West Hoe is an area of

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ...

in the

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county of

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

History

West Hoe is a

Victorian era In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardia ...

housing development built into the site of a quarry from which much

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

was taken for the city centre development of Plymouth.

Features

West Hoe abuts

Millbay Millbay, also known as Millbay Docks, is an area of dockland in Plymouth, Devon, England. It lies south of Union Street, between West Hoe in the east and Stonehouse in the west. The area is currently subject to a public-private regeneration c ...

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 Bed and breakfast (typically shortened to B&B or BnB) is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast. Bed and breakfasts are often private family homes and typically have between four and eleven rooms, wit ...

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 A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting. Description Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a mari ...

and now a bar and restaurant.

LOOK II

West Hoe Pier also features ''LOOK II'', a permanent sculpture by British sculptor

Antony Gormley Sir Antony Mark David Gormley (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His works include the ''Angel of the North'', a public sculpture in Gateshead in the north of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998; ''Another Pla ...

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

References

Suburbs of Plymouth, Devon {{Devon-geo-stub