Penryn Museum
Visitors to Penryn can see Penryn Museum. Nearby, 7 more places to visit are within 5 km. Around it, Pendennis Castle (4.6 km) comes first on our list.
Museum in Penryn
Inside Penryn
Penryn Museum is inside Penryn’s built-up area, with 7 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.
Weather through the year
Highs of 18–20°C mark June to September in Penryn.
Penryn Museum
Museum in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
In Penryn, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Penryn
- Official site
- penrynhistory.co.uk
When it is open
The area around Penryn Museum
Orange shows Penryn Museum; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Penryn’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
By population, Falmouth leads the 8 with 24,066. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.
Penryn
Falmouth
Mabe Burnthouse
Budock Water
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Penryn Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penryn | It’s in town | 11,194 | 10 |
| Falmouth | 800 m southeast of it | 24,066 | 13 |
| Mabe Burnthouse | 1.7 km west of it | 217 | 7 |
| Budock Water | 1.9 km south of it | 571 | 12 |
| Flushing | 1.9 km east of it | 745 | 9 |
| Mylor Bridge | 2.2 km northeast of it | 1,534 | 11 |
| Ponsanooth | 3.7 km northwest of it | 963 | 3 |
| Perranarworthal | 4 km north of it | 1,305 | 2 |
Also near Penryn Museum
Within 15 km are 41 places, among them 3 castles, 3 gardens and a cathedral.
Castle · English HeritagePendennis Castle4.6 km away2
CathedralTruro Cathedral11 km away3
Castle · English HeritageSt Mawes Castle5.8 km away4
Art galleryFalmouth Art Gallery2.6 km away5
Garden · National TrustGlendurgan Garden6.7 km away6GardenGardenTrebah7.3 km away7GardenGarden · National TrustTrelissick Garden7.5 km away8
CastleCarn Brea Castle12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Planning a visit to Penryn Museum
Where is Penryn Museum?
Penryn Museum is in Penryn, Cornwall, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Penryn Museum?
Museum in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Penryn Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Penryn, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Penryn Museum?
Within 15 km: Pendennis Castle (4.6 km), Truro Cathedral (11 km), St Mawes Castle (5.8 km) and Falmouth Art Gallery (2.6 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 (6)
- Pendennis Castle: Darren Shilson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Truro Cathedral: tracey maclean, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mawes Castle: Claudiu Bichescu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Falmouth Art Gallery: Vernon39, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glendurgan Garden: Daderot, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carn Brea Castle: Bengoeswild, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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