About Plymouth

Plymouth is a coastal city of around 250,000 inhabitants in the County of Devon, in the South West of England. Located where the rivers Plym and Tamar flow down to the sea.

Plymouth has a maritime history second to none, has proud connections with maritime explorers, and was the last port of the Pilgrim Fathers and their families before they sailed to America.

Its beautiful sea frontage, Plymouth Sound, gives access to a fishing port, commercial wharves, a cross-channel ferry service to France and Spain, and is a venue for local and international sailing events. It also harbours the largest British naval base, along 3 miles of the Hamoaze and Tamar riversides.

Plymouth has no heavy industries, and as a ‘clean’ city is favoured by light industries, electronics firms and the service sector.

Around Plymouth is the beautiful rolling countryside of South Devon and East Cornwall, rich farmland for sheep and for beef and dairy cattle, and vegetable and daffodil crops. The mixture of coast, rivers, farmland, woodland and open moorland, makes Devon and Cornwall an ideal holiday area, and tourism is an important industry.