The Plymouth History Festival returns for 2022
This year sees the return of the Plymouth History Festival, between the dates of 7 May and 27 May, as we showcase and share the wonderful community heritage work being undertaken in the city.
The overarching themes for this year’s event centre around the National Marine Park project and how Plymouth’ s enduring connection with the water has come to shape the identities of the people, and communities, who have called this place home through history.
The National Marine Park project’s aim, is to improve the physical and social infrastructure of the city as a place intrinsically bound to Plymouth Sound, through engagement with its residents. Consequently, events throughout the month will consider and explore how this has happened in the past, how it happens today and what more we can do as we look to the future.

Saturday 7 May 2022
The Box: Local History Bonanza Day, 10am-4pm
Ford Park Cemetery Exhibition: Artists in Residence, 12.30pm to 3.30pm

Sunday 8 May 2022
Hart of Plymouth: The Vestry, Plymouth Synagogue, 11am and 4pm
The Box: Behind The Scenes Tours , 1pm and 2pm


Tuesday 10 May 2022
Tamar Bridge Anchorage Tour: 10am to 11.30am
High Street Heritage Action Zone Trundle: 10.30am

Wednesday 11 May 2022
The Box: Bitesize: Figured and Formed, 1pm to 1.45pm
Plymouth, Devonport & Stonehouse in the 19th Century Talk: 7.30pm to 8.30pm

Thursday 12 May 2022
Bridging the Tamar Centre: Guided Tour, 2pm to 3pm
Elizabethan House Tour: 3.30pm to 4.30pm


Saturday 14 May 2022
Mount Wise and Falklands 40: Walks with History, from 11am
The Box: Dress Code: Queering the Mannequin, 2pm to 3pm

Sunday 15 May 2022
Hart of Plymouth: The Vestry, Plymouth Synagogue, 11am and 4pm
In Search of Pudding Lane: Walks with History, from 3pm

Monday 16 May 2022
Beating of the Bounds of Devonport (1): Walks with History, from 11am
Beating of the Bounds of Devonport (2): Walks with History, from 3pm

Tuesday 17 May 2022
Tamar Bridge Visitor Centre: Guided Tour, 2pm to 3pm
University of Plymouth: Lower Tamar Crossings talk, 7pm to 8.30pm

Wednesday 18 May 2022
The Box: Bitesize: The Future of the Past, 1pm to 1.45pm
The Box: Where Am I? talk, 3pm to 4.30pm

Thursday 19 May 2022
Ford Park Cemetery Exhibition: Artists in Residence, 10.30am to 3.30pm
Tamar Bridge Visitor Centre: Guided Tour, 11am to 12pm

Friday 20 May 2022
The Box: Clean Our Patch Heritage Litter Pick, from 11am
Old Plymouth Society Talk: The Royal Albert Bridge, from 7.30pm

Saturday 21 May 2022
University of Plymouth: Our Ocean City, Stories and Sounds of the Sea, 9.45am to 4pm
Leadworks: Renaissance Dance Company Workshop, 4pm to 4.30pm

Sunday 22 May 2022
The Box: Behind The Scenes Tours, 1pm and 2pm
Murder & Misadventure in Victorian Plymouth: Ford Park Cemetery, 7pm to 8.30pm

Monday 23 May 2022
The Millfields: Walks with History, from 10am
Ford Park Cemetery Exhibition: Murder, Mystery, Mayhem, 12.30pm to 3.30pm

Tuesday 24 May 2022
The Box: Sources for Local History Workshop, 10am to 12.30pm
Tamar Bridge Visitor Centre: Guided Tour, 2pm to 3pm

Wednesday 25 May 2022
The Levinsky Gallery: Bitesize: Rachel Whiteread, 1pm to 1.45pm
Devon Family History Society: Online Talk, 7.30pm to 9pm

Thursday 26 May 2022
Ernesettle Community Curation Event: 10am to 3pm
Elizabethan House Tour: 3.30pm to 4.30pm

Friday 27 May 2022
Rainbow Connections Trail: Guided Walk, 11am to 12.30pm
The Box: Identity Parade, 7.30pm to 10pm