The Box (St Luke’s)

The Box (St Luke’s) is a museum in Plymouth, England. The Box (St Luke’s) is situated nearby to the pub Roundabout, as well as near the movie theater Plymouth Arts Cinema.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Box and Arts University Plymouth.

The Box

Museum

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The Box is a museum, gallery and archive in Plymouth, Devon, England, opened in 2020 housing a collection of about 2 million items. The core of the building was previously Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery which closed in 2016.

Arts University Plymouth

University

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Arts University Plymouth is a public university located in Plymouth in South West England. The former Plymouth College of Art was officially granted university status in 2022.

Drake Circus Shopping Centre

Shopping center

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Drake Circus Shopping Centre is a 425,000-square-foot covered shopping mall in the centre of Plymouth, England that opened in October 2006. The building was designed by London-based architects Chapman Taylor and built by Bovis Lend Lease. Drake Circus Shopping Centre is situated 640 feet south of The Box (St Luke’s).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plymouth Hoe and Pennycomequick.

Plymouth Hoe

Locality

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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.

Pennycomequick

Suburb

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Pennycomequick is the site of a former Devonport prison that today forms part of the inner suburbs of the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. It is mostly known for its eccentric name, taken, locals believe, from The Penny pub situated by the roundabout north of the railway bridge over Saltash Road.