Royal William Yard

Food, fun and more at Royal William Yard

September’s Good Food Market at the Royal William Yard (Sunday 7th September 9.30am - 4pm) is going to be busier than ever.

Joining the regular food and drink stalls will be a host of arts and crafts stalls, as well as animals from Pennywell Farm, and the Devon and Cornwall Fireboat based in the harbour, there will be fun activities including street entertainers & face painters....

New attractions on the cards for Royal William Yard

A new interiors and lifestyle shopping destination – complete with elegant tea room and magical ‘secret garden’ with spectacular views over Firestone Bay – is all set to open on 17 July at Residence 1, Royal William Yard. Without doubt this is sure to be the ‘jewel in the crown’ for this hidden maritime development, which is already vibrant with beautiful new residences, cafés, bars and...

Two men, one boat: Row4PreciousLives premieres at Royal William Yard

Members of the public are invited to the official premiere of ‘Row4PreciousLives’, at Royal William Yard on Saturday (29 March).

‘Row4PreciousLives’ is the stunning custom-built boat that ocean rowers, Elliott Dale and Chris 'Darby' Walters, will use in June when they take on the Precious Lives Atlantic Challenge, rowing the Atlantic from New York to the Isles of Scilly.

The...

Storms fail to dampen record start to self-catering season

Despite the doom and gloom of the storms, Plymouth and the South Hams are set for a bumper self-catering season in 2014.

New figures from Blue Chip Holidays, which has over 300 high-end self catering holiday homes in South Devon, show that properties in Plymouth and the South Hams took record bookings for the coming year in January. Demand for the area rose over 30% on 2013 and tracked...

Blue Chip Holidays Expands In Plymouth And The South Hams

Blue Chip Holidays, the South West’s largest provider of four and five star self catering holiday homes, has responded to increased customer demand for properties in Plymouth and the South Hams with the appointment of Nicole Roe as Portfolio Development Manager for the area.

Nicole, who has over 9 years’ experience in management and sales, will be working closely with owners in the...

Royal William Yard is supporting Plymouth Food Bank this Christmas

Plymouth Food Bank is once again appealing for food donations this winter to help those most in need.

The charity provides help for local individuals and families in crisis, who may not be able to support themselves or their family with the bare essentials such as food. The Royal William Yard will be supporting this food drive and welcomes the Food Bank to collect food donations...

Christmas Market Weekend at the Royal William Yard

With less than a month until Christmas, the festive season has begun and this weekend a Christmas Market takes place at the Royal William Yard in Plymouth's Waterfront.

Following the Thanksgiving celebrations and Christmas lights switch on last weekend, the Plymouth Waterfront Partnership will next host their first Christmas Weekend Market at the Royal William Yard.

The market...

Christmas Good Food Market

There will be a festive feel to the Good Food Market this December at the Royal William Yard, Plymouth.

The ever-popular Good Food Market, which is held on the first Sunday of each month throughout the year, will be gearing up for Christmas on Sunday 1st December 2013.

Stall holders will be bringing their finest Christmas goodies, selling cakes, chutneys, whole truckles of Westcountry cheeses, fresh geese, ducks, chickens and, of course, turkeys.

Evergreen Farm is, this year, taking orders for their home-reared fresh turkeys, which they will deliver to the Yard on...

Edward Waite Live Studio

Royal William Yard is hosting an opportunity to watch professional artist Edward Waite at work in a live studio event.

In a unique event Waite will be taking part in a ‘Live Studio’ where you can personally meet the artist and see him create large scale partings of urban landscapes.

The event run Art Source™ UK a company which organises bespoke exhibitions will also feature a collection of Waite’s works at a range of prices.

The Live Studio will take place between 10:30am-1pm and 2pm-4:30pm on 21 -25 September.

Admission is free.

Award-winning artists unveil innovative sound installation to transport audiences under the seas

A sonic sea level which immerses audiences beneath the ocean waves – without getting wet – will be unveiled at the launch of a major new cultural festival celebrating the River Tamar.

Fathom , a new sonic artwork by Plymouth University media arts specialists Jane Grant and John Matthias, will use cutting edge technology to create this artificial surface 6ft above the floor of a 17th...

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