Editing Plymouth (section)

== Landmarks and tourist attractions ==
[[File:John Foulston's Town Hall, Column and Library in Devonport in 2008.jpg|thumb|Grade I listed Town Hall, Column and Library in Devonport]]
[[File:Elliot Terrace, Plymouth Hoe.jpg|thumb|Elliot Terrace, Plymouth Hoe]]
After the [[English Civil War]] the [[Royal Citadel, Plymouth|Royal Citadel]] was erected in 1666 towards the eastern section of [[Plymouth Hoe]], to defend the port from naval attacks, suppress Plymothian Parliamentary leanings and to train the armed forces. Currently, guided tours are available in the summer months.<ref name="citadel" /> Further west is [[Smeaton's Tower]], which is a standard lighthouse that was constructed in 1759.  {{convert|14|mi}} Furthermore, Smeaton's Tower was dismantled in 1877 and the top two-thirds were reassembled on Plymouth Hoe.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 January 2008 |title=Coast Walks: Point 5 – Smeaton's Tower |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2005/06/07/coast05walks_stage5_feature.shtml |access-date=5 July 2008 |publisher=The [[BBC]] |archive-date=27 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527091630/http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2005/06/07/coast05walks_stage5_feature.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> It is open to the public and has views over the Plymouth Sound and the city from the lantern room.<ref>{{cite web |title=Smeaton's Tower |url=http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/creativityandculture/museums/museumsmeatonstower.htm |access-date=3 September 2008 |publisher=Plymouth City Council |archive-date=9 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609144547/http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/creativityandculture/museums/museumsmeatonstower.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Plymouth has 20 war memorials of which nine are on [[Plymouth Hoe|The Hoe]] including: [[Plymouth Naval Memorial]], to remember those killed in World Wars I and II, and the [[Armada Memorial]], to commemorate the defeat of the [[Spanish Armada]].<ref>{{cite web |title=War memorials |url=http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/warmemorials |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609095409/http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/warmemorials |archive-date=9 June 2008 |access-date=2 September 2008 |publisher=Plymouth City Council}}</ref>

The early port settlement of Plymouth, called "Sutton", approximates to the area now referred to as the [[Barbican, Plymouth|Barbican]] and has 100 [[listed building]]s and the largest concentration of [[cobblestone|cobbled]] streets in Britain.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 February 2008 |title=Plymouth's Historic Barbican |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2007/11/30/historic_barbican_feature.shtml |access-date=16 November 2008 |publisher=The [[BBC]] |archive-date=14 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114021732/http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2007/11/30/historic_barbican_feature.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Pilgrim Fathers]] left for the [[New World]] in 1620 near the commemorative [[Mayflower Steps]] in Sutton Pool.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 January 2008 |title=Point 8a – Mayflower Steps |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/panoramas/point8a_mayflower_steps_360.shtml |access-date=5 July 2008 |publisher=The [[BBC]] |archive-date=14 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114043512/http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/panoramas/point8a_mayflower_steps_360.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Also on Sutton Pool is the [[National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth|National Marine Aquarium]] which displays 400 marine species and includes Britain's deepest aquarium tank.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our mission is to inspire everyone to take action towards sustainability and conservation of the marine environment |url=http://www.national-aquarium.co.uk/plymouth-attraction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904165245/http://www.national-aquarium.co.uk/plymouth-attraction |archive-date=4 September 2009 |website=National Marine Aquarium}}</ref>

{{convert|1|mi|km|0|spell=On}} upstream on the opposite side of the [[River Plym]] is the [[Saltram House|Saltram estate]], which has a [[Jacobean architecture|Jacobean]] and [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] mansion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-saltram/|title=Saltram|publisher=The [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]|access-date=6 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610140035/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-saltram/ <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=10 June 2008}}</ref>

On the northern outskirts of the city, [[Crownhill Fort]] is a well-restored example of a "[[Palmerston forts|Palmerston's Folly]]". It is owned by the [[Landmark Trust]] and is open to the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crownhill Fort |url=http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/otherOptions/crownhill.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727002630/http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/otherOptions/crownhill.htm |archive-date=27 July 2012 |access-date=17 September 2012 |publisher=The Landmark Trust}}</ref>

To the west of the city is [[Devonport, Devon|Devonport]], one of Plymouth's historic quarters. As part of Devonport's millennium regeneration project, the ''Devonport Heritage Trail'' has been introduced, complete with over 70 waymarkers outlining the route.<ref>{{cite web |title=Devonport Heritage Trail |url=http://www.devonportonline.co.uk/millennium_devonport/playing/walks/heritage-trail.aspx |access-date=29 April 2011 |publisher=DevonportOnline |archive-date=13 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113144537/http://www.devonportonline.co.uk/millennium_devonport/playing/walks/heritage-trail.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

Plymouth is often used as a base by visitors to [[Dartmoor]], the [[River Tamar|Tamar]] Valley and the beaches of south-east [[Cornwall]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Gemma Thompson |title=Plymouth City Council – The countryside |url=http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/leisureandtourism/tourismandvisitors/tourismcountryside.htm |access-date=17 September 2012 |publisher=Plymouth.gov.uk |archive-date=18 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318115126/http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/leisureandtourism/tourismandvisitors/tourismcountryside.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kingsand]], [[Cawsand]] and [[Whitsand Bay]] are popular.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/static.asp?page=unavailable |title=Archived copy |access-date=10 September 2023 |archive-date=5 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705030917/http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/static.asp?page=unavailable |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Roland Levinsky Building]], the landmark building of the [[University of Plymouth]], is located in the city's central quarter. Designed by leading architect [[Henning Larsen]], the building was opened in 2008 and houses the University's Arts faculty.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roland Levinsky Building |url=https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/students-and-family/life-at-plymouth/campus-and-facilities/roland-levinsky-building |website=University of Plymouth |access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref>

[[Beckley Point]], at 78m / 20 floors, is Plymouth's tallest building<ref>{{cite web |title=Kier tops out at Plymouth's Beckley Point |date=9 February 2017 |url=http://cinmagazine.co.uk/kier-tops-plymouths-beckley-point/ |access-date=23 September 2018 |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923235214/http://cinmagazine.co.uk/kier-tops-plymouths-beckley-point/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Go-ahead for Plymouth's tallest building |url=http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2014/11/28/plymouth-tallest-building-plan-approved/ |access-date=23 September 2018 |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923235348/http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2014/11/28/plymouth-tallest-building-plan-approved/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and was completed on 8 February 2018. It was designed by Boyes Rees Architects and built by contractors [[Kier Group|Kier]].

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File:SmeatonsTower2006.JPG|[[Smeaton's Tower]]
File:Plymouth Sound and Breakwater.jpg|[[Plymouth Sound]] and [[Plymouth Breakwater|Breakwater]]
File:Britannia-Statue.jpg|National Armada memorial ([[Britannia]])
File:War memorial, Plymouth.jpg|Naval War Memorial
File:Plymouth Barbican and harbour.jpg|The Parade, [[Barbican, Plymouth|Barbican]]
File:MayflowerSteps.jpg|The [[Mayflower Steps]] Memorial
File:Saltram House 2008.jpg|[[Saltram House]] remodelled by the architect [[Robert Adam]]
File:Beckley Point, Plymouth (geograph 5778842).jpg|[[Beckley Point]]
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