West Hoe

West Hoe
West Hoe
	West Hoe Location within Devon
District	Plymouth;
Shire county	Devon;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PLYMOUTH
Postcode district	PL1 3XX
Dialling code	01752
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
	List of places UK England Devon 50°21′51″N 4°08′57″W / 50.36417°N 4.14917°W

West Hoe is an area of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.

History

West Hoe is a Victorian era housing development built into the site of a quarry from which much limestone was taken for the city centre development of Plymouth.^{[citation needed]}

Features

West Hoe abuts Millbay harbour to the west and the Hoe promenade to the east. Much of the housing stock is used as lodging houses and bed and breakfast hotels.

The area features elegant buildings including the Grand Parade and the remnants of the old public steam baths beside West Hoe Basin which were briefly a yacht club and now a bar and restaurant.

LOOK II

West Hoe Pier also features LOOK II, a permanent sculpture by British sculptor Antony Gormley.

"LOOK II" (2020), a permanent cast iron sculpture by Antony Gormley on West Hoe Pier, Plymouth
Street view of the cream and blue coloured houses of Grand Parade, Plymouth

References

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