An area of outstanding beauty

An area of outstanding natural beauty

Plymouth is known as Britain’s Ocean City and is just a few minutes away from some of the world’s best coastline and countryside.

Rain or shine, Plymouth is home to breath-taking views, plenty to see and do and lots of fresh, sea and country air. As the greenest city in the UK, Plymouth constitutes 40% green space and is home to Dartmoor National Park and the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where there is no shortage of hiking, horse riding and rock-climbing opportunities.

There are many well-known landmarks to discover including the largest operational naval base in Western Europe. Our pupils have access to Plymouth’s many unique areas and districts which are just waiting to be explored and you can also now reach London in approximately two hours. Plymouth is well served by road and railway, with easy links to Bristol and Exeter.

There are regular half-hourly trains to London with a journey time of just under two hours. Access to Europe is right on your doorstep with the local port offering regular cross-Channel ferry services to Brittany in France and Santander in northern Spain. The closest airport is 47 miles away in Exeter, 50 minutes by road.

Image: Dartmoor

This holistic education is part of our DNA. Everything we do – every lesson, every form period, every activity – is a truly enriching experience for our pupils and enables them to develop intellectually, academically, socially, morally and physically. They emerge from their Plymouth College education with fantastic exam results and ”as rounded, grounded, happy and confident young men and women.