Drake's Place
Beautifully restored to its former glory, Drake’s Place is an award-winning community space offering a calm and relaxing oasis amidst the whirl of urban living. It is an accessible, welcoming haven and a safe diverse habitat for wildlife that has been awarded the Green Flag award since 2015.
Plymouth Athenaeum
The Devon & Cornwall Natural History Society and the Plymouth Mechanics Institute amalgamated with the Plymouth Institution in 1899, they later became The Plymouth Athenaeum when they moved to their current building in 1961.
The Bread & Roses Free House
The Bread & Roses operates as a community focused hub and arts space for everyone.
By day it is a cafe with free wi-fi, and by night progressive live musicians and events take over.
Devonport Playhouse
The Devonport Playhouse has been home to the Plymouth Theatre Company (formerly the Plymouth Amateur Operatic Company) for more than 30 years, though originally a Methodist Church Hall.
Soapbox Children's Theatre
The Soapbox Theatre is home to Stiltskin Creative Arts & Theatre Co, founded over 20 years ago by Jacqueline Ball and Iain Slade. The Soapbox Theatre is one of only a handful of theatres in Britain specialising in children's theatre and producing cultural events designed for children
Bridging The Tamar Visitor & Learning Centre
Established to celebrate the engineering legacy of the Tamar Estuary’s historic bridges, the Bridging the Tamar Visitor and Learning centre opened in 2019.
The Visitor and Learning Centre interprets the heritage of both the 20th century Tamar Bridge and Brunel’s iconic 19th century Royal Albert Bridge.
Ocean Studios
Providing a create space for the city of Plymouth, located in the grounds of historic Royal William Yard you'll find Ocean Studios.
Ocean Studios is home to an array of resident and visiting artists who regularly host workshops, exhibitions and events for Plymouth's creative community.
Crownhill Fort
Crownhill Fort is one of ten Forts and Batteries built in the 1860s to defend Plymouth’s naval base from a French attack.
Unlike many of its contemporaries Crownhill Fort was used by the military until 1985, as a training venue in the latter part of the 19th century and as a recruitment and mobilisation depot in the First World War.
Plymouth Synagogue
Built in 1762, the Synagogue is a Listed Grade II building and the oldest extant synagogue built by Ashkenazi Jews in the English speaking world.
The Minister Church of St. Andrew
St Andrew's itself is a wonderful and beautiful building with a fascinating historical story. The first Saxon Church to be dedicated to St. Andrew; the patron saint of fisherman.
The Elizabethan House
The House was built just before 1600 on the street that was originally called Ragg Street due to links with the cloth trade. The house was home to merchants and businessmen who wanted to work and sleep by the bustling harbour.
Smeaton's Tower
Smeaton's Tower was originally built to sit on the Eddystone reef, a treacherous group of rocks that lie 14 miles south west of Plymouth, in 1759, but was later taken down when it was discovered that the sea was eroding the rock it was standing on.
Devonport Naval Heritage Centre
The Heritage Centre reopened to the public on 20th March 2024 and will welcome visitors every Wednesday and second Saturday of each month until the end of October. We worked hard over the winter to improve all our Galleries.
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Plymouth Arts Cinema are passionate about films, and want as many people as possible to experience cinema and feel inspired, challenged and thrilled by what they watch.
MIRROR at Arts University Plymouth
Located in the Arts University Plymouth, MIRROR’s exhibition programme is shaped by the curriculum, with focus given to art, design and digital media, reflecting the rich and diverse cultural community of the college and the city.
Royal William Yard
Europe’s largest collection of Grade I listed military buildings, lovingly restored by Urban Splash and now home to an array of bars, restaurants, independent shops, galleries, offices, and places to explore.
Clay Art
Clay Art pride themselves on providing an informal, friendly hub to explore and unlock your creativity. With a vast range of quality products to choose from and unleash your arty side, as well as the option to create bespoke pieces, including hand/ footprints or pad and pawprints in plaster and clay.
The Arts Institute
The Arts Institute is the curated public arts programme operating from within the Faculty of Arts serving as the arts and culture public programming organisation for the University of Plymouth.
Plymouth Pavilions
Plymouth Pavilions has been a mainstay of the South West's live entertainment scene since doors opened in 1991. As well as hosting events as wide-ranging as university graduation ceremonies to live sporting fixtures, banquets and conferences, the Pavilions stage has seen a huge variety of acts including The Arctic Monkeys, Kiss, Kylie Minogue, Radiohead, Coldplay, Muse, Paul Weller, Green Day, The Prodigy, Bastille and many more.
Saltram House
Overlooking the River Plym, in a rolling green landscape park in Plympton on the outskirts of Plymouth lies Saltram House.
Once home to the Parker family from 1743 when their previous mansion was remodelled to show their increasing wealth and prominence in the community, the property is now managed and run by the National Trust. The interior features exquisite Chinese wallpapers, an exceptional collection of paintings (several by Sir Joshua Reynolds) as well as a country house library and Neo-Classical saloon.