The Barbican & Mayflower Steps
The Barbican
A historic harbor district of cobbled lanes and Tudor houses, where the Pilgrims set sail for the New World aboard the Mayflower in 1620.
The Barbican is Plymouth's oldest district, with more than 200 listed buildings. Its lanes are lined with galleries, antique shops, seafood restaurants, and old pubs. At the edge of Sutton Harbour, the Mayflower Steps memorial gateway marks the spot where the Pilgrims departed, and the Mayflower Museum across the way tells their story. Boat tours leave the quay to cruise Plymouth Sound and the naval base, and ferries run to Mount Batten and Mount Edgcumbe. Elizabethan House on New Street, the Plymouth Gin Distillery, and the National Marine Aquarium are all within walking distance.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Elizabethan House
- Plymouth Gin Distillery
- Royal Citadel
- National Marine Aquarium
- Plymouth Hoe & Smeaton's Tower
- The Box
- Tinside Lido
- Drake's Island