Plymouth

Tinside Pool in Plymouth, UK from the road above the pool on a sunny summer day

Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately 37 miles (60 km) south-west of Exeter and 190 miles (310 km) west-south-west of London. Enclosing the city are the mouths of the river Plym and river Tamar, which are naturally incorporated into Plymouth Sound to form a boundary with Cornwall.

The city is home to 262,100 (mid-2019 est.) people, making it the 30th-most populous built-up area in the United Kingdom and the second-largest city in the South West, after Bristol. It is governed locally by Plymouth City Council and home to the University of Plymouth. It has ferry links to Brittany (Roscoff and St Malo) and to Spain (Santander). W

Plymouth community action

Sustainability initiatives

Arts, sport and culture

Cycling activism

Plymouth is at the southern end of the 99-mile (159 km) long Devon Coast to Coast Cycle Route (National Cycle Route 27). The route runs mostly traffic free on off-road sections between Ilfracombe and Plymouth. The route uses former railway lines, though there are some stretches on public roads. W

Community and voluntary action

Community energy

Plymouth Energy Community

Food activism

  • All Ways Apples, community apple festival held in Devonport, Plymouth, in the Autumn of each year
  • Diggin it! organic gardening project in Plymouth
  • Food Plymouth, city-wide food partnership which works to support the aims of the Plymouth Food Charter and Sustainable Food City Plymouth Action Plan, promoting a vibrant and resilient local food economy for a more healthy and sustainable city [1]

Maps: Plymouth Good Food Map, foodplymouth.org, link not found

Open spaces

Parks, nature and green spaces, information from Plymouth City Council

Plymouth is home to 28 parks with an average size of 45,638 square metres (491,240 sq ft).[66] Its largest park is Central Park, with other sizeable green spaces including Victoria Park, Freedom Fields Park, Alexandra Park, Devonport Park and the Hoe. W

Sharing

Borrow Don’t Buy, 'library of things' in Plymouth

Towards sustainable economies

Urban sustainability

Resources

Citizens data initiative

Networks

News and comment

2019

Plymouth becomes the UK’s first Fab City, Jul 1 [2]

2018

What kind of space can welcome a diverse community? Apr 28 [3]

More news and comment

Events

2014

June 10 -14 Plymouth Big Food Event, foodplymouth.org, link not found


  • Wikipedia Plymouth

References

  1. ↑ foodplymouth.org
  2. ↑ University of Plymouth
  3. ↑ The Alternative UK
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