Most visitors to Plymouth are drawn to the spectacular [Plymouth Hoe]?, a stretch of greensward overlooking the sea and [Plymouth Sound]?; it is alleged that this was the place where Sir Francis Drake completed his game of bowls before setting sail to defeat the [Spanish Armada]?.
Plymouth has a university, the [University of Plymouth]? which has a slight tendency to specialise in naval and maritime related disciplines.
It is one of the primary gateways to Cornwall providing access by way of the Torpoint ferry across the Hamoaze, the mouth of the Tamar?, and the [Tamar bridge]? linking the A38 through the [St Budeaux]? area of Plymouth on the Devon bank of the Tamar to Saltash? on the Cornish bank. The major rail link to Cornwall, the [Royal Albert Bridge]? runs side-by-side with the road bridge but, as it's name suggests, it was built much earlier by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
The city has one football club which plays football at the national level, Plymouth Argyle F.C.. The Labour MP and former leader of the Labour Party, Michael Foot, is a Plymothian and is now a director of Plymouth Argyle.
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