Penryn

Worth seeing in and around Penryn

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Glasney College

   Glasney College was a centre of ecclesiastical learning in medieval Cornwall and probably the best known and most important of Cornwall's religious institutions. Significant in Cornish culture because of its links with Cornish language and literature, it was founded in 1265 at Penryn, Cornwall by Bishop Bronescombe of Exeter, and it was dissolved in 1548.

   300 m · college in Penryn, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Falmouth University

   Falmouth University is a specialist public university for the creative industries based in Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, UK. Founded as Falmouth School of Art in 1902, it was later known as Falmouth College of Art and Design and then Falmouth College of Arts until 2012, when the university college was officially granted full university status by the Privy Council. The university is located across two campuses, in the towns of Penryn and Falmouth.

   1.5 km · university in Cornwall, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Falmouth Art Gallery

   Falmouth Art Gallery is a publicly funded art gallery in Cornwall, with one of the leading art collections in Cornwall and southwest England, which features work by old masters, major Victorian artists, British and French Impressionists, leading surrealists and maritime artists, children's book illustrators, automata, contemporary painters and printmakers. It is located on The Moor, on the upper floor of the Municipal Buildings above the Library in Falmouth, Cornwall.

   2.7 km · art museum in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Gyllyngvase Beach

   Gyllyngvase is one of the four beaches associated with Falmouth, Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, and is west of Pendennis Castle. It is to the south of Falmouth town centre, but was an essentially rural area as recently as the late 19th century.

   3.7 km · beach in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Laud's Church, Mabe

   The Church of Saint Laudus is an active parish church in Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK, originally built in the 15th century and dedicated to the sixth-century Saint Laudus of Coutances. It is part of the Church of England Diocese of Truro.

   3.3 km · church in Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   National Maritime Museum Cornwall

   The National Maritime Museum, Cornwall is located in a harbourside building at Falmouth in Cornwall, England. The building was designed by architect M. J. Long, following an architectural design competition managed by RIBA Competitions.

   3.6 km · museum in Cornwall, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Camborne School of Mines

   Camborne School of Mines is a school of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Exeter. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment.

   1.6 km · college in Cornwall, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Church of King Charles the Martyr, Falmouth

   The Church of King Charles the Martyr is a parish church in the Church of England situated in the centre of Falmouth, Cornwall.

   3.1 km · church in Falmouth, Falmouth, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Swanpool, Cornwall

   Swanpool is a small coastal saline lagoon with a shingle bar, separating it from the beach of the same name. The South West Coast Path crosses the bar.

   4 km · UK, a nature reserve beach and lake · Wikipedia
10. 10
    The Falmouth Hotel

    The Falmouth Hotel is a Victorian hotel located on the seafront in Falmouth, Cornwall, overlooking Castle Beach. As the first purpose-built hotel in Falmouth, it opened on 9 May 1865 to provide to tourists due to the new railway station being linked nearby.

    4 km · building in Cornwall, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Penryn

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 184 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 198 km · Bristol (BRS), 215 km

Stations

Falmouth, 3.3 km · Falmouth Docks railway station, 4 km · Falmouth Town railway station, 3.6 km · Penmere railway station, 2.5 km · Penryn railway station, 600 m

• Cardiff → Penryn

  199 km · quickest by road, 5h · £30–40
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• Bristol → Penryn

  227 km · quickest by road, 4h 17m · £25–34
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• London → Penryn

  380 km · quickest by road, 6h 51m · £39–50
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