City Centre Architecture Tours

The Box is running a series of city centre architecture tours, with the next one on Thursday 5 November. It's an architectural walk through Plymouth's city centre led by Engagement Officer Tony Davey, who takes you around the streets and explains how the city came to look the way it does.

The whole thing centres on A Plan for Plymouth, the 1943 vision for the city put together by James Paton Watson and Patrick Abercrombie. That plan set out how the centre should be rebuilt after the war, and Davey spends the walk showing how it shaped the city we live in and how it still impacts life here today. It's the kind of thing you walk past every day without really thinking about, so it's a good chance to see the city with a bit more context.

The tour starts and finishes at The Box, so you're back where you began by the end. It runs from 11.00am to 1.00pm, and tickets include a hot drink and cake when you get back. If you can't make the 5 November date, there are plenty more to choose from: 28 November, 4 and 12 December, 6 and 16 January, and 5 and 20 February. Each one runs at the same time, 11.00am to 1.00pm.

Tickets are £25 per person, and you'll need to book in advance. You meet at the Welcome Desk at The Box before heading out into the city.