Plymouth is in the southwest of England, or the Westcountry, and is situated within the county of Devon. Its located at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar at the head of one of the world's largest and most spectacular natural harbours, the Plymouth Sound. The city has a rich maritime past and was once one of the two most important Royal Navy bases in the United Kingdom
Famous people associated with Plymouth include Beryl Cook, Robert Lenkiewicz, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Benjamin Robert Haydon, Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, James Northcote Samuel Prout and Sir Francis Drake.
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery is home to vast collections of fine and decorative arts, natural history and human history. The museum's natural history collection consists of over 150,000 specimens of insects, birds, mammals, skeletons, plants, fossils and rocks along with an historic natural history library and archive. Many prehistoric artefacts from Dartmoor, important Bronze Age and Iron Age material from Mount Batten and medieval and post-medieval finds from Plymouth are found in the human history collection alongside artefacts from ancient Egypt and other ancient cultures of Europe and the Middle East. The Art Gallery boasts ever-changing art displays and exhibitions showcasing local and international art ranging from the 16th to the 20th centuries.
Plymouth covers a large area encompassing the towns of Goosewell, Staddiscombe, Hooe, Turnchapel, Oreston, Plymsock, Elburton, Pomphlett, Plympton, Underwood, Longbridge, Crabtree, Eggbuckland, Leigham, Crownhill, Devonport, Fordstoke, Mutley, Compton, Peverell, Pennycross, Manadon, Ham, St Budeaux, Barne, Barton, Kings Tamerton, Honicknowle, Plymouth City, Roborough, Ernesettle, Whitleigh and Tamerton Foliot
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