Information on Buckland Abbey located in Yelverton and owned by the National Trust. 700-year-old buildings with fine 16th-century Great Hall, associated with Elizabethan seafarers Drake and Grenville website link

National Trust
Information on the National trust, Houses, Estates and attractions. website link

St Andrews Church
Information on St Andrews parish church in Plymouth city centre. website link

Dartmoor National Park
Information on Dartmoor National Park Authority on the outskirts of Plymouth. website link

Discover Dartmoor
Information on Dartmoor National Park on the outskirts of Plymouth. website link

Dartmoor Railway
Steam trains open to the public. website link

Dive the Scylla
Plymouth's outstanding dive centre. In 2004 the former Royal Navy frigate, HMS Scylla started her new role as a man-made reef in Whitsand Bay. A fantastic venue for both diving and marine research. website link

Reactive Water
Reactive water sports shop and water sports centre at Queens Anne’s Battery Marina in Plymouth city centre. For wakeboarding, waterskiing, windsurfing and kite surfing, trips, lessons and equipment. website link

Seek Southwest
Southwest beach guide to Devon and Cornwall. website link

The Mountbatten Centre
Information on the Mount batten centre, waterside venue specialising in sailing, diving, watersports and adventurous activities in Plymouth. website link

A1 Surf
A1 website. Southwest surf forecasts and beach guide. Including web cams. website link

Magic Seaweed
Magic seaweed website. Southwest beach webcams, surf forecasts and surf guides. website link

Sailing Clubs
Sailing clubs in Plymouth. website link

Marinas
Marinas in Plymouth. website link

St Mellion Golf
Golf Club just outside of Plymouth. website link

Golf Driving Range
Plymouth Golf Driving Range. website link

Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle (The Pilgrims) football team information and fixtures. website link

Plymouth Albion
Plymouth Albion rugby team. Information and fixtures. website link

Totnes Fair
Information on Totnes Elizabethan weekly fair. website link

Polperro
Information on Polperro picture book Cornish village. website link

Looe
Information on Looe Cornish fishing village. website link

Burning Tar Barrel Event
Information on the Burning Tar Barrel event in Ottery St Mary. Every year on November 5th for reasons lost in antiquity, the Flaming Tar Barrels are carried through the streets of Ottery St mary to the delight of thousands of townsfolk and visitors. website link