Sea and seaside photo gallery

Find out more about Plymouth's relationship with the sea first-hand, through images and documents.

  • Lifeboat purchased for Plymouth (PWDRO 1/660)
  • Plymouth Pier, 1890s (PCMAG AR.1937.112.94)
  • Sailing ships in Plymouth Sound (AR.1987.348)
  • Fairground c.1908 (PCMAG AR.1981.176.1.524)
  • Gutting and cleaning fish (PCMAG AR.1987.279)
  • Visiting the breakwater (PCMAG AR.1981.176.1.429)
  • Picnic on the breakwater (PCMAG AR.1981.176.2.326)
  • Opening of Tinside, 1935 (PWDRO 1327)
  • Sutton Harbour Regatta 1936 (PWDRO 1261/41)
  • 'Seven o'clock regulars' (PWDRO 2341/6)
  • Tinside Swimming Club Gala (PWDRO 1418/4138 WMN)
  • Swimming at Tinside (PWDRO 1418/4908 WMN)
  • Tinside seafront (PWDRO 1418/6828 WMN)
  • Stanley Spencer (PWDRO 1418/11959 WMN)
  • Loading a ship during the Suez Crisis (PWDRO 1418/12932 WMN)
  • Jamaican immigrants (PWDRO 1418/13912 WMN)
  • Barbican fishing boats (PWDRO 1418/15353 WMN)
  • Dinghies at Elphinstone Quay (PCMAG C/E.14999)
  • Children's pool, The Hoe (PCMAG C/E.16573)
  • Mutton Cove (PLS/WMN/PWDRO P000076284)

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