Description:
This huge natural harbour, known as Plymouth Sound, owes a significant part of its present-day protection to the mile-long breakwater, completed in 1841 after taking 29 years to build.
Entrance Notes and Cautions:
The Sound is easy to enter round either end of it, but the western entrance, marked with a lighthouse, is the main entrance for commercial vessels and is easier for strangers to identify at night. Just be aware that at high spring tides, the whole breakwater can be awash and hardly visible.
Plymouth is a naval port and is controlled by The Queen's Harbour Master. When naval ships are entering or leaving the port, other boats are ushered away from the main channels by the Harbour Master's launch.
Position:
50°20.00'N, 04°10.10'W (western entrance)
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