News
September 2011
21st Sept Evening tour 7.30pm from Mayflower steps £4.50 per person
Americas Cup
Plymouth Discovery Tours will be providing a shuttle service during the Americas cup from 10th to 18th September from Millbay to the Barbican and Hoe. Please visit our Americas Cup Page to book your tickets .
Use our Shuttle service for the Americas Cup keep your ticket and you will get a discount at the Theatre Royal for there Earthquakes in London Production available from 22nd-24th September
July 2011
Plymouth Discovery Tours have been verified as a provider for The Children's University this is a National organisation offering children aged 5-14 an exciting and innovated programme of high quality learning opportunities outside schools hour with a focus on rewarding participation raising aspirations and encouraging engagement with learning. Children can bring there passports along to Beryl the bus who will give then a special rate of £2.50 on showing there passport they must be accompanied by a full paying adult .
May 2011
Starting Monday 30th May 2011 Plymouth Discovery Tours have teamed up with two local attractions to offer visitors and local the opportunity to Discover Plymouth by Land ,Sea and Sky.
You can experience an one hour bus tour onboard Beryl the bus ,one hour boat trip with Tamar Cruising plus a ride of your life on The Wheel of Plymouth
£16Adult £9 child (4-14) £1 child (2-3)
Look who held up and came on board Beryl the Discovery Bus during
Pirates weekend .Jonty Depp AKA Captain Jack Sparrow
Plymouth Discovery Tours took part in Pirates weekend on the Barbican from the 21st -22nd May .If you are the 20th 40th 60th 80th person each day that takes one of our Tours you will receive a FREE signed Larry the Pirate Book about the Rockhoppas that live on Drakes Island. Posh Edna one of the Penguins will be on board Beryl the Bus at 3pm on Saturday
April 2011
Plymouth Discovery Tours have teamed up with The Wheel of Plymouth to offer customer a 20% discount . When you pay full price on one attraction you get 20% off the other.
No tours on Friday 29th April as Beryl the bus is part of the Barbican Street party . Watch the Royal Wedding on the big screen then wonder down to the Barbican with your picnic and enjoy the atmosphere.
Plymouth Discovery Tours have joined forces with Tamar Cruising to offer Visitors and locals the chance to Discover Plymouth By Land and Sea . Buy a joint ticket which allows you a hour long boat and bus tour £10 per adult £5 per child
March 2011
Plymouth Discovery Tours have been asked to be involved with Hidden City 2nd project Drive in Deco starting on 31st March running until 9th April you can sit on Beryl the bus to watch the movies
December 2010
Beryl the bus is providing free transport from city centre to the Barbican on the 5th 12th and 19th December helping to support the Barbican Christmas events
November 2010
Beryl the bus is supporting Plymouths Thanksgiving Day ( 25th November) providing free transport from the Guildhall to Mayflower step then in the afternoon offering sightseeing tours. 2PM and 3.10PM pick up point just up from the Mayflower steps £4.50 per person
September 2010
Was invited to appear on Radio Devon "Shep and Jo show" to talk about our Evacuation tours
Transport guest for HellermanTyton Ground Breaking Event
August 2010
Ruth Langsford (Mrs Holmes ) mentioned the Barbican and our Bus Tours on This Morning Show on the 4th of August.
July 2010
Plymouth Discovery Tours is now on Trip advisor, if you have been on one of our tours then please review us .
April 2010
Plymouth Discovery Tours Has a competition in the Plymouth Herald (3 April 2010) for children to win a discounted ticket price.
Plymouth Discovery Tours has a new location for 2010 just up the hill from the Mayflower steps (please look out for our logo on the rails)
Ticket can be purchased in advance at the Tourist information centre on the Barbican
July 2009
Plymouth Discovery Tours is taking part in the bus rally up on the Hoe on Sunday 26th July for the 80th anniversary of Western National omnibus company .
Plymouth Discovery Tours is transporting the face of Plymouth finalists on Friday 17th July.
June 2009
Plymouth Discovery Tours is support Armed forces week . Discount is available for past and present serving personal
May 2009
Plymouth Discovery tours has teamed up with Walkers crisps and their new Gary's Great Trips 2 for 1 offer .This involves collecting tokens and following the instructions on their web site . www.walkers-crisps.co.uk . to find our offer go to
http://www.walkers-crisp.co.uk/garysgreattrip/#locationDetails/671/trip/74
For locals go to the The Range Billacombe rd Plymstock Plymouth once you purchase an item you can receive a discount flyer of £1 off per person at the tills. Bring your flyer with you when you step on-board Beryl .
Plymouth Discovery Tours is supporting the renal department at Derriford Hospital , patients that receive Kidney Dialysis can enjoy a free historical tour around Plymouth. They need to contact Susan Reynolds Dialysis coordinator Haemodialysis unit Derriford.
Plymouth Discovery Tours are providing the transport for HMCS kootenay 40 Plymouth pilgrimage when they visit in October
April 2009
Sarah (aka Monet ) one of our guides took part in a dance performance in Drake-circus Plymouth on 16th April can you spot here?
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Dancers-perform-Drake-Circus/article-907268-detail/article.html
Start of the new season on Saturday 4th April. we look forward to welcoming you all on Board Beryl .
March 2009
Lorna is going to do Race for Life , please sponsor her at http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/lornapearce1
Plymouth Discovery Tours will be supporting the 2009 Entrepreneurs bootcamp , by providing transport and joint sponsoring a participant with Grubs up.
November 2008
We have been nominate for the pride of Plymouth awards organised by Plymouth sound. we are in the category of start up business. results will be given at the award event on November 21st
October 2008
New evacuation tours for schools
Meet a Mrs Hilda
Brownlow WVS co-ordinator ,Mrs. Brownlow is a retired school mistress very
strict and a little deaf .who is not that keen on children specially grubby
little boys.
September
2008
New web-site has been
launched please visit
www.plymouthdiscoveryevents.scream-it.comI was privilege last night
to attend the woman of achievement awards in Plymouth.My friend Jayne from Grubs
up won 2 awards. Social Responsibility Award
and Business Woman of the Year.I was so proud to be there
for her (and provide the tissues )Plymouth Discovery Tours
are providing transport for the Hidden city festival
August
2008
Tours to run every day
July 2008
Jack G from Victoria Road Primary School ,won our competition to name ourBus .
The prize was for Jack and his class mates to experience a Historical Bus tour of Plymouth. Jack picked the name Beryl (after Beryl Cook the local artist). Beryl’s family supported the bus being named after her.
April
2008
Plymouth Discovery Tours
Launch party took place at the Royal William Yard, With live music from Funky
Butt.
http://www.funkybutt.org/
Food was provided by Grubs up with a world war 2 flavour (including spam) http://www.grubsup.scream-it.com/
The whole event was organised by Shelly at http://www.jigsawevents.co.uk.
Thank you to all for making the evening a great success.