Royal Parade

Plymouth’s visitor coach plans revealed

Visitors arriving by coach will be dropped off and picked up at the bottom of Royal Parade as well as on the Barbican as part of the Council’s plans to improve coach services for the city.

The Council will re-engineer the area around the pavements at Derry’s Cross to provide two dedicated locations for coaches to pick up and drop off passengers. There will also be a shelter built for...

The Treasury Bar celebrates ten years of ‘Leading Lifestyles’

The Treasury, a café, bar and restaurant on Royal Parade in Plymouth, is celebrating ten years of business this July. From the ‘Betamax’ birthday party on the Friday 19th July and throughout the rest of July and August, The Treasury will be offering people the chance to discover, or rediscover, a bar which has been central to Plymouth’s cultural scene over the last ten years. Or as they put it...

Another city centre fountain to be reactivated

Gdynia Fountain at the top of Royal Parade is the latest city fountain to be switched back on again following a gap of three years since it was last used.

The fountain will be turned on again today (Tuesday 25 June) at around 4.30pm.

The water pumps were repaired, electrics and systems checked and the whole fountain thoroughly cleaned and rubbish removed.

The Gdynia...

Changes to bus departure points on Royal Parade

Departure points for some of the bus services operating from Royal Parade will be changing from Sunday 5 May.

The changes, which will spread services out more evenly across the bus stops, are being made by Plymouth City Council and local bus companies to reduce congestion and improve safety.

Royal Parade is the city’s busiest bus interchange and there are often problems with ‘...