West Hoe

Places of Interest

The Waterfront

Restaurant

Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Waterfront is a restaurant.

Eddystone Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Smeaton's Tower is a redundant lighthouse, now a memorial to civil engineer John Smeaton, designer of the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse. A major step forward in lighthouse design, Smeaton's structure was in use from 1759 to 1877, until erosion of the ledge it was built upon forced new construction.

Tinside Lido

Water park

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tinside Lido is a 1935 Art Deco lido in the city of Plymouth in southwest England. It is sited beside Plymouth Sound and is overlooked by Plymouth Hoe and Smeaton's Tower. The lido opens in the summer months between May and September.

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Plymouth Hoe

Locality

Photo: Merlin UK, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Plymouth Hoe, referred to locally as The Hoe, is a large south-facing open public space in the English coastal city of Plymouth, Devon. The Hoe is adjacent to and above the low limestone cliffs that form the seafront and commands views of Plymouth Sound, Drake's Island, and across the Hamoaze to Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall.

Stonehouse

Suburb

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

East Stonehouse was one of three towns that were amalgamated into modern-day Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. West Stonehouse was a village that is within the current Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in Cornwall.

Drake’s Island

Hamlet

Photo: Janipewter, Public domain.

Drake's Island is a 6.5-acre island approximately 500 metres from land in Plymouth Sound, the stretch of water south of the city of Plymouth, Devon. The rocks which make up the island are volcanic tuff and lava, together with marine limestone of the Devonian period.

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