Editing Plymouth Hoe (section)

==Tourism==

The Hoe is a popular area for Plymothians and visitors. There is always a great deal of activity on the water, including frequent warship movements, ferries going and coming from France and Spain, fishing trawlers and a swarm of larger and smaller sailing boats. The [[Fastnet race|Fastnet yacht race]] ends here. The annual two-day [[British Firework Championships]] attracts tens of thousands of spectators.

For forty years, there has been controversy about development on the edges of the Hoe green space.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} The erection of two discount hotel chain buildings, at the southern end of Armada Way and the other at the Sound end of Leigham Street, contrast with their Victorian surroundings. The former Grand Hotel has been converted into apartments<ref>{{Cite news
| title = £8million restoration work begins on Grand Hotel
| newspaper = Plymouth Herald
| date = 16 March 2009
| url = http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/8million-restoration-work-begins-Grand-Hotel/article-773035-detail/article.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130505152926/http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/8million-restoration-work-begins-Grand-Hotel/article-773035-detail/article.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 5 May 2013
| access-date = 4 May 2010
}}</ref> and the long derelict yacht club site has now been filled by a modern block of flats.

The [[Plymouth Dome]], a turreted and domed building, built into a small old quarry site above Tinside as an historical theme tourist attraction,<ref>{{Cite news
| title = Family Outings: Plymouth Dome
| newspaper = The Independent
| date = 5 December 2004
| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/family-outings-plymouth-dome-678495.html
| access-date = 4 May 2010
| location=London
| first=Mark
| last=Rowe
}}</ref> failed to obtain sufficient funding and closed in 2006, despite having been visited by 2.3 million people. Between 2013 and 2016 it was a restaurant owned by [[celebrity chef]] [[Gary Rhodes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/revealed-gary-rhodes-ends-involvement-rhodes-dome/story-28485619-detail/story.html |title=Gary Rhodes ends involvement with Rhodes @ The Dome as Plymouth restaurant re-brands |date=13 January 2016|first=Sam|last=Blackledge|work=Plymouth Herald|access-date=2017-06-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313144337/http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Revealed-Gary-Rhodes-ends-involvement-Rhodes-Dome/story-28485619-detail/story.html |archive-date=2016-03-13 }}</ref>
[[File:Plymouth Sound at evening light - geograph.org.uk - 89777.jpg|thumb|right|The view from the Hoe at sunset, showing [[Plymouth Sound]] and the [[Plymouth Breakwater|Breakwater]]]]