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Bodmin - County Assize Courts
Visit the County Assize Courts then move onto Bodmin Gaol, built in 1778 it was the first prison to have individual cells, and was the scene of 55 executions mostly in public. It was the site of the last public execution in Britain in 1909. Bodmin was the only Cornish town to be mentioned in the Doomsday book of 1086 and the Doomsday book was housed in Bodmin Gaol during the First World War, as were the Crown Jewels. |
approx time from port
1 hour |
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Crownhill Fort
Crownhill Fort has great importance today, as the last of this country’s true castles and the most important of the great Victorian forts built to defend Plymouth from attack by land as well as sea. The Fort’s buildings contain displays where you can experience a soldier’s life in the re-created Victorian and WWII barrack rooms, Victorian sergeant’s quarters and guard room. You can learn about the story of the Fort and Plymouth’s local regiment, the Devon and Dorsets.
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approx time from port
5 minutes |
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Devonport Naval Base
Plymouth has been used as a naval base since the days of Edward I and his wars with France and the port was vital in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Devonport Dockyard, originally known as Plymouth Dock, on the Hamoaze (the name for part of the River Tamar), is the largest Naval dockyard in Western Europe and dates from 1693 when a wet and dry dock was built, followed by the construction of workshops, stores, and more docks.
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approx time from port
15 minutes |
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Plymouth Gin
Plymouth Gin is a gin with unrivalled heritage. One of only a handful of surviving gins from the 18th Century, it has been distilled for over 200 years in Plymouth at the same site now England’s oldest working distillery. In the early 1800s it became the Gin of the Royal Navy and was consequently taken to all corners of the world.
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approx time from port
20 minutes |
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Polperro
Polperro is a picture book village with narrow, winding streets, cottages perched on steep slopes overlooking a tiny harbour - beautiful views, wonderful cliff-path walks, interesting shops, superb pubs and restaurants and lovely places to stay - chances are you'll want to come again - maybe, like many visitors, you'll want to stay - for ever.
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approx time from port
50 minutes |
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South Devon Railway
The South Devon Railway offers a wonderful opportunity to travel in the carriage used by Queen Victoria, carriages that met the ocean liners. This is a unique and exclusive excursion. Light refreshments or lunch can be served as you travel from Staverton Station along the hidden valley of the River Dart to Totnes to disembark at Buckfastleigh Station.
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approx time from port
30 minutes |
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Treasure Park
Whilst en-route to any of the fabulous attractions in Cornwall, why not stop off at Cornwall’s Treasure Park for a traditional Cornish Cream Tea. Treasure Park, a Holiday Retail Park on the site of the historic tin streaming facility of Tolgus Mill, is the home of the Cornish Goldsmith’s where you can see the “James Bond” Aston Martin DB5 or the DeLorean car as seen in “Back to the Future”, watch our expert Cornish goldsmiths fashion jewellery, or simply peruse a fantastic selection of gold products.
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approx time from port
1 hour 25 minutes |