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Photo of Plymouth Firestone Bay, a swimming spot in Devon, south west England.

© Ian S / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plymouth Firestone Bay

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Plymouth Firestone Bay is an official bathing spot in Devon. Its water quality was classed Excellent at the Environment Agency's last classification. It is one of 67 bathing waters in the county.

Devonport Station is 2.1 km away to the north. For more of the same, Plymouth Hoe West and Plymouth Hoe East are close by.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Plymouth Firestone Bay

Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

0.1 km SW · spans 4 counties

Photo of the Cornwall National Landscape, a National Landscape in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Cornwall National Landscape

National Landscape near Padstow

The best of Cornwall's coast and moor, gathered into a dozen protected stretches around the county

0.8 km W

Photo of Tinside Lido, a lido near Plymouth, Devon, south west England.Highlight

Tinside Lido

Lido near Plymouth

Semicircular Art Deco seawater lido of 1935 on the rocks below Plymouth Hoe, looking out over Plymouth Sound.

1.4 km E

Photo of South Devon, a National Landscape in Devon, south west England.Highlight

South Devon

National Landscape near Kingsbridge

Red cliffs, tucked-away coves and drowned river valleys, with the coast path linking one beach to the next

2.7 km E

Photo of the Rame Head Heritage Coast, Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Rame Head

Heritage Coast near Cawsand and Kingsand

Conical headland topped by a chapel.

3.5 km S

Photo of Cawsand and Kingsand, a village in Cornwall, south west England.Highlight

Cawsand and Kingsand

Village

Twin smuggling villages on the Rame Peninsula, a huddle of colour-washed cottages looking across Plymouth Sound.

4.2 km SW · Cornwall