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Polyphant

Polyphant, recorded as Polefant c.

The place

Polyphant, recorded as Polefant c. 1170, is a village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is north of the civil parish of Lewannick, five miles (8 km) west of the town of Launceston near the convergence of the River Inny and Penpont Water.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Polyphant

2 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
    Q18349395

    Hidden Valley The Puzzle Park is a family-run visitor attraction near the town of Launceston, Cornwall, England, UK. Founded in 1994 by Pete Jones, as a simple treasure hunt and play area, the park has expanded to include a "Forbidden Mansion" with mazes and team treasure hunts. It also includes a 7+1⁄4 in gauge miniature railway system around the site, encouraging 11,000 visitors each year.

    3.2 km · UK amusement park · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Treguddick

    Treguddick Manor is a Grade II* manor house and 18-acre estate in the parish of South Petherwin, Cornwall, England, to the southwest of Launceston. It is situated just off the A30 road between Polyphant and Kennard's House, near the River Inny.

    1.6 km · Grade II* listed house in Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Polyphant

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 117 km · Bristol (BRS), 149 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 241 km
  • Cardiff → Polyphant
    131 km · quickest by road, 3h 45m · £23–30
  • Bristol → Polyphant
    160 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £18–24
  • London → Polyphant
    319 km · quickest by road, 5h 36m · £32–43
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Polyphant

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Polyphant. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    65 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    222 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    457 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    554 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    588 km

If you know how people move in Polyphant – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Polyphant

  • Altarnunvillage and civil parish in Cornwall, England3.9 km
  • Laneastvillage and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK3.9 km
  • Lewannickcivil parish and village in Cornwall, UK1.8 km
  • Trewenvillage and civil parish near Launceston, in Cornwall, England, UK1.8 km
  • St Thomas the Apostle Ruralcivil parish in east Cornwall, United Kingdom3.9 km
  • Kennards Housesmall settlement in Cornwall, United Kingdom2.7 km