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Oreston, Plymouth — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Oreston is a Plymouth suburb on the southern bank of the Cattewater, a former village written Horestone on a map of 1591, with a quay and a slipway.
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Where to stay in Oreston
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Oreston keeps a village scale. The Quay News, The King's Arms and the small dock at Oreston Quay make up the local supply, so anyone booking here is choosing a residential lane on the Cattewater rather than a hotel district. Plymouth holds the rooms, a short run around the water. Two churches, The Good Shepherd and the Church of St John, stand inside the suburb for anyone who wants the walk.
Few places to stay in Oreston — most visitors book in Plymouth nearby.
About Oreston
What are the main landmarks in Oreston?
The Good Shepherd and the Church of St John carry the listed names, and the rest of what Oreston shows a visitor is working fabric: the small dock, the free public slipway and the quay itself. Oreston Quay is the centre. The King's Arms and The Quay News sit among the houses as pub and cornershop.
Nothing here is grand.
What is the history of Oreston?
Horestone came first. The Spry Map of Plimmouth records that spelling in 1591, when Oreston was a village on the southern bank of the Cattewater rather than a limb of the city behind it. Plymouth grew out and took it in.
The quay, the dock and the slipway survived that change, and the village pattern of a single pub and a cornershop held on beside them.
Where is Oreston?
Oreston lies on the southern bank of the Cattewater, a suburb of Plymouth gathered around a small dock and the quay beside it.
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What is the best area to stay in Oreston?
Plymouth: hotel rooms around the water from the old Horestone village.
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Updated September 2026