Plymouth Walking Tours was set up by Hannah, a proud Plymothian. She used her experience in visitor engagement, heritage interpretation, and digital walking trails to set up this new walking tour offer with visitor engagement at its heart.
The Best of Plymouth tour starts and finishes at the Mayflower Steps on the Barbican.
You will discover how the port of Plymouth changed through time, the journeys and voyages which left from the town, and the people who lived in or visited Plymouth.
You will visit:
- The Mayflower Steps, a memorial to the passengers and crew of the Mayflower, which left Plymouth in 1620.
- New Street and Elizabethan street, home to the Elizabethan House.
- Southside Street, with iconic pubs, England's oldest bakery and the famous Plymouth Gin Distillery.
- The Barbican, with a rich maritime history and bustling night life, full of independent shops, coffee shops and links to local art history.
- The Merchant's House, with connections to some of Plymouth most notorious historical characters.
- St Andrew's Church and the religious quarter.
- The edge of the 1950's city centre, full of some of the best examples of post-war architecture in England.
- Plymouth Hoe, with stunning views over Plymouth Sound and towards Cornwall, full of Victorian features including memorials, terraces and Tinside Pool.
- Plymouth's iconic lighthouse, Smeaton's Tower.
