Tourism Minister Tracey Crouch visited Plymouth yesterday (Friday 31 March) to see Britain’s Ocean City for herself, and to hear more about preparations for the Mayflower 400 commemorations in 2020.
The Minister is visiting Plymouth to mark English Tourism Week as the city makes vital preparations working with national and international partners to mark the 400th anniversary of the...
The United States Acting Ambassador to the UK visited Plymouth March 21 and 22 to experience the many connections between Plymouth and the United States from the Mayflower to the present.
Lewis Lukens said: “It was a privilege to be in the city of Plymouth surrounded by the hospitality of its people and its historic connections to the United States.”
Business leaders are being encouraged to put their faith in the Plymouth Waterfront Partnership and its bid to continue the area’s Business Improvement District for a further five years.
The Waterfront BID began in March 2012 and currently represents more than 660 businesses in a three-square mile area stretching from Royal William Yard to Queen Anne’s Battery Marina.
A senior figure from a major global company has been appointed to lead the national and international programme to commemorate the voyage of the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World.
Charles Hackett, who is vice president of medicines commercialisation for pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, has been selected to be at the helm of Mayflower400 in the UK.
Members of the public will be able to see their name etched into history when ambitious plans to build a multi-million pound robot boat to mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower out of Plymouth take another step forward tomorrow (Monday 24th October, 2016).
The team behind the Mayflower Autonomous Ship are planning a Crowdfunding launch which will offer, among many...
Members of the public will be able to see their name etched into history when ambitious plans to build a multi-million pound robot boat to mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower out of Plymouth take another step forward next month .
The team behind the Mayflower Autonomous Ship are planning a Crowdfunding launch which will offer, among many other rewards, the chance...
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery's building is currently closed for redevelopment. While this is happening, it is running its popular Lunchtime Talks programme at the Plymouth Athenaeum. Come along and enjoy this talk. We all know a little about the Mayflower and its passengers but what’s the real story and how much is myth? The facts are much more interesting than most people imagine. Why did they sail from Plymouth? Were they the first settlers in North America? Why did they name their settlement Plymouth? They endured huge storms, were almost shipwrecked and even had a birth at...
Plans to commemorate one of the world’s most significant voyages are stepping up a gear with the search starting for a chief executive for Mayflower400.
A new post is being created to lead the national and international programme which will commemorate the voyage of the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World in 1620.
A programme of national and international activities and events is...
Work has started on South West Water's new £60million state-of-the-art water treatment works, which will serve Plymouth and the surrounding area. Representatives from Bickleigh Parish Council, South Hams District Council, Plymouth City Council, Devon County Council and Dartmoor National Park Authority visited the construction site at Roborough, just north of Plymouth, to see the progress being...
A pioneering project that marries the city’s past and its ambition to be a global centre for marine technology is to form part of the official Mayflower 400 commemorations.
Plymouth City Council and the Plymouth-based Mayflower Autonomous Ship Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on the ‘Mayflower Autonomous Ship’ – the world's first full-sized, fully...
