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Plymouth: Area, History and Background

Riding are well acquainted with the United Kingdom, its cities and towns.

Below is some historic, cultural and background information about the area of Plymouth in the United Kingdom.

• Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England.
• It is about 190 miles (310 km) south-west of London.
• Plymouth is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west.
• Its history goes back to the Bronze Age, when its first settlement grew at Mount Batten.
• This settlement continued to grow as a trading post for the Roman Empire.
• Today it is home to over 250,000 people, making it the 15th most populous city in England.
• Plymouth is governed locally by Plymouth City Council and is represented nationally by three MPs.
• Its economy is still strongly influenced by shipbuilding, but has become a more service-based economy since the 1990s.
• Plymouth has the 11th largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students.
• It has ferry links to France and Spain and an airport with European services.
• Prior to the latter half of the 18th century grain, timber and then coal were the greatest imports.
• It was also home to the Royal Naval Engineering College; opened in 1880 in Keyham.