Exeter Airport 59 min
Royal William Yard (16 min) Collection of imposing Royal Navy buildings from the early 1800s, now housing restaurants & shops. Tamar Bridge (Customer Services Opening Hours Shown) (13 min) Whitsand Bay (36 min) 3-mile beach for walking, jogging & surfing, with lifeguards, tide pools & areas for diving. Mount Edgcumbe House (35 min) Park and garden Plymouth Gin Distillery (14 min) Pre-booked tours of gin distillery with Pilgrim Fathers link, also offering bar/dining experiences. Tinside Lido (5 min) Art deco Hoe Park (13 min) Famed cliffside green space featuring a lighthouse, a statue of Sir Francis Drake & war memorials. National Marine Aquarium (8 min) Art deco-style aquarium with fresh and sea fish, sharks, feeding sessions and underwater tunnel. National Trust - Antony (36 min) Tours & events in a historic Queen Anne estate (still occupied) with formal & woodland gardens. Drake's Island (26 min) National Trust - Buckland Abbey (25 min) Centuries-old abbey with an estate museum & gardens, situated among woodlands with marked trails. Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park (34 min) Imposing 16th-century manor and grounds, with art, tapestries and porcelain. Open March-September. Dartmoor Zoo (24 min) Family-owned zoo in 33 acres of parkland with endangered animals and a conservation centre. National Trust - Cotehele (35 min) Tapestry-lined, National Trust house and gardens overlooking river, plus a quay with restored barge. Smeaton's Tower - currently closed (17 min) 18th-century lighthouse overlooking Plymouth Sound, once marking the Eddystone reef, open all year. |