British Firework Championships is a large-scale pyrotechnic competition. You have six professional displays (three on each evening) showing off their choreography skills.
The displays are fired from the Mountbatten breakwater and are designed to be seen from Citadel and The Hoe, which makes these areas the prime viewing areas.
For the visitor to go alongside the fireworks you also have a funfair, live music and lots of street food.
The British Firework Championships are supporting the R.N.L.I. by way of programme sales.
In this 'you may also like' section we attempt to answer what else can I do? Here you have a list by order of being the closest to the event, some more beaches, things to see and do, places to eat and upcoming events.
The Gog and Magog is a Wetherspoon pub in Plymouth, Devon. Our pub offers a range of real ales, craft beers and freshly ground Lavazza coffee. Breakfast is served until noon, with our full food menu available until 11 pm. Read more…
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Beach: South Milton Sands View: Fantastic seafront location with panoramic views over the golden stretch of South Milton Sands beach. What’s on the menu?: Stylish café serving breakfasts, great grilled fish, fresh seafood & snacks. To takeaway as well. And something else….Situated on the South West Coastal Path, this is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. You can also hire Read more…
Plymouth Hoe (East) beach has a small pebble section with rocks below Plymouth Hoe low limestone cliffs. The Hoe is a large south facing open public space including a statue of Sir Francis Drake with magnificent views of Plymouth Sound, Drake’s Island, and across the Hamoaze to Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon word Hoe, a Read more…
Plymouth Hoe (West) beach is not really a beach but just some rocks below Plymouth Hoe low limestone cliffs. The Hoe is a large south facing open public pace including a statue of Sir Francis Drake with magnificent views of Plymouth Sound, Drake’s Island, and across the Hamoaze to Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon word Read more…
Bovisand Bay beach is a sheltered sandy bay with cliffs on either side. Popular with locals and visiting families with a large expanse of sand for ball games at low tide. The beach is situated in a valley with a holiday park on the coast path not too far from Plymouth Surfing beach that does not get too busy but Read more…
Wembury is within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) owned by the National Trust. The beach has some sand but mostly rocks and rock pools with guided walks around the rock pools from the NT Marine Conservation Centre. Cafe, car parks, toilets, kiosk. Dog restrictions: No dogs May to September. Read more…
The Royal Citadel in Plymouth, was built in the late 1660s to the design of Sir Bernard de Gomme. It is at the eastern end of Plymouth Hoe overlooking Plymouth Sound, and encompasses the site of the earlier fort that had been built in the time of Sir Francis Drake. Read more…
Smeaton’s Tower is the third and most notable Eddystone Lighthouse built in 1759. It marked a major step forward in the design of lighthouses. The lighthouse was in use until 1877, whern it was dismantled and rebuilt on Plymouth Hoe in the city of Plymouth, where it now stands as a memorial to its designer, John Smeaton, the celebrated civil Read more…
Tinside Pool is a great example of an Art Deco lido. Built in 1935 it looks out over Plymouth Sound and is overlooked by Plymouth Hoe and Smeaton’s Tower. The lido is a semicircle of 55 metres diameter (180 feet). There is a central fountain and two smaller side fountains. The lido is floodlit at night. Sun loungers and deckchairs Read more…
The Mayflower Steps are from which the Pilgrim Fathers are believed to have finally left England aboard the Mayflower on 6 September 1620. The traditional site of their disembarkation in North America is Plymouth Rock. Read more…
