on numerous Sundays throughout the year. Plymouth City Council has stated it would like to see a rail station reopened on the London main line running through the middle of Plympton, which would provide quick and frequent trains into Plymouth. But there are major obstacles to providing such a service on a primarily inter-regional rail route, shown when Ivybridge – on the same line – got a new station in 1994. Plymouth city council support the reopening of the station to deal with bad traffic congestion in Eastern Plymouth. After a feasibility study in 2017, A Plymouth Joint plan was opened for consultation in 2018 which included a suggested 'Plymouth Metro' with a station at Plympton however, as of May 2020, nothing has been enacted. Schools Plympton has two state secondary schools serving pupils from ages 11–18. Both Plympton Academy and Hele's School attract students from the Plympton area and surrounding areas of Laira, Ivybridge and Dartmoor. Sports Amateur club Plympton Athletic F.C. are members of the Devon Football League South and West Division as of 2020. Their home is the Lee Moor Stadium. Plympton Victoria Rugby Club are the local rugby team, Events Plympton has hosted an annual fete called 'The Lamb Feast' for many years on the local Castle Green. A key part of Plympton's Midsummer Festival in mid June, the Lamb Feast and surrounding activities span over the weekend, organised by the Plympton Civic Association. Notable residents Elizabeth Johnson, religious pamphleteer, born in Plympton in 1721 Ellen Marriage, pioneer Balzac translator, and her husband Edmund Garrett, an Ibsen translator, lived here up to Garrett's death in 1907 David Owen, former Foreign Secretary, born in Plympton Sir Joshua Reynolds, painter, born in Plympton Paul Rogers, actor, born in Plympton Sir Edwin Sandys, founded the colony of Jamestown, was an MP for Plympton Richard Strode, MP for Plympton, established Parliamentary privilege William Warelwast, buried here (in the priory) References External links The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History – Plympton Priory Suburbs of Plymouth, Devon Former towns in Devon Former manors in Devon