Shortlanesend and Allet
Shortlanesend is a village in Kenwyn parish, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Shortlanesend is a village in Kenwyn parish, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies two miles north of the city of Truro at grid reference SW 805 475. The name was recorded as Penfounder in 1547. Shortlanesend is in the former Carrick District. The village has a Methodist chapel, village hall, pub, the Old Plough Inn, a post office and primary school.
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Worth seeing in and around Shortlanesend and Allet
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.
- 01Truro Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Truro, Cornwall. It was built between 1880 and 1910 to a Gothic Revival design by John Loughborough Pearson on the site of the parish church of St Mary.
3.2 km · cathedral located in the city of Truro, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Q1251321
The Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, formerly known as the Royal Cornwall Museum, is a museum in Truro, England, which holds an extensive mineral collection rooted in Cornwall's mining and engineering heritage. The county's artistic heritage is reflected in the museum's art collection.
3.1 km · museum in Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03St John the Evangelist's Church, Truro
St John the Evangelist's Church, Truro is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Truro, Cornwall.
3.5 km · church building in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Paul's Church, Truro
St Paul's Church, Truro is a Grade II listed former parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro and in Truro, Cornwall, that is scheduled for demolition.
3.4 km · church building in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St George the Martyr
St George the Martyr's Church, Truro is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Truro, Cornwall.
2.9 km · parish church in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Hall for Cornwall
The Hall for Cornwall, known as Truro City Hall until 1997, is an events venue in Boscawen Street in Truro, Cornwall. The building, which was previously the headquarters of Truro City Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
3.4 km · theatre and music venue in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Courtney Library
The Courtney Library is the library of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. It is housed in the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro, Cornwall.
3.1 km · library of the Royal Institute of Cornwall, situated in the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro · Wikipedia - 08Lander's Monument
Lander's Monument is a memorial to Richard Lander on Lemon Street, in Truro, the county town of Cornwall in south west England. The monument is a grade II* listed building.
3.5 km · monument in Truro, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09New County Hall
Lys Kernow, known as New County Hall between 1966 and 2009, is a municipal facility at Treyew Road in Truro, Cornwall. Dalvenie House, which is at the north end of the site, is retained for use as the county register office.
3.2 km · art museum in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Truro and Penwith College
Truro and Penwith College is a further education college in Cornwall, England.
3.4 km · college in Cornwall, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shortlanesend and Allet
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 173 km · Bristol (BRS), 206 km · Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 210 km
- Stations
- Truro railway station, 2.8 km · Truro bus station, 3.5 km
- Cardiff → Shortlanesend and AlletTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Bristol → Shortlanesend and AlletTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- London → Shortlanesend and AlletTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shortlanesend and Allet
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 Shortlanesend and Allet. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inInternational ferries arrive into Plymouth from: Roscoff, (Brittany Ferries) Santander, (Brittany Ferries) Use westbound from Plymouth to Saltash, Bodmin, and other destinations in Cornwall.
- Get inThe Scillonian Ferry service operates between St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly and Penzance.
- Get inSeveral ferries cross the Tamar from Plymouth including: Torpoint - Plymouth - Torpoint Ferry (takes vehicles); Mount Edgcumbe - Plymouth - Cremyll Ferry; Cawsand - Plymouth - Cawsand Ferry Wikivoyage has a guide to Rail travel in Great Britain Railway stations in Cornwall are part of the National Rail network.
- Get aroundIn certain areas of Cornwall, ferries exist.
- Get aroundFerries in the Fal River can be travelled on using a 'Mussel Card' visitor's ticket allowing for unlimited travel across the ferries at £27.60 for an adult and slightly cheaper prices for children.
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Next door to Shortlanesend and Allet
- Trurocity in Cornwall, United Kingdom3.6 km
- St Allenhamlet and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK3.1 km
- Zelahvillage in Cornwall2.5 km
- Threemilestonevillage in Cornwall, England, UK3.8 km
- Kenwynsuburb of the city of Truro in Cornwall, England, UK2.5 km
- Penwethershamlet in Cornwall, England, UK3.7 km