Bridging the Tamar Visitor Centre — Local services in Plymouth

Arrived by train at Saltash station. The walk back across the Tamar bridge is as advertised at about 15mins, is a nice walk and provides some good views.

The visitor centre is well signposted, was clean and tidy. We attended on a day when there was a school trip there, although timed it just right that the group was at lunch.

The displays are pretty good, with a fair amount of history of the area and other designs for what became of the Royal Albert Bridge. There are a couple of bits from the renovation of the bridge and a bell from a previous ferry.

Probably spent 45mins - 1hr there. Once you have read all of the displays there isn't much more to look at.

It looks more oriented to children as there are a few options on building the different types of bridges, CCTV camera station and period clothing to try on.

There was not anyone around to ask questions etc..., But they were probably taking a break at the same time as the school party.

Disappointed that there was no cafe or gift shop of any sort, there are a couple of guides available but with a sign saying to speak to someone or order online.

There are some cafes in Saltash but on the day they all turned out to be full and so cut the day short and got back...

Jo from the visitor centre was very knowledgeable when she gave us the free 40 minute talk on the two bridges. It was nice sitting out in the sun as we were told the facts and figures. After, we went into the visitors centre then walked across the Tamar Bridge itself to have lunch on the other side by IK Brunel's statute on the 'beach' before exploring the town of Saltash. Very expensive Cornish pasties in Saltash😱. Was a...

This is a small but very full and interesting exhibition about the building of both the Albert Bridge by Brunel and the present day Tamar road bridge. There is free parking and it is free to enter the exhibition. There is a small coffee van next to the car park which was very busy when we were there. We combined the visit with a walk across the bridge and back. There are some fantastic views...