Explore Plymouth (Devon) Coast and Beaches

Plymouth is a city on the south coast of Devon with Plymouth Sound forming the boundary with Cornwall. Plymouth is a commercial shipping port and shipbuilding and dockyard town. Plymouth itself only has two small rocky beaches either side of Plymouth's Tinside Lido, but the coastline to either side of Plymouth into Devon and Cornwall has a selection of great beaches and hidden coves worth exploring. Plymouth is a large city with a long maritime past and so you have many historical sites to visit including those around the Mayflower story of 1620.


Why not check beaches nearby as we have 96 beaches in Devon. You can even take a look at our list of Devon dog friendly beaches or even our United Kingdom Blue Flag beach list.

Plymouth Devon Coast Map

Plymouth Devon Coast Search Bar

Where would you like to go? Use our search bar to search across all our local listings, ideal for finding that nearest spot to visit:

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Want some ideas on where to visit?

Every favourite location must be visited for the first time. Want some ideas, why not check out the below small selection of coastal locations, including beaches, activities, things to see and do, and places to stay and eat:

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British Firework Championships

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17th August 2023
British Firework Championships is a large-scale pyrotechnic competition. You have six professional displays (three 10-minute displays 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 Read more…
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Saltram House and Park

Saltram House is a Georgian house with interiors by Robert Adam has fine collections of furniture, art and china. The 202 hectares (50 acres) of gardens, follies and landscape parkland stretch down to the River Plym. Saltram House started in the film Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. Read more…
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Plymouth Hoe West Beach

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…
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Bovisand Bay Beach

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…
Place to eat

The Mannamead Pub

The Mannamead 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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Stoke Beach

Stoke Beach also known as Row Cove Beach is a small pebble and rocky beach backed by cliffs. A private beach with access along a public footpath through a caravan park and down some steps to the beach. You do have limited car parking spaces by the entrance to the park. Read more…
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Mothecombe and Coastguards Beach

Mothecombe and Coastguards Beach is a large expanse of sand that is a traditional family beach. There are two parts to the beach. Mothercombe Beach (also called Meadowsfoot Beach) is a privately owned beach and is open on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The nearby Coastguard’s Beach has free public access. The beaches are on the South West Coastal Path and Read more…
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Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery was built in 1907-10 by Thornely and Rooke in Edwardian Baroque style. The Museum has collections of fine and decorative arts, natural history and human history. Read more…
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Plymouth Hoe East Beach

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…
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Smeatons Tower

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…
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Wonwell Sands Beach

Wonwell Sands beach is a small sandy beach on the east side of the Erme estuary. At low tide you have a large area of sand but the beach becomes limited in space as the tide comes in. Parking is limited and access via a narrow lane from Kingston village. We have no dog information for Wonwell Sands beach. Read more…
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Royal Citadel

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…
Place to eat

The Union Rooms Pub

The Union Rooms 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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