Drake's Island - BBC Secret Britain Series 3: Episode 3. Plymouth Devon. April 2016

[@jacktwist5907]

My grandmother, Maria(Margaret) McGarry was born on Drakes Island. Her father John was a Gunner in the RA. My grandmother came to the USA in1891.

[@p.g.j6323]

How fantastic. I'm Plymouth born..

[@thra5herxb12s]

This should be protected by English Heritage as a place of historic importance.

[@AnthonyStevens-yf1bc]

Spent many happy times there as a seascout on the sixties, met the Duke of Edinburgh there. Give it back to the people of Plymouth

[@leonleon4055]

I love Plymouth and it's people 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 💖 I spend a year in Plymouth and I can't wait get back there and meet my English friends 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💖

[@sabercrosby8128]

I love ocean city

[@JohnnyZenith]

Plymouth city centre is horrendous. It was beautiful before the war.

[@RogerDDog]

What a bloody shame... ANOTHER bloody hotel we don't need!

[@rob16248]

Cumudgen

[@tungstenkid2271]

Nobody in their right mind would want to stay in a hotel if one was built on the island because they'd soon get fed up having to take a boat to and from Plymouth in rough seas..:)

[@QueenJamie]

It never happened. He sold the island for 1/3rd of his asking price, and now it's a heritage site. The tours are really good, and preservation are the main goal

[@charlestaylorwoodgatee2388]

Been here before. We had our own guide as no one knew we was going over but it was fantastic. I was walking along the thick huge grass and just randomly seen a ww1 radio station

[@lovelybitofbugle219]

This is a great video. I've always been fascinated with this island, so thanks for sharing.

[@skyelliott1859]

I love drakes island and been on there 3 times . It says private property no trespassing but last year plymouth live actually said go and explore it before someone buys it !

[@lovelybitofbugle219]

@@skyelliott1859 Wow! I'd love to go. If I ever win the Euromillions I'm buying it...but I'd keep the name. Sir Francis Drake was a legend.

[@williamhenrywebb9621]

My Great Grandfather Charles Payne was Battery Sargent Major on the Island in 1890

[@harveysmith100]

It used to be a great adventure centre. Spent two weeks there on a school trip in the late seventies. Sailing, canoeing, climbing, etc. A special island. The tunnels are just amazing. I hope someone does something with it, so sad to see it abandoned.

[@stephenforrow2333]

My Dad worked there as an instructor, on sabbatical from the RAF. He was offered a permanent position (Warden?) but my Mum couldn't face living on the island. I was just a young kid at the time

[@stephenforrow2333]

It is a real pity that it is no longer an adventure centre. It would be of much more use to Plymouth than some ridiculous 'luxury hotel'

[@tristman8413]

3 people from Exeter disliked this video

[@modelrailwaynoob]

lol

[@tungstenkid2271]

Haha, Exeter is just that boring place people pass through on the way to Plymouth..;)

[@1bz2002]

I sometimes wonder about the lives of the people who built it. The hard work and effort they put in to build such a amazing place

[@michaelcoker3197]

Distressing neglect of an impressive landmark.

[@grahamkeithtodd]

was there on a school journey in 1973...spent 2 weeks there

[@dianakissner5947]

I'm a distant relative. So I'm glad to see it .

[@beckybull8819]

See it all the time have always wanted to go over there I live in Plymouth and have always wonderd what was there shame it’s going to be a hotel there 😱😐🤔

[@dianakissner5947]

I wish you had a better light

[@jakeagusta]

Now for sale at £6m with planning permission for a luxury hotel and spa.

[@sabercrosby8128]

Absolute disgrace

[@thegeneral3094]

I lived on there for two years in 1975 .it was once a brothel for the rich and famous perverts

[@rob16248]

Two years in 1975?

[@deanodrake1262]

i want to go

[@tungstenkid2271]

If I owned the island I'd certainly think of ways to turn it into some kind of tourist attraction, for example by running boatloads of tourists there several times a day so they could wander round for an hour clicking their cameras at say £25 a head..;)

[@stevenwarne69]

Best chance of getting there is to get a small boat and leave the hoe at night time there's no security just watch out for police boats going by

[@dertexx58]

i thought this was drake's island, turns out its just drake's island

[@anthonybarnes3048]

the drake island should not be touch leave it has it is

[@notsusoranythingbut3822]

Sames but no boat

[@paulholloway1447]

Another hotel for the few, sad.

[@leroyengland1777]

I spent two weeks on Drakes Island as a 14 year old when it was used as an outward bound center. Those tunnels are creepy as f*ck......

[@stumccabe]

You can tell immediately that this is several years old because Drake is referred to as a hero - today's woke BBC would describe him as some sort of bigot. The BBC must be destroyed.

[@steveforster9764]

My thoughts exactly no BAME presenter no people of color in any of the historical segments.

[@rob16248]

Who's this dolly presenter, with the blush? I'd like to kiss her toes.