Plymouth Hoe and The Barbican Wednesday 26 June to Sunday 7 July 2013
Plymouth's inaugural Festival of Sail has got underway with many events and activities taking place around the waterfront area on the Hoe and Barbican until Sunday 7 July and culminating with the biennial regatta of Plymouth Race Week.
Plymouth’s Olympic silver medalist and Commonwealth double gold medalist, Sharron Davies, has given her backing to this year’s Ecover Blue Mile in the city and hopes it will encourage more people to take up water sports.
Sharron, who has a busy summer as a BBC commentator ahead of her, said the event on the Barbican on 14-15 September will also raise awareness about the marine...
One of the city’s key visitor gateways has been given a bright new look with the installation of high quality, wall-sized images of the waterfront and city centre at Bretonside bus station.
Photographs of Smeaton’s Tower on the Hoe, the Royal William Yard, the British Firework Championships viewed from Plymouth’s historic Barbican and Sutton Harbour, the West End and Drake Circus have...
A fire in a restaurant in the Barbican area of the city in the early hours of this morning led to the evacuation of a four storey building.
Two fire appliances from Greenbank station, one from Plymstock and the aerial ladder platform from Crownhill attended after calls were received reporting the incident at Rockys Steakhouse and Grill on Southside Street.
Opening RockFish in Plymouth feels like such an obvious thing to do. A sustainable seafood restaurant adjoined on one side by the National Marine Aquarium and on the other by Plymouth fish market and of course the sea. Our first RockFish, in Dartmouth, has proved to be a great success, loved by locals and visitors alike and this year won the National Fish and Chip Awards' best independent...
Plymouth’s historic Barbican and Sutton Harbour will come alive this weekend (25 and 26 May) as the annual Plymouth Pirate Weekend comes to town with a range of activities, prize giveaways and entertainment for visitors to enjoy.
Tall ship The Bessie Ellen, built in Plymouth in 1904, will be berthed by Cap ‘n’ Jaspers in Sutton Harbour throughout the weekend open from 10am to 4pm each...
Plymouth is bidding for Government funding to provide improved cycling and walking links through the city centre and along its spectacular waterfront.
As one of the cities applying for a ‘City Deal’, Plymouth has been given the opportunity to bid for a share of up to £30 million being made available through the Department for Transport’s Cycle City Ambition Grant. The grant scheme...
Plymouth’s historic Barbican and Sutton Harbour will come alive this weekend (25 and 26 May) as the annual Plymouth Pirate Weekend comes to town with a range of activities, prize giveaways and entertainment for visitors to enjoy.
Tall ship The Bessie Ellen, built in Plymouth in 1904, will be berthed by Cap ‘n’ Jaspers in Sutton Harbour throughout the weekend open from 10am to 4pm each...
Plymouth’s Barbican will be hosting a weekend of pirate themed fun for all the family on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May.
At the heart of the activity will be the fantastic tall ship The Bessie Ellen, which will be berthed in Sutton Harbour for the weekend.
Visitors will have the chance to go on board The Bessie Ellen to explore the ship and get a taste of life as a pirate.
Destination Plymouth in partnership with Plymouth City Council, City Centre Company and Plymouth Waterfront Partnership BIDS is putting on a packed programme of entertainment to coincide with...
