Plymouth - Armada Way and Royal Parade

Opposite St Andrew's church on the Armada Way is the Civic Centre, 1958-62, built to designs by J. Stirling, with a 14-story high rise office building. The viewing platform on the 14th floor provides a breathtaking view of the city and in clear weather it is possible to see as far as Dartmoor.

Near St Andrew's church are the medieval Prysten House dating from the 15th century, the Merchants' House, a Tudor building dating from the 16th century, in which a museum of social history is housed, and the Guildhall with its pretty little towers.

The main church, St Andrew's was built in the second half of the 15th century and was rebuilt in 1945-57. Sir Martin Frobisher (d. 1594) and Admiral Blake (d. 1657) were both laid to rest here, and there is also a memorial tablet to William Cookworthy, who in 1768 founded the first English porcelain factory.