Mayflower Steps

Mayflower Steps

Mayflower Steps
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A plaque beside these steps commemorates Provincetown as the first landing spot for the Pilgrims in the New World.
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Reslysten54
Vienna, VA2,707 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2024 • Couples
This monument commemorating the Mayflower's departure in 1620 is not an impressive sight, but it serves well to remind us of the early colonization of North America. The exact location of the point of departure appears to be in dispute, but the power of the symbol remains.

But don't miss the Mayflower Museum located quite nearby. It contains a carefully crafted background story. It's particularly interesting how that story had changed over time. From 2020 and onwards it now actually takes in the perspective of the Native Americans.
Written June 27, 2024
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dena f
California302 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2020 • Family
The steps, though refurbished and an estimated location, provide a feeling of nostalgia. I never thought I’d see the place the Mayflower launched for America from. It provided for a bit of education for the kids and a good couple of selfies. Across the street was a terrific museum that explained more than you ever thought there was to know about the Mayflower and it’s passengers.
Written May 15, 2021
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Steve-and-Andie
Lancaster, UK3,525 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2021
Good to see this area has been refurbished and keeping history alive. It may not have been the original site where the Mayflower set off from but very close to it, that being sited in the ladies loo of the nearby pub!!
Several plaques on the wall tell of it's history.
Parking can be a bit hit and miss in this area. We parked in the multi storey in town and walked here and onto the Hoe.
Worth a look.
Written July 3, 2021
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Kay H
Exeter, UK15 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2020
Take a moment to read the story of the mayflower steps. Find out where the locals think the mayflower steps may actually really be, look out of the waters and take in the history of the place. Can you see the fort? Mount Batton? Jenny Cliff?
Written April 19, 2020
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Big_Jeff_Leo
St Helens, UK22,535 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2020
It certainly is a historic place. There are several plaques that explain the significance of this place and this just goes to open up your imagination and what the Pilgrim Fathers actually achieved. Of course 400th Anniversary celebrations in 2020. Go into the nearby pub and you will find a list of the Pilgrim fathers in the doorway.
Written March 20, 2020
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chammp
Modbury, UK1,323 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2011 • Friends
If you're in Plymouth it's worth going to the Barbican area, and if you're on the Barbican then it's worth going to the Mayflower steps. They're nothing overwhelming, but from them you can go on boat trips or simply absorb the history around you.
Written January 1, 2012
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Chris D
United kingdom220 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2012 • Friends
As all locals know but few Americans get told, these are NOT the steps from which the 'Pilgrims' left but an early twentieth century commemorative stucture. As explained in other reviews the embarkation point was probabably in or near the site of a nearby pub. If ill informed north americans chose to fantasise over a bogus icon then it is probably better not to put them straight. All grist to the tourist trade mill.
Written April 28, 2012
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spectrum54
Saltash, Cornwall35 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2012
Little more than concrete steps. American tourists come to see part of their history and are always disappointed
Written April 29, 2012
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plymouth
Plymouth, Devon 1,379 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2011 • Family
My understanding is that this is not quite where embarkation occurred but it doesn't really matter. Just imagine yourself back four hundred years... plus The Barbican is such an interesting place, anyway.
Written December 30, 2011
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Fluffsmum1
Tiverton, UK110 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2010
When you go to the Mayflower steps not only are the steps themselves very interesting but they are also close to many other interesting sites as well

Sutton Lighthouse only about 10 mins walk away.
Boat trips from there up the river and pass the dockyard amongst other things.
A very interesting explanation from the captain as we travel.
An historic bus travels from there some days showing you round the historic areas in Plymouth and gives you a talk and shows a video of the past at these places while travelling.
When you are walking up into town from the Barbican if you do not take a straight route you can come across some very unusual places on your way.
Written April 4, 2011
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