Egyptian House
In Penzance stands Egyptian House, an attraction. 12 more places to visit are within 5 km. The first name on our list around it is Tate St Ives, 11 km away.
Attraction in Penzance
Inside Penzance
Egyptian House is inside Penzance’s built-up area, with 12 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The best months to visit
If warmth matters, go June to September: Penzance reaches 17–19°C.
Egyptian House
Attraction.
In Penzance, inside the town’s built-up area.
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The area around Egyptian House
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Egyptian House is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Penzance’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns a short way from Egyptian House
Among the 7, Penzance is the biggest, home to 14,957 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Close to Egyptian House
Choose from 46 places within 15 km, such as 2 art galleries, 2 museums and 2 historic houses.
Art galleryTate St Ives11 km away · 214K visitors a year (2009)2
MuseumPenlee House, Gallery & Museum300 m away3
Garden · National TrustTrengwainton Gardens2.6 km away4
Historic houseYHA Penzance1.5 km away5
Historic houseTrereife House2.2 km away6
PierSouth Pier500 m away7
Art galleryNewlyn Orion Gallery1.4 km away8
MuseumTrinity House National Lighthouse Museum400 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Egyptian House: questions
Where is Egyptian House?
Egyptian House is in Penzance, Cornwall, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Egyptian House?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Egyptian House?
June to September are the warmest months in Penzance, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Egyptian House?
Within 15 km: Tate St Ives (11 km), Penlee House, Gallery & Museum (300 m), Trengwainton Gardens (2.6 km) and YHA Penzance (1.5 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Tate St Ives: flickr user "Steve Parker", CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Penlee House, Gallery & Museum: Purely Penzance, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trengwainton Gardens: N p holmes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- YHA Penzance: Edmund Gooch, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trereife House: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- South Pier: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newlyn Orion Gallery: Steve Tanner, photographer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trinity House National Lighthouse Museum: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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