PLYMOUTH
city guide
by Alexander Farthing
GREAT NIGHT OUT
Getting a drink in your hand in Plymouth
is quick, easy and cheap. There will be a
decent bar within a five-minute walk no
matter where you live - soon to be your
local. Stretch your legs or pitch in for an
almost guaranteed £4 taxi (average price
for nearly any journey), and you can hit
Oceana, the largest club in Plymouth
and the main club for students after the
Students’ Union (UPSU). Oceana provides
£1 drink nights, sticky floors and a cheesy
room with talented dancers; the kind of
place where you never have a bad night.
Drift further from the student areas and
you will find the Barbican – expensive
but next to a harbour so nice for an early
tipple – and, even further, Union street,
a mile-or-so long street with various
bars and clubs; Walkabout or Vodka
Revolutions are the only permanent stops
you might want to make on here, the rest
of the places are local hang outs.
The student core really is North Hill;
whilst there’s nowhere that would be
classed as a typical club here, there is
a variety of bars catering to all tastes,
wallet widths and society nights. After
9pm, the bar definition tends towards
club and the poles in the corner become
more obvious as they get overly used by
a keen man or woman (usually a bloke).
Your major stops here are Cuba, Bang
Bang, Bac Bar, Fresher and Professor
and Mouse Trap.
Cuba is a bar/club you will know
intimately by the end of your degree at
Plymouth University; this is where you
will end up past 3am, and they are happy
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PLYMOUTH
I’M ALEXANDER FARTHING.
I’M STUDYING FOR A MASTER’S IN
SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS
AND I LIVE ON NORTH HILL.